Omineca Herald
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2015-12-01
issued: 1912-05-03
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note: at 7 -> 1912 *.". Oria. ����� THE OMINECA HERALD Vol. 4. Uo.Jsft( HAZELTON, B. C., May 3. 1912 TEN PAGES BASEBALL SEASON OPENED CHAMPIONS WENT TO DEFEAT BRIDGE STEEL ON FIRST SPAN New Hazelton Administered a Drubbing to the Peavine League Winners ���Score Was Five to Two--Visitors Battery a Strong Feature STEAMER INLANDER WILL ARRIVE IN PORT TONIGHT (Written Specially for the Herald) Have you heard gentle baseball fan how this awful thing came! about that struck our peaceful little hamlet, nestling here as it does in the forks about three miles off the right-of-way ? Hearken then, ye somnambulent, ye that are without wisdom and also those among ye that may perhaps possess the unawakened spirit. (With apologies for the Aid of George) Once Upon a Time the Baseball Bug Bored, Butted, Horned, or Harpooned its Healthy Head into a Coming Camp. Therafter the Prominent Prospectors, Versatile Dog Mushers, Very Wealthy Mine Owners, Struggling Real Estaters, Nifty Clerks. Lucky Lads with Scads and even Lovely Ladies began to Compute Batting Averages and Discourse upon the Delayed Steal and the Hook Slide. The Policy of the Plutocrats Below in throwing the switch and putting the Main Line on a Branch Line to keep the country more Compact was Moth- balled to the Shelf with the other Dried Lizards. The Pristine Pastime of figuring whether the Pitcher could outguess the Batter became Paramount. Thereupon the Coming Camp organized an Aggregation for the primal season that Pulled Down and Destroyed the Temples of all other Gobs of the Wherewith, and they Squandered for uniforms with Sassy Cerise Stockings. And all the while during the Best Winter We Ever Had, a Bunch of Huskies who had Broke the Barrier to a Healthy Start in ���Life long before the Advent of Curled Hay breakfast-foods, were Pitching the Pill about the Yard at a New Camp which was Right on the Stop where the Choo-choo cars will Stop. They were Ribbing to Rob the Pea-vine pennant winners of their Goat. Strange but Sad…
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Hazelton (B.C.)
spatial: Hazelton
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0211738
language: English
lat: 55.2558330
long: -127.6755560
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Hazelton, B.C. : C. H. Sawle
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source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
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