The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1885-09-26

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Good Housekeeping.
Written for the CHIEF.
HOW WE KNOCKED OUT THE
ROMAN GLADIATORS.
BY NJ. LOCKE.
The Gladiators had defed US to enter thu
arena, and Rome howled.
Twas clear case of enlargement OF tn,
gall, and there was nothing else for it bu
to k,et the strongest nine together that WI
cold scrape up out of the town, and g
| over Il. Ror1e and knock the everlasting
stuftinp ou. of them. For Rome ,vas bull
in day, and The "Cladiators " were yer,
Oshkosh, oyster-can organization; whilst
we we're the acknowledged champions OF
the county, and had helt, that honor fol
years. We made up our minis to mop the
earth up with them. I, as heaI. pnsher,
hustled around and saw the fellows. Bun
ion, the local professionalism of an on
nine was gotten up that he might be in
duced to 60 with US just to pull up his bat
ting average; although he suggested that he
| might be playing ball with the Chicagoes
by that time. We were glad enough to get
Bunion, for he was very fair player. even
if he did wear a cane and know more
about ball than Spalding's Guide. His Chi
cago racket, however, didn't worry US in the
least, for We knew that Chicago never could
afford to give him his price.
1saw Monaghan, our left fielder, who had
once upon a time played short engage
ment in the Ohio League, and got his views
on the situation: Have you got that pic
MIC wild them Alligators out in that swamp
fixed up yet, Kounty?' told him l had
written accepting their challenge, and had
burnt 'em up alive, saying that we would be
over on schedule time and would knock
the conceit out of 'em in less time'n it 'ud
take cat to lick its paw. "That's the way
to give it to them yaps out THERE" said he.
Them farmers must have horrible nerve
fur to want to play us fellers, aud say fur
to shut 'em out widout run, jest fur their
gall. Yon don't use tobacco do you, Koun-
typ" bought Monaghan nickel's worth
of g Star," as didn't use.it myself, and sat
down on q store box and listened to wormy
legends of heavy hitting in the Ohio League
until the moon arose and reminded me that
had missed an engagement to eat.
Word had been sent around, and next day
there was quite lot of the gang assembled
at Saunders fish store, (the headquarters).
But short depression may be in order
the fish store will keep till we return, if the
Board of Health officers don't happen to
drop around in the meantime. Our club was
called the Golden Horse Shoes" and our
uniform bore that emblem of good luck up
on the shirt front. We had white cotton
pants, crushed d-strawberry stockings, and
black silk railroad caps, all of which was
packed in a trunk which stood in the fish
store where the name of the club in gilt let
ters showed up for all she was worth. We
had also photograph of the entire nine in
uniform, taken by the last photographer
who had passed through, which hung in the
show window in front. No wonder the kids
would clean fish all day for nothing, with
all these attractions free; for weren't We
the champions of everything this side of
Wild Cat Creek? Well, should cough up a
dude we were!
Beside the fact that Bunion was to go
with us, there was another circumstance
that augured total annihilation to the Ro-
mans: "Stub" Magnify was back in town,
and had promised to play with US. Stub
was wanderer who had dropped into our |
town some years before, played great ball
with US, and then signed away with pro-
fessional club. Occasionally, after heavy |
rain, some one would find Clipper, when
We would see his name among the real, IA
nous, live professionals; but of late we
had heard nothing of him till in he came !
npon US again, looking like he'd been locked |
in box-car for week, and says: g De Old |
Leaguer's in hard luck" Jim Saunders !
had taken him in, and was holding him !
lp' until he could get al engagement, but |
The kilograms had not as yet begun pouring
N. He occupied a part of his elegant leis-
Ire in whitewashing the place-not hard |
op for all old Lacquer, by the way. He
;welled our heads upon all occasions with
stories of League players with whom he had
played, and embellished his elegant flow of !
anguage at these little Conversations with
bright gems from the slang of the "pro-
:esh." He would incidentally speak of this
,r thai player as g anastitious - or as ''very
and talked about - Moss-agate"
pitchers. Tin-horn players, and "Spi- |
ler-web jugglers." After consulting Web
ter and our next door neighbor. Professor
to no purpose, I chose /
ayorable opportunity, threw couple of
chooners into him, and asked him plump !