Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-05-25
III, A r MA CY!
Base BalI--FIOwers-Dogs.
Reported for the Evening Capital !,

DAse OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
RepOrted for the Evening Capital
An exceedingly interesting game of
base ball was played last Saturday
morning 10 front Of the Marine Bar.
racks. u. S. Naval Academy. be.
tween the "Big Fellows" under cap.
tain Berkley Iglehart, and the "Iit-
tie Fellows" under captain Ellicott
Worthington. The former about ten
and the latter eight years old After
three hours hard playing the "Iit.
tie Fellows" won the score, "a to 23.
The captain of the victorious nine
lost q fair fly at a critical moment,
being busily engaged culling dande.
lions, and only secured il on &
bounce" Had 1t not been for thls
little inadvertence, the score might
have been much more in favor of the
Little Fellows" 1t is due to cap.
tain Iglehart to slate that be only
played four ''men," against seven
"men." Everything was conducted
fairly and the umpire's decisions were
unassailable. 1t is to be regretted
that strict discipline was not enforced
Notwithstanding the military sur
roundings. Alter the game hah lasted
over three hours, some of the men''
struggled of not for "drinks'' but fof
dinner" No we'll trained ball play.
er should ever leave the "ieldp for
bis meals this is an axiom.
The attention Of our police Is called
to the fact that Flower thieves, are
IN bloom and need their Watching.
Il is not uncommon in this city for
persons to buy, plant and raise beau.
tiful flowers, and as soon as they are
In the perfection Of beauty. these
thieves who do not appear to sleep st
night as fear our police do, not only
steal the flowers, but even The plants.
the roots and the dirt around the
roots. IT Is an old saying. 'there Is
honor among thieves, but where il
the "honor" among our thieves when
they not only take the "aowersu but
also The roots and rich dirt around the
roots. | would suggest TO the ''low.
er thieves" that they call meeting
and establish rule 'sthat all members
stealing aOwers and plants be required
to leave the roots and rich dirt" The
line must be drawn somewhere or
"Othello's occupation will be gone"
Some very sensible articles have
been in your recent issues in regard
to the useless dogs that roam our
streets. / am very sure that our
"City Code" prohibits dogs running
around unmuzzled, and it is some.
body's business to see that the law Il
enforced. II / know anything about
common law, II this, every man and
woman In the city may keep dog,
but the dog must be so kept, as not
TO annoy q single citizen by either bis
bite or bark. This iscommon sense.
Every business man, every nervous
woman, every delicate or helpless
child, has a fright" to walk our
streets without being annoyed, much
less frightened or injured by dogs.
Good citizens will keep their dogs
ct home, and when necessary TO take
them through the streets will muzzle
them. Dogs that bark when kept up,
should be sent to the country or kill.
ed. Bad citizens should have their
dogs disposed Of by law, and If The
law fails after fair trial, it may be
necessary TO use poison Our women
and children demand protection.
"A magazine article not long since,
in defence Of dogs having their liber.
~ said, "the danger from hydrophO.
bia bad been much over-estimated;t that
statistics showed that only 1000 per-
sons died annually from this horrible
disease" The late Prof. n. r.. Smith,
Of Baltimore, who received at the
hands of scientific circles in Europe,
just before bis death, nothing less than
kingly honors for bis knowledge, ex-
perience and skill as an eminent SUR
geon, said better the species be exc
Terminated than that one Of our race
be subjected TO such q fearful de
seae8'V CITIZEN.