The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1883-09-19
4 WOMAN WHO WENT TO
BNAl BASH BALL
CONTEST.


yitation 70 go Whist he called 1.-THE beaa-
de- Of the national game" 1t was .
broiling hot day, but Mr.. Diogenes said
he game would be hot in proportion, 20
we started. We got TO the grounds after
the trouble had begun. It was the first
time ! hsd ever seen base ball played. It
viii ibe the lat. What I saw confirms
me in the belief that mems ideas Of sport
are insxpl,cable on any theory except
ytepyofsy insanity. 4 had heard OF
rsbplswho enjoyed getting into fights
because they had the fun Of get
ting al smashed to pieces. didn't be-
lieve'it however, until l saw base ball
rnne. ThSp Iiwasconvinced / should
think there must have been
.As NAVY ~ 5000 PDoPLR.g
besides Nj. D., and myself, looking on
the eighteen Wild men who gyrated
about the ball groundk A great many
in,ths thFong we're ladies, and, to my
amusement, they seemed to enjoy wlsas
they sGw. Al We took our seats saw 3
man throw . round object with allhis
might and main right 1t man who held
something like = cartrung in bis hand.
The missile came 80 close to the cartrung
mans head that, Is he lodged it, the
man who stood right behind him and
another person who stood right at the
second mans heels, ducked their heads
in unison with the man with the cart
rung to escape being hit. The missile
finally struck the side ofthe grand stand
With noise like the explosion ola can
non. Nobody seemed surprised. Mr.. D.
explained that the missile was ball.
api that ,whsA l thought WAS eartrung
& not I F(Hsung, but : bit He said
the men 1lways thfeY the ball like that
in the hope that the striker" could not
hit it with the bat. l examined the
man with the, bat critically. He didn't
look bit like . labor agitator, much less
striker. ! told Mr.. D. 20. He laughed
and said that that was ~
TECHNICAL MANI ONLY.
The man who stoed behind the bat had Q
cage built around his head, and wore
Thick elsves. The man behind him also
had His Uranium enclosed in wire. He
jumped up and down and watched the
man who hurled the ball, and the ball
ITSELF ~ II he considered himself in i'm
minent danger Of being made Z target. !
asked Mr.. d. about the cages. "Oh,"
hid be, "thst's part Of the outfit. For
meriy they didn't wear those masks;
bat ON one or two occasions the striker,
in hitting 1t the ball, brought the bat
accidentally in collision with the catch
ers head. The shock split the bat. The
captain ofthe nine complained, after this
had happened several times, that bats
were too expensive to be turned into
kindling wood in that way, The catcher
objected, too. He said he couldn't afford
to have . hsadaehe during . match. To
satisfy both players, masks were adopted.
All the damage that an accomplished
batsman can now hope to inflict upon
the opposite nine is to smash the mask
to pieces" While Mi. D. was talking
the striker hit the ball. It shot upward
sifApsd from = gym, and the man who
Ill ~ nn 1waS - afastsas
I'M LEGS COULD CARRY HIN.
Two other men who had been standing
It different points watching him follow
ep25e e3ap11D.g The crowd began to
~ kn1f1 ~ dkarly dlak The ball
dropped like . meteor toward man who
stood with hiseyes turned skyward wait
iag It. HvN1t into. his hands with .
terrific whsck, and he promptly let go of
II. The crowd yelled in derision. The
man yelled, too. Then he seized his left
wrist with his right hand, and whirled
round and round, bowling like an Indi-
an. Next he doubled up a. if he had the
cramps, and finally he fell down fiat on
the ground and laid there. Another
man rushed out, yelling like mad, picked
up the ball and hurled it ITO the man
with the cage and gloves. The man who
was ffantically running towards him
trippsd, fell fat ON his chest. and shot
along the ground for , distance Of two
yards like boy coasting on sled. He
raised his hand during the remarkable
journey, and brought it down with Z,
whack on white square at the feet Of
the man with the cage and the gloves.
The latter planted his heel on the hand
with great
ACCURACY or AIN.
At the same time he caught the ball, sat |
down with great emphasis and enthusi-
asm on the back of the PROSTATE man,
gave him terrific thump in the ribs
with the ball, and then held the ball in |
he air and shouted: Judgment"
Not out, }" yelled the other maA With a
mask. Instantly the place echoed with
Kisses, and. the crowd shouted, "Oh, put
him out" Teach him the rules"
'O'Reilley, you're N. G." and other
salutations. The man with |
he mask didn't seem in the least dis
turbed by this deluge Of abuse. He only
laughed. 'Oh, that's nothing" said Mr..
D. "He's only the umpire. That's part
" the pcrquisites Of his position. He's
used to it. Out west they sometimes
dance all over the umpire. 1t makes
him impartial, and prevents him 1om
going TO sleep. Italso enlivens the game
immensely" The man who made a
sliding pond Of the dirt got up with his
uniform torn at both knees and spent
several inmates pressing his chest and
Rasping for breath. Eight men
fg ~ ABLY ASSISTED HIN
by CONCENTRATING him simultaneously.
They shook his hands until the last
small remnant Of breath was quite gone
out Of him, and then sat him down, and
waited with afectionate anxiety till his
lungs began very slowly to initiate again.
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