Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-08-21
FIRST EDITION.
THE MAN THE TOWER.
He Describes - Game OF Base Bali-The
DAlias Tournament.

He Describes - Game OF Base BaIl-The
Dallas Tournament.
The reporter found his friend absent
when he climbed into the tower yes.
terdny. Dust was rafting In clouds
along the 81 Get below, and old Sol
seemed 10 be trying 10 start conilag-
ration with the state of 'rexns for fuel
and the reporter thought Ii SOL had
forty-sight hours trial he would make
his attempt grand success. Just then
the old man ciiIie pulling and sweat
ing into lhe tower, Inulnbling some
thing about Texas being the twin sis
ter 81 hates,
Hello, old man. been taking n fur
Tough, what do you know9 said the
reporter.
"oh, said the old fellow. awe Just
been aduiriug the streets of this great
city, adorned with such beautiful piles
of potato skins, melon rinjs and all
manner OF kitchen refuse strewn IN
such superb slippery spendor all
through the town. and thinking OF the
beautiful obituary notices to appear ia
the columns Of the GAZETTE If they
are allowed to remain aud fiji the ut
nosphere with their oderiierous per-
fumes. Siagnant water and dccayed
vegetable matter is ~ dangerous ms
the I--didnit- ~know---it-- Wus--iOAded
pistol In the hands oftheaverage small
boy"
Amy news?n asked the reporter.
YES, was the reply; 1.-THE Fort
Worth ball tossers are going TO enter
the tournament held tat Dallas on the
18th OF this month. One of the play
ers told me they were going 10 win II
prize sure; that there was not the
smallest kind OF an inhnltcsimal
doubt about It, and that the Fort
would yet feel as proud Of her base
hall club as she did Of her new opern.
house,
What do you think of the amuse-
men,?' asked the reporter.
TITS beautiful game" said
the CID raan, and cssily described.
You take eighteen men and
split thenl In two, then you select
the hottest day Texas can furnish
or import aud 80 out in the bilin' sun;
onc-half Of the eighteen men go TO the
bal, the other half goes to grass, or in
other words, takes the field. A fellow
with nm umbrella. called the umpire,
calla time and the game begins.
The first man 10 throw the ball Is
the pitcher. he bends his back and
with mighty swing Of his aInl deiiv-
ers the blil over the home base that
IL, IL he is lucky-if not, II ross into
the crowd or possibly into the bread
basket Of the man with the ninh ella.
Pretty soon the batter--if he too IL
lueky-hits the ball and right here Is
where the beauty Of base ball shows up
In all It's splendor. The batter slng-
his bat into the crowd OF spectators re
gardless of whom 1t kills, and starts
FOR first bnse; about seven iicldcrA on
on the grass tumble the ball until on,
OF them gets it and throws it 10 th,
man on first base.
III the first basenian II lucky enough
to be about seventeen feet tall he may
catch tile ball, If not, 1t goes Swimming
over his head and then il his turn tC
run. Away be goes Ia one direction
and the batter in another finally the
first base nial gets lie bali and tries tt
head OIL the batter ut home base; viii
eyes almost bursting from their socket
he hufls tile halt home--into anything
or anybody witain reaching distance
4 run Is scored and the plnndLtS %
hundreds rise upon tbs air. BY ana bN
tne fellows on the grass take their tltri
at the bat amt giVetheiropponent thu
pleasure of bending their backs, spit
thug on their hands and chasing balls
This is kept up for about three hour,
until the game il lost or won. Thre,
cheers and II tgoh are given for every
body in general and base bah in par
ticnlur. The meeting adiourns sine di
and all go Eome 60 bless In their orr
sons the man who Invented base ball.
The reporter asked the old man il h'
had ever played the game.
Young man said the uld fellow
~ never played the game myself, hui
once hud u little brother, Il Lowell,
little fellow " ith bright blue eyes, an,
whose musical laugh yet wuilons th
tenderest Aemories in my old heart
One day he went out on the bal
ground TO play ball. They brough
him home Oh u stretcher, and laid hin
Out on the pallor table; three finger
of his left hand We're brokcu, az ey
was gone, ~ Il his whole appearance
Indicated that he had been cuitivarin;
Tue acquaintance OF "A circular saw Ii
full motion.n
WAS he dcadrn aslSed the reporter
NO" was the reply, ''heswas no
dead, and when we succeeded Il
bringing him To he smiled up ia m
face nnd said, don't worry, my broth
er, Pin oil right; twas nothing b,lt