The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-07-15
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s2usrs and IN, i; down the night field,
through \ pAT!or Window ks!DssnE
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nap = nj. or it, EnDlhsE's arms. IEEn
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the 1rSi haze. heard high words and
,1ksJ. When slung the "a! ! had
with Il broken the Jaw Of the umpire
and TzE fined ten cent?.
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~ rnBcu fua 70 run from base 10 base
loaf Ia time 70 ~ pat Out, OF u chase
gzl tEEse-fCUrtbS Of a mile down NIL,
- nile all the EpectsiOrA yell "nU NM
n ~ home Eun!r "gO round aga!u''
u Ego round dozen t!mss?" Base
ball i .Tset !ittIs game. When IL
came my turn to bat again, noticed
every DCdy move back about ten yods!
The new umpire TetTested twelve rods.
He Wa timid' The pitcher cent EN- in
hot. Hot balls IN time OF war are good.
Bat don't like 'em too hot for fun.
= ItsY While got fair clip a. II, and
gOu bet It went cutting the dalses down
the night field. 4 fat man and his dog
III, In the shade OF an oak enjoying Ii.
game. IN. bali broke one leg Of the
dog and landed ike runaway engine
in the coYpOToslty Of the lat man. He
Tas taken home 70 die.
Then went on double quick to the
field. and tried TO stop a hot ball. II
"a me toward me from the bat at the
rate Of nine miles A minute. ! put up
my hands, the ball went sweeily sing
ing on It's way with all the skin from
N = palms With II.
More raw beet
That was an eventful chap Who first
Invented base ball. Its such fun. I've
played five games, and this In the re-
zuIt:
Twcnty-Eeven dollars paid out for
things.
one bungsd eye, badly bunged.
One broken little finger.
one bump on the head.
Nineteen lame back.
4 sore jaw.
One thumb digIocated.
Three sprained ankles.
Five swel!ed legs.
One dislocated shoulder, from trying
To throw "A ball a thousand yards.
Two hands raw from trying TO atop
hot balls.
A lump the size of hornets nest on
left hip, well back.
a nose sweetly mined, and Fl We uni
forms spoiled from rolling in he dirt
at he bHBes.
have played two weeks, and don't
think like the game. There il not
square inch nn,in or under me bot aches.
/ sleep nights dreaming OF hot balls,
"fys," "IDuLs," and descending "4ky-
rOckets." never worked 50 hard since
Ruth stole wheat, and never was 30
lame since the burning Of Luther.
But am proud OF my proficiency in
the game. It's fine eXercisc-a little
easier than being through a:threshing
machine, and not much either. It's
nice game for poet or Orator-'twill
make onesOTe beyond all accounts.
I've looked over the scorers books.
and find that in two weeks l have
broken seven bats, made one tally,
broken one umpire's jaw, broken ten
windOws in adjoining houses, killed II
Oaby. broke the leg OF n dog, and NOR
tally Injured the bread basket OF
spectator, knocking five other playerH
out Of time by singing my bat, and
knocked the waterfall from a school
marin who was standing twenty rods
from the field, quiet loOker-on.
I've used up fifteen bottles of arnIca
lInlment, five bottles OF lotions, half n
raw beef, and am 80 full OF pain that it
seems as II my bones were but broken
bats, and my legs the limbs Of II dead
horse chesnut, Instead of the once ele-
giant trOtters Of
BawlIDgIy thine,
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