The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-06-22
BASE BALL.

A quill-driver of the editorial corps of tn
Racine College Mercury thus delivers himsel
in regard to a base ball game between tn
College nine and troop of boot blacks
etc., picked up on our streets for the occa
sion -
"On Wednesday last a telegram from New
York announced the safe arrival of the Head
Master, and that he would reach home on thu
following Saturday. The College Prefect
resolved to meet him at Kenosha, and, pur
suant to this arrangement, they arose from
their downy beds early Saturday morning
"before the dusky moke had sung her morn
ing song of praise" swallowed hasty break
fast and started for the depot. Wh-lsl walt
ing there for the train, the Inevitable base
ball was made to fill up the time. It proved
success to all except certain Grammar
for Prefect'Sunday, and being quite overcome
with "pluge +" and flash cane, undertook tC
reach the flying ball. He made desperate
leap into the air, but miscalculating the In
creased force ofgraVitation when encumbered
with "pluge," he got sprained ANGLE as o
gentle reminder of that unalterable law Of
nature.
The train now came laundering down. We
all piled in and soon found ourselves at the
Kenosha station. Having disembarked, we
Immediately started out in search of the city,
and meeting certain Rip Van Wrinkle, who
seemed to be on the same search, our ire.
pressable Quill straightway asked him if there
was anybody in this modern Bagdad that
could play base ball, and if so, to" trot 'em
out" The stranger thereupon drew up his
aged frame, smiled benignly upon Young
America, and addressed unto him these
words {" Look e hure young un, this is the
abode of the 'Invincible Nine,' and I'll bet
1Oll 11rAn I0o Il L.
spoken he shook his stick at "Deutch and
walked proudly away quick herald was
at once sent to hunt out this invincible band
of pirates and challenge them to meet us up
on the arena. In a short time the Captain
made his appearance at the park, whittier we
had betaken ourselves; game was agreed
upon, and he started to assemble his men.
him. Their noble Captain, like Brutus, was
undoubtedly an honorable man, but, unlike
Cesar, he came, he saw, he fed.
A report rapidly spread through the village
that band of northern barbarians armed
with base ball and bats had invaded their
ed by a bowling troop of Chicks" From
whence these young Fenians derive their pa
rentage, science hath not yet disclosed, but
from our own observation we were forced to
that they were the offspring of
freight cars and wood-sheds. A distinguished
philolOgist, who was one of our number, ex-
amined the structure of their language and
found that it was a degenerate branch of the
Sanscrit. Their vocabulary is not large, but
contains much Of the nervous Anglo-Saxon,
and just enough of Billingsgate and profanity
to give it force and variety. They have at
tanned great perfection in emphasis, as the
meaning of their words depends almost en-
tirely upon it. The cOmpactness of the lam
guage allies it to the Greek. Frequently one
Of their words requires whole sentence in
English to translate it; as for example, when
one of them casually observed to Freshman
Project, whose intellectual powers had been
somewhat disarranged by too early break
fast DRY, ole boss, y'r kegs FULL" he
meant, Do You StTdSghto01y cease from base ball,
7,y christian friend, yOW are jnebriGted. The
intelligent linguist will at once see how su-
perior in strength and tersepess it is to our
own tongue. Our learned philologist, who
halls from Chicago, and hence ought to know,
cassies it as the shoe-6 black dialect Of the San.
script language.
10 whatever their ancestry may be traced,
or however correct our learned friend may be
this thing is certain that they are undergrads
of the same Alma Mater, the freight cars, and
understand their business right up to the
handle The "Micks :" Immediately formed
the " Freight Car Nine," and offered to main
tain the honor of their native city and Alma
Mater. There being nothing else to do, and
rival of the train, dignity was voted down,
and the " Freight Car Nine " sailed out to
field.
It was the most exciting and laughable
game that was ever played in the west. The
8 Micks" folded like cats and showed con-
to the admiring crowd that chasing
balls was their best hold. Mike O'Tool, r. f.,
made several beautiful catches with his cap.
The manly fortitude of Hans Vanderbum, p,
O German substitute, is especially worthy OF
He received q ball. red no
from Lifts powerful bat, square in his dia-
phram. He fell like true Prussian, exclaim-
inc, "How high is dat ~ meaning, we suppose,
!" How's that for high?" Pat Murphy catch
er. did not get chance to display his skill
which we doubt not, was very superior. John
nv Finn, back stop, also held a superfiuous
position, yet he looked as though he would
like to stop ball, and we therefore COM
mend him. Although the adjacent gardens.
were full of" Micks waiting for a ''ketch"
the game was greatly prolonged. "Jes" had
to pay for so many broken windows that he
didn't have enough left to pay his dinner.
It is quite unnecessary to append the score.
The game lasted three hours, fifteen minutes
and five seconds, 1--WE always like to be accu-
rate) and but one inning was played. The
q Freight Cars were sent out to field and
never got back till the train whistled. Every
body made home runs, and (" Olin " made
several in succession for the sake of exercise
whilst the ''Micls +" were hunting up the
balls
Vanderbum was decently inferred, and ap-
propriate speeches made over his remains a
base ball bat now marks his resting place.
Throughout the game the Micks we're enthu-
siastic admirers of Quill" and now they
crowded around him, critically examined his
muscle, pronouncing it bully" and then ia
king him by force they mounted him upon q
hogshead and called for speech. There was
no backing out, so Quill gracefully began
Friends, Romans, CoWntrynaen," (tremen-
dous cheering) g was born on the banks
Of the Connecticut" (here he was interrupted
by o. oole's saying, tho't y'r honor was an
Trrishman). I" I am, however, an Irishman by
profession, and can truly say with the immor.
tai O'Connor, give me liberty or give me