Great Northern Shop Workers Seek Baseball Rivals
After a decisive victory over Marysville, the Great Northern machinist's baseball team is looking for new amateur challengers.
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Despite the zero weather in Everett, several amateur teams have commenced the season. A team composed of workmen from the Great Northern shops has been giving various amateur teams throughout the county a run for their money. Last Sunday they played their first game of 1909 against the fast Marysville team, organized by Janaa, and cleaned them up by a score of 11 to 4. Sheeman and Parsybok were the battery for Everett. This team is open to engagements with any amateur team and would like to hear from some of them. They play in Skykomish next Sunday.
“The machinists made a noise like a real ball team and are reported to be especially strong with the willow.”
Company-sponsored baseball teams were a vital part of community and workplace life in early 20th-century industrial towns like Everett. The plea for a dedicated baseball park highlights the city's early struggle to balance industrial growth with the need for civic and recreational infrastructure.
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