The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-04-29
HIS LOVE OF OUTDOOR SPORTS.

AAS ~ -DOpN IOhlO
Mr., Lincoln was not playing ball al
the time the news came to this city that
he had been honored by a nomination
for the Presidency. But withal that, he
was 4 lover of the sport and FREQUENTLY
Enos, ESQ.,, Hon. Chas. A. Keyes, Z. l..
Baker, Esq, then editor of The journal
William A. Turney, Esq, Clerk of the
Supreme Court, and a number of Others
in connection with Mr.. Lincoln, had the
lot then ar open one, lying between
what was known as the United States
Court Building on the northeast corner
of the public square, and the building
owned by our old friend Mr.. John Car.
mody, on the alley north of it, on Sixth
street, enclosed with a high board fence,
leaving a dead wall Mt either end. In
this Galley" could be found Mr.. Lincoln
with the gentlemen named and others,
as vigorously engaged in the sport as
though life depended upon it. He would
play until nearly exhausted and then
take a seat on the rough board benches
arranged along the sides for the accom-
mediation of friends and the tired play
ers.
Our old friend-now deceased-Pat-
rick Stanley, had built an .'alley'' in the
real of his grocery in the Second ward,
which is still standing, t accommodate
his Irish-American friends-who have q
native love for the same character OF
ball sport. On more than one occasion
"Old Abe" could have been seen walk
ing down there in company with MI.
Turney and others-who had the same
fondness for the game-to test their
skill with some of Mr.. Stanley's more
robust friends. Mr.. Lincoln was also
fond of the old game of corner ball."
and frequently joined these same gen.
tlemen in exercises out of the city to get a
pasture in which they might have a quiet
game of ball He was passionately fond
of these ball games, not onlyfor the sport
they afforded, but for the better reason
that they gave him recreation from of
flee labor and the mental toll in the
studious preparations he made for his
professional duties and the indefatiga-
BILE study in other channels by this self
made a Nh. Lincoln was Just as
much in earnest in playing these games
as he was when on the stump, making a
speech before a jury, in an argument of
a cause. or when u~nraveling knotty law
points before the court. / have sat and
laughed many happy hours away watch
- NAde "a SoLA oCkWCCh hlLA vi OU6
side and Hon. Chas. A. Reyes on the
other. Mr.. Reyes is quite a short man
but muscular, wiry and active as a cat, |
while his o more distinguished an
tagonist. as all now know, was tall and
a little awkward, but which with much
practice and skill in the movement Of
the ball, together with his good judg-
ment, gave him the greatest advantage.
In a very hotly contested game, when
both sides were "up 4 stump'-a term
used by the players to indicate an even
game-and while the contestants were
vigorously watching every movement,
Mr.. Lincoln and Mr.. Turney collided
with such force hat it came very neal
preventing his nomination to the Presi-
and giving to Springfield a SEN
sation by his death and burial. Both
were badly hurt, but not so badly as to
discourage either from being found in
the "alley" tho next day. Base bal!
was not ''all the rage at that period
but we have no doubt that had Mr.. Lin.
coin remained in private life he would
have been equally fond of base ball; al
least we concluded thus from the fact
that the same gentlemen who played
with him with but few exceptions, or
ganized the first base ball club evcr or.
ganized in this city, when the disease
reached the capital of ulino;s.-RounG
Table, Springfield, Ill.
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