The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1872-04-27
A Pro.pcuing Baseball Club.

ne Cleavclan0 Leader gets OIL
the foil wing good thing on the
Forest City nine Of that city -
1.-THE pitcher for the summer of
1879 has been rracticing for sew
crsi weeks outside of the city lin
is, and. though no. feeling we'll
can now throw q regulation bal
vita such swiftaess tina, it cannot
he seen unless COY cled with phos
phorus and often the friction &C.
casioned by it's passing through
the air causes it to bum to ashes
before it reaches the catcher. who
only find. mass Of cinders in his
hand. The assistant or reserved
pitcher has been practicing hut
few wcs ks, he can throw q ball
through eighteen inches OF oak
pleEk row. and, il he keeps on,
IT. man cn deck will be compelled
10 encase his stomach 10 q monitor
turret and other armor, or suffcr
tic cOnsd quences.
"The catcher las been for three
weeks past engaged in breaking
up pig-iron at tie Newburg roll
ing mills, and to still further
tougher his hands nc allows the
big twenty ton trip-hanmer to
jiop on them two hours each day
they are now about The size of .
Windmill, and If q ball gets by
him it will be by traversing the
atmosphere Of an adjoining coun-
ty. The raider can gsmhle on
this.
The Grs. baseman is trying the
diet system 10 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 .
sandbag unless in tie line Of his
duty, and . runner for the first
bsse may light on him like night
hawk on June-bug without maxi
ing him sweIve hair.
The second baseman has devel-
oped himself more especially for
miscellaneous and active service
Ho can stand on his head, catch a
ball with his feet, reverse bis po-
sition and knock a grasshopper of
from . mullen stalk at eighty rods.
nine tiu es out of ten. There will
be no use in q runner trying to
dodge him, for he has globe sights
on his nose, and can plumb q man
in the hull or rigging just as be
chooses.
Tho short stop is probably the
best man for this position that can
be found this size of the Suez Ca
nal He is short himself, and has
lived on pie crust all winter, can
turn thirteen somersaults without
splitting on his hands. and catch q
ball will, equal facility in either
hand or his teeth.
The third baseman has beer
making sourcrout and riding 9
velocipede all winter, to develops
the muscle Of bis lower limbs
which are immense, ard give hin
tho appearance Of being troubled
with elephantiasis. But dom
fool yourself, he can run down 9
giraffe in three minutes, anG car
bat ball so far that his opponent!
never think Of chasing them thu
same day they are hit, but proceed
with q new ball.
The three fielders have beer
frisking about in the country al
winter, and drinking angleworu
oil to give suppleness to thei
limbs They 60 On all feurs fast.
er than many protest. onals cal
run, and are so timber that circus.
men die Gil like sheep after seeing
them perform orce.
In fact We may we'll be proud o
our club for the present year, ant
If there is any organization in ID
country that thinks it can com
pete with them, let them draw d
Us at six months sight through tn
United States Treasury Depart
ment, { or sooner i. they get sigh
OF US, stating how many dollars
worth of confidence they feel il
the ir fAvorite club.
We do not forget our club mana
ger, who is all that father coul
be to the boys, and who does muc
more than his name would indi
cate to make the lessons aud 1t
matches successful. The score
for the picsen; year has been sc
lected As the champion whittier Q
the state. lie has purchased
bran new jscknife, Two thousan
shingles, and will keep his notche.
on the doub'e-entry plan, 1. G. on
entry for the other side aud tw
cuts for his OVID,