Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-11-19

| day, we learn that the plan which the
professor has been following in hi:
work Of exploration and excavation in
: Chicago, that of investigating the posi-
ton OF the corner-stones among the
| debris of the largest structures has re.
suited in the glorious success chron.
icled to-day. which is nothing less than
the discovery of numbers of the daily
papers under dates in September and
October, CT the year 1885. They give
long accounts CT most singular and
curious game, which from the report:
seemed to excite a goodly number Of
people to the highest pitch. In one
place az allasion is made to the coming
''battie OF the giants and the declara.
ton is made that in the first game, Nc.
Cormlck, who must have been very
celebrated man, will pitch for the
home team" What a field for opera
tons in scientific research has opened
before US! Let us find out something
authentic in regard to the stature OF
these giants; let us ascertain what
the features Of this game of so-called
''base-ball'' were; let Us rob the expires
SONS: "Ansou's hot-lin r." "Welch's
sky-scraper" and ''Kelly's daisy-cut,
ter" of the mystery which surrounds
them. When we shall have been able
to comprehend the meaning of ga ranl,
decision by the Umpire" the statement
that ''Dorgan was given a base Ga
balls, the report that "Williamson
flew out to Gerhardt,' and the en-
phatic accusation that s'Gore took
chances. and stole second" we shall,
doubtless, have clear insight to the
peculiar customs and characteristics of
the people who lived in Chicago in that
ancient epoch, together with some
understanding of their pastimes and
principal occupations. The material
now N the professors hands will re-
quire years to exhaust by deliberate
study and scholarly criticisms, for how
long will it not take to master the sig
niiicance of expressions like these:
"Spalding's Salvationists followed
amid tremendous enthusiasm "An-
sons infants have gained all the glory
there is in the world" New York S
boodIe-bearers have dropped both gold
and glory; ''!he mascot stood on his
head;' " .Dal' let Ge.lardt throw him
out at first GILLESPIE hit four bases"
NOW that man must have been a
giant "Connor stole one base on
Sunday" this makes it clear that their
moral natures were sadly blunted !;
"hcl!y's hOme-run was received with a
mighty YELL etc.
The pulling quotations give but a
FAINT tdea OF the hew ldering MISS of
material Prof. Schl emann has secured
among the ruins of Chicago, city,
whch, judging by the report that Give
thou and people were around the dia-
mond," must have been one of gigantic
splendor and unequaied resources. We
have reason to congratulate ourselves
on the brilliant results of Prof. Schlie-
mann's labor and upon the valuable
addition he has made to the history of
America. True enough, it may be
years before we shall get at the prec Sc
meaning of the assertion that .'in the
pool-rooms men went mad, which sad
condition OF affairs, they tell us, was
brought about by "betting on run Or no
run N the ghth inning" In another
account it is stated that ''the pool-room
was suddenly emptied, and for q few
minutes loose tee,h and booty noses
We're very plenty in the alley" All this
occurred in connection with what
was known as "base-ball' and the
''mect ng of the giants" From
this VIC should Judge that their
national game was of q barbaric
nature, and that the people were
fond of violence. This idea is borne
out by the report t'nt "Kelly wanted
to black Curry's eye for him. This
game of ''base- BALI must also have
been to the taste of the masses. because
the papers containing the reports of the
game We're extra editions, and we are
1 Id that they "sold Ike hot cakes"
Hot cakes must have been plenty and
cheap among that very peculiar people.
1t seems to Us that men must have at
tanned great eminence in that city by
their connection with TIE ''league," for
we learn that exclamations like the fol-
lowing were made on the grounds and
in the pool rooms: That "McCor-
mick is q fine dandy 1.-The Harlem
twirler is no slouch;' mo flies now on
tn pennant for Anson;' ''what lalla
Gore is that "O'Rourke is holy ter
ror;;" Williamson can down them
all" and "Mutrie is a kicker"
We shall look With interest for fur
Their. reports from Prof. Schl.emann,
and with great curiosity for his under
standing of the contents of the papers
discovered, for it must be conceded that
the day these pape.s were printed must
have been a red-Iette one in the calen-
dar, and that the accounts in them OF
the excessive strain of excitement en-
dured b. the people over the 'base-ball
game will prove a study of intense
interest. - Chicago Journal.