Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 105, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 May 1915 — ELEPHANT BALL GAME. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

ELEPHANT BALL GAME.

One of the many stunts performed by the Sparks Circus herd of elephants, the one that probably gets the most appreciation is the game of base hall played by these mighty and unwieldy pachyderms. Every play is gone through with in the most ludicrous manner and the laughs furnished by this number will remain as a pleasant remembrance of the circus. All the accessories—pitcher, batter, catcher, umpire, fielders and their gloves, masks, bats and uniform —are present, and “Big Mary” in, the roll of batter seldom misses a homerun swht, and has thus established a 400 mark batting record for herself. Rmming the bases and the slide to home plate never fail to bring forth \

rounds of applause and laughter from the audience. Another funhy situation is when the pitcher has two strikes on “Big Mary,” he and the citcher get into an argument over the next ball to be served by the pitcher and trumpet into each other’s ears. This little piece of by-play always meets with the instant approval of the audience and adds greatly to the already funny number. This act was presented to New York’s delighted millions last winter and came in for more favorable newspaper comments than any animal act seen there in recent years. This feature is positively on the program of the Sparks World Famous shows, which are billed to exhibit here Thursday, May 13.