Los Banos Rotary Club History
Lions, Rotarians In Battle Royal

The members of the Lions and Rotary clubs are holding secret “skull practice” sessions this week, endeavoring to outwit Old Father Time and organize softball teams that might have some chance of weathering at least one full inning in an all-rookie softball game to be played at the elementary school field next Tuesday evening.

The game developed as several of the lesser tame Lions issued a challenge to Rotary that was accepted before the more staid Lions could voice their objections to such an exhibition. As a postmortem feature, the winning club will later be honored with free tickets to a joint Rotary Lions dinner.

As neither club could field a presentable softball team it has been agreed that each club must play at least 25 members during the contest, which will grind along for 7 innings or two hours whichever is the less painful. It is further stipulated that no player remain in the game for more than three innings. Sam Benidettino and Vern Halstead will be in charge of the Lions Club aggregation, while Ernest Toscano, T. D. Toscano and Louis Castellucci ride herd on the Rotary gang.

The game will start at 7:30 p.m. or as soon thereafter as sufficient players can be impounded. The public may gather around to watch the grusome spectacle if it so desires.

June 25, 1946

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