The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1882-06-28
THE GAME OF BASE BALL IN 1882,
Description of the National Game as
Played One Hundred Years
Hence.
Catapults for Pitchers and Base Running
on Bicycles.
HORRIBLE FATE or AN OBSTREPEROUs
AGR1CULTURIsT.
From the Detroit Hourly Post. May 81,
1882. s p. M.

[From the Detroit Hourly Post. May 81
| 1882, S P. NJ.
| The game to day was called very
promptly at the second announced,
three o'clock and 364 minutes, and
word was received that the outlying
fielders were at their respective pc.
sitions. The home team went to the
bat, each member facing with un-
daunted spirit the formidable look
ing engine stationed in the pitchers
box, we'll knowing that mistake in
the aim might send the revolving
globe through his quivering flesh,
and perhaps kill half dozen or so
spectators behind him. The re
nowned McGoohilan was the engi-
neer of the catapult. His profcien.
cy might have had the effect of reas-
surfing the batters if it had not been
understood that he was of rather a
malicious disposition and inclined to
take revenge for fancied insults or
former defeats. His fine of $25, 1000
for having killed one of Troy's bats
men and thirty-four spectators at the
risk of the loss of a valuable catch
er, ofterward RENTED on appeal on
account Of provocation and justifica-
ton. had salutary effect, however,
for no accident of the kind occurred
to mar the pleasure of last hours
game.
But there was one hitch which
caused some annoyance and no little
indignation on the part of every true
lover Of manly sports. In the first
half of the second inning the tele-
phone in the umpire's box on the
tower ratified violently, and time was
instantly called. Word was receiv-
ed from the left center fielder, who
is stationed in the rear Of the old
French homestead on the Woodward
road, that an Anticipated gardener
had interposed some objections to
having his cabbage plants trodden
down, and the fielder was in active
combat with the a. G. aforesaid, two
bulldogs and pitch fork, and in
immediate need of reinforcements.-I
Accordingly fourteen policemen were
sent to quell the riot, and the game
without further delay It
will be read with a great deal of sat-
isfaction that the fossilized gardener
was duly arrested, tried and will be
hung for treason at $3.50 o'clock to
night. The first thirteen innings
passed without hit being made, all
the batters striking out. In the first
half of the fourteenth inning, young
Derby, lineal descendant of the re-
nowned pitcher of, former days,
whose statue in bronze graces the
right pedestal at the park entrance,
was noticed to grasp his bat with a
determined look in his face. (Our
man of all work suggests that he
grasped it with his hands, but he is
one of those idiots who are signing
for the return of the fool century |
when punsters and paragraphers
were allowed the use of pencil and
a desk in the editorial rooms.) His
eye snapped FIRE, his teeth were firm
ly set, and he marched up to the
platter with strong resolve marked
in every lineament Of his features
McGoohilan adjusted the sphere in
the catapult with usual skill, but to
no avail. An awful quiet pervaded
the whole atmosphere; the town
clock, about to strike the hour Of
fnur nostnoned its onarasiOna for a