New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-18
THE NATIONAL GAME.
Mr.. Jack Littlegame's Opinion and Exc
perience i'm Regard to Base Ball as n
Business - His Description of the


MIR. Jack Littlexame,s Opinion and Ex.
perience in Regard to Base Ball as a
Business His Description of the
Game.
Who should / meet but Sam Skingame,
made up like regular swell. full suit of
black, stove-pipe hat, patent leather boots,
and all.
What's the lay. SAINT" SEE I. whats
yer little game 7" ,....Ssa
THE Nashunal game" SEE Sam. I'm a
member an stakeholder of the Dirty Stock
ms"
..Yes, but what's the gamel Is it ebones'
or papers rn SEE /, kinder ignorin the stock
Its the one-ball game" SEE Sam. '.The
Nashunal Game of Base Ball. Want to
jine ~
swell, l don't mind" seq I, 1.but I'd like
to be left out of wearin the stockins till
cooler weather"
'Stow that" SEE Sam. DIRTY Stockins is
the pet name of our professional nine"
So Sam agreed to let me have some of his
stock an some brads to pay for membership,
an we went up to the Cheatem grounds to
see the first game for the championship be-
tween the Dirty Steckins and the Soiled
Shirts of Sedalia. 1t was hot as blazes, but
you may pick me up for fat if there warn't
more than three thousand people sitting
there in the sun.
Pretty soon the game began. The first
thing they did was to select an umpire. An
umpire duty is to STAN out one side an hol-
Ter, an to make sure thing of it, every
once in a while he sings out, zone bawlw
1.-TWO bawl y After they had stood the UNI
pire put in the sun, one of the Dirty Stock
ing picked up a big club and stood over a
little iron plate like a pavior with ram
mer. Three other chaps went and stood on
a 1-lA ~
fellows winked at each other and got as far
out in the field as they could; another man
planted himself about fifteen feet from one
of the chaps on the little cushion. Sam
says they call this man "short STOP" be-
cause he don't stop there long before his
head is cayed in by the bill. Then player
stood behind the chap on the little iron plate,
an another went in front of him an began
to pitch bali at his head, and he lodged
back.
Bim-by the Teller that held the full hand
of clubs got mad, struck the ball an drove
it into the short stop mans stomach, flung
his club back an Knocked out the front
teeth of the man behind; then he ran at
one of the chaps on the little cushions,
knocked him down an stomped on him,
an went for the chap on tie next cushion
but the ball got down there somehow be-
fore him, an The chap on the second cushion
grabbed it an fetched him pelt side of
the head as he come up. Then the umpire
yelled, "Outr' The crowd cheered, the
wounded was carried off in an ambulance,
new men put in their places, an they be- |
gan all over again.
asked Sam if anybody ever got hurt |
playin' the nashunal game.
''Not enough to interfere with the game" |
says Sam. "We'ye located our grounds |
pretty near the city hospitals; have our |
own ambulance, scoroner and undertaken, |
and the doctors bring the medical students
over to all the matches to study surgery. |
We did have life and accident insurance |
agent; but the first two matches failed his
company.
Sam says that when the nashunal game
was fust introduced, mer used to play for
the fun an exercise; but sense John Nor
risey, Jim Fisk and our kind have taken
5he game up, they have to pay member
If the professional nine thousand dollars
or the season, his doctors bill, an all be
IAN make through his friends in side bets.
You can bet your pile the nashunal
games big thing.