, 1879-02-02
BASEBALL.
/ BASEBALL ROMANCE,

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L / BASEBALL ROMANCE.
fhfladc'nhla Record.
In the bulk window OF q Chestnut street auc-
tfon-house is exposed magnificent mahogany
mace, tioped with deliberately y-worked silver
For over an hour very seedy individual, with
red hair and broken nose, fingered about the
window with such mysterious manner rs to
lead the officer on the corner believe that his
intentions were not good, SO he "toox him in u
on general principles.
When the officer related to the Court his
grounds for the arrest, and tinuing them not
tenable, the Magistrate quizzed the prisoner as
to who and what he was.
=" What were you doing there?" queried the
Court.
"Nothiug, ledge, simply admiring aud medi-
tating."
''Admiring what?'
"lhat bat, Jcdge, the beautiful baseball bat"
- You are evidently an ad1nircr of the game
OF BASEBALL" interposed the Court.
No more, Squire. Was once. I'm a mar
tyr, am. Pm no good any more. It's gone
| down now. has the game, How l could scoop
] IN ay-scraper! Shy tibet inkstand at me.
Jedge. Toss her sharp. Bounce her now. Hot,
me boy, AM I'll show yer how to stop Ter. No,
they won't have me no more; pm played, they
! say. Gimme something. BUST off that table
| leg and gimme smack at that inkstand. Fire
her this way hot, and il I don't show yer
homer yer can send me down for good.
| Ten years ago was big crab on the field;
| short-stop, you know. AL broke up now.
Couldn't get job now scraping the stick. l
could skin over the bases like creased lightning
runs. Throw open that door once. Just hold
| her open two MINUTES, and see me get up and
Dad
| though"
"You don't look as though you'd bring
prize" put in the Court.
"Not for beauty, no. But for scars, Jedge;
for scars I'm prime cneese; head OF the heap.
Pm martyr, am, but nobody would guess
it,,
ga martyr to whata" said the Court.
ITO sky-scrapers, Jcdge; daisy-cutters-
the tip of the hat. Oh, yes, 1'm martyr. Do
YOU sec that handz" and be exposed a palm
about as broad dcal-table, with five horr-
bly-danaged fingers sticking from it's edges
''Ihem tells the tale. All OF them busted
time and again. Had IN druv IN clear up to
dozens Of times. Every finger broke in six
places; iyc tunes six, thirty; thirty breaks on
The right hand, thirty busted on the left.
Twice thirty, sixty; five tweycs, sixty: Five
wortt, IL continental. Pulled in for gazing aud
mcaitattne On prize bat, This is too hard:'
1T is indeed hard,' said the Court.
"Do you see tat smelling apparatus on my !
countenance! 1ouks as though it was too biz /
for lie face, don't it! I sacrificed her. Once |
it was the beautiful]est nose as ever your eyes !
sot OIL, but ball took her on the fly, with three /
fingers. But Pm no good. Oh! no, don't !
prize bat, or mediate, but AM run in. All |
right, Jedge. Sock Ter to me. Send it hot
Pm on the home-run, and you might as well
put me out.''
He was put out in the street, and was heard
to say, as he went through the door, that he
knew he would be called upon to die for the
cause some time, to save it from Disgrace.
NOTES OF THE GAME.
Burdock, second basemau Of the Bostons, lost
a2-year-oid son recently by diDhther.a.
There is talk Of forming New England
League, composed Of amateur clubs
Tnayer, we'll known as the catcher and Cap
tain Of the Harvarjs. says be has gone out of !
the business for good.
Corasran, Of the Springhelds, and Welch, Of
the Hoi: :okes, arc practicing pitching together
at Williamsburg, L. l.
The New Bedfords will probably start on their
California trip about the lst OF March, They
WILL not enter for the international champion
ship this year.
Murtr!e's recent victory in long-distance
II, |
Provdeuce Club, has challenged him to !. TWEEN
ty-fTc-E3ile spurt.
Ferguson is reported to be figuring for the
Presidency Of the International Association. !
This is Moderately cheeky for man who was in |
the League last season.
Pctti0of Indianapolis, is still talking OF Or
ganzing New York nine: The admission OF
The Troy Club, however, cifectualIy disposes OF ,
any more mines entering the League.
Rra11ev IA tn Cant ain tha Trov f!1,,h Coorro
Washington will be warmly welcomed in this
citJ, where be made many friends during his s
With the White Stockings.
There is a talk OF organizing n club at To1c- 8
do, Ohio, with Clifford, Of the old Red Stockings, =
Is manager. The Toledo Strect-Isailway Com. .
pany will provide inclosed grounds for tile Club
Tree OF expense. !
Hol|iDgeT, who ran the Cleveland Club last I t
year, recently visited Detroit for the purpose Of
the feeling in that city relative to
he establishment OF nine. He has several +
men under contract for next season, and is look-
ug around for place to locate them.
4 correspondent at Syracuse, N. T., writes $
Is follows: Since the Stars have been admit !. !.
ed into the League, the Directors of that or =
delighted with The work accomplished I
= Messrs;; White and Townsend at the recent ::
Meeting, have been very busy arranging the -
necessary prclmnares as far rs possible Tor the -
pproaehng campaign. New grounds arc to be :.
elected, new uniforms, consisting of white !.
anton lanncl SUITS, with orown trimmings, with -
he word "Syracuse" (rrobaoly) worked on the - -
reast, caps to match, and hose OF real brown, =.
Iill be used. and nothing, either in appearance !"
r discipline, will be wanting to make the =.
yracuse Stars SECOND to none in the arena, ',
he playing nine, as lar as be asrertauctl, u
ill be substantially as follows: Dorgan c.; Nc b.
'orfnick, ed b.; Richmond, S.; Mausell, |. f.; ~
urcell, c. I. and change catcher; Kelly, r. t. H. H.
his nine, it will be readily seen, is a most a. a.
orndable one, and the Syracuse people erprcss .;
le utmost confidence in their ability" -
COOKING. "
4 MAIN LAST NIGHT. p'
There was q cooking main in Chicago last
rening, and although the utmost pains were