Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-15

BEAUTIES OF BASE BALL,
Bin Kye Tries His Hand at Writing an
Account.


Account.
New York World.
lam extremely sorry that Matthe W Ar
mold did not live to read more OF our
American base ball literature. think he
would have liked US better il he had done
so. In saying that we we're q vulgar peo-
pie and that the American humorist was
6 national misfortune think he criticised
US hastily, for he WAS only IN this coun-
try little while and judged our humor
largely by the supply re read while here
ana which he brought with him IN his
trunk, but il he could have seen the base
ball word painting Of our glorious coun-
try he would have loved us.
II he could have read that Richardson
went out, Irwin to Farrsr, that Foster
hit safely and istole second, that WEIGH
fled out to Wood and all about Tiernan's
scratch hit and E wing's failure to sscri-
fee and Wards miss of grounder thai
went thr ugh him, Mr.. Arnold would
have said that he has done US an in
justice.
admit that csnnot understand it all
yet, but am striving to do SO and l an
willing to work hard.
| sometimes wish that Lord Tennyson
could come here for one summer and sit
with me on bleaching board, with his
numerous hair hanging over his topcoat,
while 1 explained to him "tbat it looked
rather seually for the Giants, for instance,
till Slattery iolted merry thunder out OF
the horsehide, tore the tar out Of the
willow, smashed the leather, aud then,
while the Phillie fEmblers were pulling
dandelIon green's beyond the Harlem,
the Metropolitan inflelder, lit out
like future punishment beating
tsnbark, accumulated q one-bsgger, q
two bagger and three-bsgger, straight
ened himself out like a long WASTED
jack rabbit across the plate, and made his
royal red home run just as the New York
Central got in with the ball and the band
played Tommy make rooR for your
auntie."
r 1 think that Alfred would like that. II
me Lord likes vivid and searching style
ne would find 1t here. l am only begin
ming 10 write in this way, and 1t is new
to me, but think 1 can ultimately give
a description Of q ball game that
will appeal to every nearer. When 1
began would have said, for instance,
that O'Rourke swstted at the ball and
missed 1t, till the pitcher hit O'Rourke's
person with it, and then went to first, and
gradually got to the third base, but now
l would say that O'Rourke, the Gothic
extended catcher for the Giants, strove
TO belt the blooming ball to windwsrd,
msuled the atmosphere two times
and concussed the life preserver on
the right leg Of Umpire Dan
iels, was presented with one base
as q mark OF esteem, and with blister
as big as hornets nest where he had
tried to bisect the orbit of hot ball with
the bosom OF his knickerbockers, he
bungled second, and while Hallmsn was
mufaing the orb, catching invisible crabs,
fuking everything in sight and corking
himself generally, O'Rourke lit out like q
scared to death bob tail cornet, fell forty
feet horizontally, and, with his ear full OF
hot ball, blister across his meridian, q
fractured thigh and his mouth full OF
sand, hoarsely ejsculsted: "Judgment!"
There is description that appeals to
every heart. There Is literary moss
agate that ought to tickle man like
Tennyson, unless he las foolish preju-
dice against American writer's.
NV ambition is some day to write the
lurid description of . base bail game
which will go snoring downlthe corridors
Of time, Balaklavs. Marco Bozzaris and
the stubborn youth who stood on the
burning deck. Iwant to write it 80 that
it will be bright and jsunty in style, and
vet would like to stock little sadness |
In il, description that should be rich in
coloripg, and yet free from information,
. carefully and professionally prepared
gem of literature that would contain |
bout column and nothing else what
ever.