Idaho semi-weekly world. (Idaho City, Boise County, Idaho Territory) 1867-1868, 1867-07-31

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fastened gently forward to where the ball
was aiming to descend. have good eye to
measure distances, and saw at II glance where,
sthellittle Rrolite was to light put up my
hands How sweetly the ball descended Ev-
feryb0dy le0kedz-I felt something warm my
Geys! Muffin" yelled ninety tellers. =. Muf
fin be d It's d cannon ball For three
days I've had two pounds Of raw beet on that
eye, and yet it paineth 80 sIsa
Then wanted to 60 home, but nv gentle
eeaptain said 'tnay;' 50 | nayed and stayed.
Pretty soon it was my strike, Brick batp
yelled the umpire. | went, but not all serene
!, ets was my won't. . The pitcher sent inon hip
high | missed it. HeseBt in another neck
high. It struck me in the gulkt8 ssFdIl, y
yelled the umpire. He sent In the ball once
more. This time took it square and sent it
down the right field, through d parlOr window
a kerosene lamp, and RIP up agaiusE the head
Of an infant who was .iefly taking ts-nap
In his or its mothers aims. Then 1 slung the
bat and meandered forth to the hrst base. 1
/ heard high WORDS and looked When slung
the. bntI had broken the jaw of the Umpire
with it aud was fined ten cents sEs lElH8
The game went on. i liked it. 1t is such
fun to run from base to base just in time to be
1tit out. or to chase Il ball tnree-tOurths of q
mile down hill while alI the spectators yell
Uunufin! y ssgoit y h0lEr Fun ~ Ego round
q again = or Ego round y dozen times!" Base
ball is sweet little game, When it came my
turn to bat again ! noticed everybody moved
back about ten rods! The new umpire re-
ttreated twelve rods He was tiInfu The
PITCHER sent 'tan inahnt.S Hot balls i'll time of
war are good But | don't like 'em 800 hot
for fun After. while got II FAIR clip at it,
and you bet it went, cutting the daisies down
the right field A fat lnail and his dag sat III
the shade of an oak enjoying the game. The
bah broke one leg of tue dug and Iandedz Like
runaway engiHe in the corporoslty of the fat
man. He*was taken home to die.
Then went Oh douhle-quick TO the field,
and tried to stop, a hot ball 1t came towards
me from the bot at the rate Of nine miles a
minute. Iput up my hands. The ball went
fHeeily singing ON its way with all the skin
from my palms With it, t
More raw beef! ~sf1se
That was an. eyentfnl CHIP who first invent
cd base ball 1t 6 such fun, Ive played five
games. and this il tbegleMing result: 90
sTAenty-sryen dollars paid cut Tor things
one bunged eye, badly bunged: one broken lit
tile finger; ono bump ON the head; nineteen
lame backs; sore jaw; one thumb dislecated
three sprained ankles; five sMelled lrgs; one
fisl0cated shoulder, from trying to throw q
ball a. thousand yards two -aands raw from
TRYING to stop hoe balls "a welt the sizt0f a
hdfndt'sjlest on nay left hip, well back; a nose
Kweatly BANNED, and five uniforms, spoiled
frOHi.r0Iling in the dirt ut the bases IS tas
have played two weeks aud don't think !
like the game. There is meta square inch en-,
in or under me but aches. sleep nights
.Sdfealhihg Of hot balls, .tfss,' s.foalsns and
descending .ssky reckets.p 4 never worked SO
hard since Ruth stole wheat. and never was So
aoIsln6 since the burning Of Luther
But / am proud Of my proficiency IN inc
game It's iillaz exeEeise, u little easter than
heing run through u threshihg machine, and
rot much either. It's a nice game for a poet
or Orator-'twil mike one sore beyond ali ac-
counts = =
;, I've locked oyer the .seOrer's book and ind
That In two weeks I've broken seven bats, made
enc tally broken one umpre's jaw, broken ten
@Sgihdows iii adjoining h0tIees killed a BABY
broke the leg 81. q dug and lnOrtallF injured
che bread basket of D speetat0r, klatlfksd i've
other players ont of time by singing my bat
zehad knocked the waterfall from school haara
DO was standing twenty rods from the field
!. i've used up fifteen bottles of aFnica TIM
grlent FIVE bottles Of lJtiDns, half o raw beet
and am So full Of pain that II seems that II my
bones,gere but broken bats, and my legs the
limbs of o. dead horse chestnut instead VI tpe
..anee elegant trOttArsM asa
BawIingly Thine .BRIcKn PoMERoY.
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