Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-07-29
4sCHOOL Rpf'S TACATIUN.
He Takes Trip and Promises His Father
Write Him the Incidents of the Journey.

He Takes q Trip and Promises HIS rather 10
Write Him the Incidents of the Journey.
From the Pittsburg Chronicle.
1t is not only the young man who is deep
ly interested in base ball. The school boy,
as the following letter, written by boy of IA
to his father in This city, will show. The boy
is spending his vacation in Columbus, Ohio,
and had promised to write to his father faith
full accounts of what he saw on the road and
what was of interest to him in Columbus
He did so, and i. is easily seen by his letter
where his mind is at present The letter Is
well written and is well worth reading. 1t is
as follows:
CoLUNBUs, Ohio, July 10th, lsS6.
DEAR PAPA. l got here safe and sound
last evening about dark. II was a splendid
trip, and according to promise l Will write
you all about it The only thing regretted
in leaving was that missed seeing the last
game OF the series between the Alleghenys
and the Nets; but we got telegram last night
that the game went all right. What a dandy
pitcher that Morris is. Pa you should go to
see some OF the games you don't know what
you miss You might take ma too, or Thurs
days no charge tor ladies that day. gener-
ally sit on the right where | can see the fell
lows put out at first. If you had been there
the other day and had seen Shomberg g
three-baser you'd have gone home wild.
Shomberg is the new mathew first base
for the Alieghenys But | forget that you
The first place we stopped was at Rochester
about % miles out ] don't think they have
a club there-though a boy on the platform
told me there was one at Beaver and another
at New Brighton, towns near by. lam sorry
l could not tiud Just how they stood they
are not in the association anyhow. After
awhile we got out OF the hills, aud when we
got past DenuisOn, aud irUm that all the way
To Columbus, | never saw such a base ball
country. You may not believe me, but there
is lust one field after anOther-Only most of
them were allowed to grow in corn or wheat
this year. This is the country where
the Sunday school excursions should
run to-plenty OF room for all the boys TO
play, and no such thing as allowing only two
bags for three baser when the balls hit the
rocks, as they are at Rock Point, Alliquippa
and those other places.
l suppose before the Columbus club was
sold to Pittsburg all these corn fields were
diamonds. 1t certainly looks desolate now
with cattle roaming and nothing but harvest
hands trudging around.
l like Columbus but don't want to stay
here long Next vacation please send me to
Cleveland or some other place where they
have live club. Columbus is the capital of
ohio--the proprietor of the hotel told me that
the place was called after Christopher Col
umbus, who discovered America in 1892.
You see / have done as you said-got the
history of the place the first thing The Col
umbus people are almost proud of the
Allies az we are, guess they must be sorry
they sold out. l am going to Newark on an
excursion to see the Newarks vs.. Xanesvilles
this afternoon, aud will write you descrip-
tion and history of that place also as soon as
l get back.
Love to ma, Willie, Sadie and johnny
Your all. Son.
+. S.-Don't let Johnny have my profes-
sionsl dead league TO play with The water
in the gutter is terrible on horse hide.