Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-06-28

Ovr Hono,,d" letter.
Thomdyke. said I. "lci ~, bic ava, TO
the Diamond field and zee how the Married
Men hold their wind aglins, the boy Who
wear the big IT, on their shrisF lie demwed
at first, said i was too warm ana asked me
over to take drink Of Bethesda water. fav
orcd by orgeat. with lauguid air that almos
made me despair Of taking HIN with me. But
worked him up by telling him that the wives
sisters, cousins and aunts Of the Beneiicl-
would he there. Tha captured him and way
We vent Thot1ivke is very susceptible %
the good opinion II the fair sex, and asked me.
A. We Jared along. TO coach himon in thepaycts
and the game when we arrived, so ne Gould
talk base ball in a learned manner to his fair
friends in the evening This ! promised Of
course, but was quite sure he would get
tangled in a maze of curved balls. base hits,
liners, double.pays, errors, forced runs. fly
catches. md foul ball, before he got through.
When we arrived the boys were practicing,
and the new pavilion, which 10y the way is
miseably seated, was spotted over with about
100 spectators. Thorndyke looked at me rue
fully and minated that | had deceived HIM as
20 the coneourse Of beauty that would he
there, but knew that he could not walk lack
as be Is very careful Of his shoes aud silk
stockings 50 ehatted away and called his
attention at once to the players.
That Spani,hlooking gentleman, Thorn
dyke, said T. " is Don Antonio Rosa he plays
and base and is the crack runner Of the Married
Men, YOU will doubtless see him beat hall
between bases before the game is over. DO
you zee that Sancho- Panza looking fellow in
I the left field That is Napoleon Spencer. who
| has lately made himself famous for his philoSo
phica wilticiSms and home runs lie Is 9
sure ba, and often knocks the ball far enough
50 he can rest between bases and talk politics
Yon hcrculcan youth in the red stockings i
pitcher has been trying for weeks to knocI
him out, but he always succeeds in dodging tn
ball. and has earned the sobriquet of the 'artii
dodger Wonder knight OF the wocful figure
who has goody portion Of his legs turned u
for feet, is the renowned Robbie Parker, h
who heaveth the globe with diabolical curry
, To the unsuspecting batter. have seen hir
take hot liner from the bat with screnit
that would make steel target jealous. Tha
sedaic troubadom near ;he home base, VIII
shakes hands with the ball in such friendl
manner, is the Benedict catcher, Billy Sheldor
who goTies in Furnishing his second basema
, and scooping in wild fouls. Wonder nervo,
4 gentleman with the Gil Bias make up pla,
j. center field his name is Johnnie Dat, thong
unlike his prototype he has nothing to do wit
. wild oats. but will, however, give you AZ
amount of chaH about the hyperbola OF hie
y fly. The doughty squire you see with lance
1t rest out in the right field, is he Of the hea'
- encounter no knight Of the bat has ever be,
a known to withstand the shock Of a collisic
" with the brave Sir Mark Robinson. Nond
stripping page with the title ;,
:, on the score after his name Is not sunda
school boy, tina, is Clare Macfarlane the sho
81 stop and general hacker Of the welded bas
- men, lie and Eddy Whittick on Sd la
m play leap-frog with daisy.cutters, and cha
ID foul balls. The fellows with the blue h;
ID Thorn" but alas turned to find Thor
a. dyke had left me talking to empty air ard h
81 seated himself beside one Of Ewes fair daug
" ters, being totally unconscious of imp
III Walls call Of Time