The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-06-09
TERMS S.. 100 PER ANNUM IN ADVANCE
A Crack Club.

A correspondent OF the st. L~uis Globe
furnishes the following account OF model
baseball club:
81 am base ballis'. Now let me tell YOU
something of our club.
Mr.. Augustus Stolls, our pitcher for the
summer OF 1874, has been practicing for some
weeks outside of the city, though not feeling
wei, can now throw regulation ball with
such swiitness that it cannot be seen unless it
Is Severed with phosphorus; and often the
iiie.lon occasloned by its passing through the
air causes it to burn TO ashes before it reaches
Mr.. Fred Wismerus. the catcher, who oDly
| finds mass Of cinders in his hands.
Mr.. George F. Sheep, the assistant or re-
serve pitcher, has been practicidg but a few
weeks, but he can throw a ball through an
eis ishteen-inch oak plank now, and if he keeps
on, the on deck will be compelled 10 incase
his stomach in mentor turret or other ar
NOR, or suffer the consequences.
Mrs Fred Wismerus, the catcher, has been
for three weeks passed engaged in breaking
up pig iron at the Helmbacher Rolling-mills,
and to still further tougher his hands, he al
lows the twenty ton trp-haDmers to drop on
them two or three hours each day. They are
| now about the size of a wind mill, and If
ball gets by him it will be by traversing the
atmosphere Of an adjoining county.
| You can gamble on this dear reader.
Mr.. Jacobus Strmpfman, the first baseman,
| is trying the diet to steady his nerves, and
can let a government mule kick him with
both feet three days. in the abdomen, with
| out winking. He will never move his foot
| from sand bag unless in the line of his du-
| ty, and runner for the first base may light
on him like a night-hawk on a June bug
| without making him move an inch.
Mr.. Hen HamiheorO, our second baseman,
| has developed himself more for miscellaneous
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head, catch ball with his feet, reverse his
position and knock grasshopper of MULLEN
| stalk at eighty rods, ten times out of nine;
| there will be no Use of runner trying to
| dodge him for he has globe sights on his nose
| and can plumb man in the bull or rigging,
| just as he chooses. ... af
| Mr.. Jonas Pauli, our short stop, is prob
| ably the best man for his position that can be
sound this side of the Suez Canal. He is short
| himself and has lived on pie-crust all winter,
| cen turn thirteen somersaults without splitting
| on his hands, and catch ball with equal facil-
| ity with either his hands or teeth.
| Nh. w. DeBach, our third baseman. has
| been making sour krout and riding veloci
| pede all winter to develop The muscles of his
| lower limbs, which are immense, and give
| him the appearance of being troubled with
| the elephantiasis, but don't fool yourself-he
| can run down a giraffe in three minutes, and
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| thinks OF chasing it the same day it was hit,
! but proceeds with another ball.
| Messrs, Ed. Lumber, Fred Banker and
| John Doctor, the three fielders, have been
| frisking about the country all winter, and
drinking angleworm oil to give suppleness to
their limbs. They go ON all tours faster than
| MANY professionals can run, and are so lin
Der that circus men drop 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 coun-
| try that thinks they can compete with us, let
| them draw on me at six months sight through
| the United States Treasury Department Tor
| sooner if they can get sight OF mel, stating
| how many dollars worth OF confidence they
| feel in their favorite club.
| 1 must not forget Charles Logchain, our
manager, who is all father can be to the
| bows, and who does much more than his
| name would indicate to make the season and
| its matches successful. Mr.. Mattel, the scorer
| for the present year, has been selected as the
| champion whittier of the state. He has pur-
| chased bran new jack-knife, at an enormous
| expense, and two thousand shingles to COM
mence on, and will keep his Eotches on The
| double entry plan, e., the entry tor the 9TH
| er side and two cuts for his own.