The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-05-09

BASE BAIL.-we copy the following we'll.
timed and excellent remarks from the Hest.
ern Ne,c York Advertiser. We commend
them to the attention ofour young men who,
we believe, have vim and enterprise enough
10 organize No. Base Ball Club in this
city. The young gentlemen of our neigh.
boring cities, Des Moines and Burlington,
have such organizations in their towns, and
we can't see why Keokuk can't boast of |
similar institution. Surely there must be |
plenty here who would be glad to associate |
themselves with such a club, and enjoy occa-
sionally little respite from business cares.
What more innocent and healthful amuse-
ment could our young men desire than an oc.
casionsl "jolly time on the bluff in the re
spectacle game of base ball. II will take
but very little effort 10 effect an organization
of this kind. Who will set the ball in mo-
ton? Outdoor recreation is needed by the
clerk, the student, and those confined in the
workshop. But read the following article,
and then consider the propriety of such 9
club here in Keokuk:
1.-THE season for out -door sports has come
again, and we rejoice thereat. Comfort her
self, TO be thoroughly comfortable, must be
taken out of doors and aired. Outdoor
work and t-door play are what the nation
needs, not only for passing enjoyment, but
for physical regeneration and for the promo
ton OF wholesome parallel growth Of body,
mind and soul. !.
Base ball, during the year 1866, became
fully entitled to be called Our National
Game 1t has aspired to that distinction,
but never won it so completely before 1t
then pushed itself out into every nook and
corner of the land, leaving scarcely village
that had not its Eureka or Excelsior
Club.
ITO the permanent worth Of the game was
added the charm Of novelty and the Juror of
its triumph over the nation. Its feeble be-
einnina Mas in 1916. when the pioneer, the
sKnickerbvch,r OF New York city, was or
eanixed, club whose competitive game could
be played only among its own members, be-
cause for years it had no rival. But IN the
fall Of 1896, the announcement of public
game between the Athletics of Philadelphia
and the Atlantics of Brooklyn. called togeth-
or a mass of human beings, thirty thousand
IN number, so great, 30 eager, so completely
unmanaeesble, As to utterly prevent the TAX.
ing place Of the game, and the chagrined
crowd took 10 its heels, each person bearing
hisYlittle finger in . low corner of his mouth.
"A great tournament Of New York State clubs
Vas held ct Auburn, hundreds of players,
acting and visitant, and thousands of wit
nesses being present. and thousands of dol
lars being spent
1--WE mention these two instances in this
connection for the purpose Of affording Illus
txations of the wonderful hold which the
game has, aud 10 likely to have, upon the ad.
mirstion and curiosity OF the people.
This popular admiration for physical
sports is natural and very popular one,
and we rejoice TO have it gratihed. We pray
you, young men, let not your health-giging,
soul.reviving, universally respectable game Of
ball become disreputable. Save 1t from the
fate Of cards and the racing of horses. Lei
one game, the best of all games, remain II
its purity, pncursed by swearing, oy betting
by drinkinA \ BY midnight festivities, by rup-
lures thu Mn rows. Let each club, as i
shall eets Reorganization during the spring
embed RI ulations the strictest prohi
sbitiou of .sverythine Of questionable propri
ctr or mesality. Be not oyerpowered, younI
men. ~ knm6len and drinkers. Let then
aoe drat down your favorite game to the leve
a ; st0sv and your character with IL, but b
sus thatyou maintain your honor and II
honor Of the game, with no higher motive
~ nood -, tn that men Of sense may NO
a coonttt q yop nuiaance."
"a a. $3.50 4 I1esnss for ~o<,d hsr~uiu