Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-04-05
An Inyincible Base. Ball Club.

THE Cleveland Leader gets off the fol
lowing good thing on the Forest City nine
of that city
The pitcher for tho summer of 1872 has
been practising for several weeks outside
ofthe city limits, and, though not feeling
well, can now throw q regulation ball
with such swiftness that it cannot be seen
unless covered with phosphorus and of
ten the friction occasioned by its passage
through the air causes heat so great as
to burn the bail to ashes before it reaches
the catcher, who only finds a mass of Gin.
ders in his hand. The assistant or reserve
pitcher has been practising but few
weeks, but he can throw a ball through
eighteen inches of oak plank now and,
If he keeps on, the man on deck will be
compelled to encase his stomach in q
monitor turret and other armor, or suffer
the consequences.
The catcher has been for three weeks
past engaged in breaking up pig-iron at
the Newburg rolling-mills, and to still
further tougher his hands he allows the
big twenty-ton triphammer to drop on
them two hours each day they are now
about the size of windmill, and if ball
gets by them it will be by traversing the
atmosphere of an adjoining county. The
reader can gamble on this.
The first baseman is trying the diet sys.
tenn, to steady his nerves, and can let a
government mule kick HIM with both feet
all day in the abdomen without winking.
He will never move his foot from a sand
bag unless in the line of his duty, and a
runner for the first base may light on him
like night-hawk on a June bug without
making him swerve a hair.
The second baseman has developed him
self more especially for miscellaneous and
active service. He can stand on his head,
catch ball with his feet reverse his po-
sitlon, and knock grasshopper off from
a mullen-stalk at eighty rods, nine times
out of ten. There will be no use in run
ner trying to dodge him, for he has globe
sights on his nose and can plumb a man
in the hull or rigging just as he chooses.
The short-stop is probably the best
man for this position that can be found
this side of the Suez Canal. He is short
himself, and has lived on pie-crust all
winter; can turn thirteen somersaults
without splitting on his hands, and catch
a ball with equal facility in either hand
or his teeth.
The third baseman has been making
sauerkraut and riding a velocipede all
winter, to develop the muscles of his lower
limbs, which are immense, and give him
the appearance of being troubled with
elephantiass. But don't fool yourself he
can run down giraffe in three minutes,
and can bat ball so far that his oppo.
nents never think of chasing it the
same day it is hit, but proceed with anew
ball.
The three fielders have been frisking
about in the country all winter, and drink
ing angleworm oil to give suppleness to
their limbs. They go on all-fours faster
than many professionals can run, and are
so timber that circus men die. off like
sheep after seeing them perform once.
In fact, we may well be proud of our
club for the present year, and if there is
any organization in the country that
thinks it can compete with them let them
draw on us at six months sight through
the United States Treasury Department
Tor sooner if they get sight of us), stat
ing how many dollars worth of confidence
they feel in their favorite club.
We do not forget our club manager,
who is all that father could be to the
boys, and who does much more than his
name would indicate to make the season
and its matches successful. The scorer
for the present year has been selected as
the champion whittier of the State. He
has purchased a bran new jacknife, two
thousand shingles, and will keep his
notches on the doubleentry plan that is,
one entry for the other side and two cuts
for his own.