Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-07-15
HUMoR OF THE GAME.


Funny Paragraphs Cleaned from Face
tious Exchanges.
Tennis PLAYERS always look out for the
net result of the seasons work.-Boston
Post
This is world of pain rand suffering,
even base ball has stitch in the side
| DdnsuilJe Breeze.
If Cincinnati only had a pitcher named
| Telescope, their Viau OF the pennant would
| be better.-Sanddy Sayings.
1t takes a strike to make man stand
| around-P.sch. Yes, and three strikes
make man feel '.put out. "-Sptcer.
Alaska now has baseball club, and the
| first genuine Alaska diamond has come
into existence. Free Press
There is a pitcher in baseball that never
grows old and never lacks popularity. His
name is Beerpibcher.-St. Louis Rcpubh can.
He had been explaining to her why the
baseball catcher wore a mask. ''Does. the
| umpire wear one to protect him from the
! ball, toos" she asked. "No; from the
mob. Judge
The wise ball player kicketh at the umpire
under his breath at distance. His
method is just as effective as the other fel-
lows, and is much cheaper.-Phiidde9oh id
North An,cric1il.
The Philadelphia reporters are very foolish
to send challenge to such old and tried ex-
perts as the New York reporters, who have
lost only one game in the past twenty years.
Police Gazette
"They'l Get There march is the name
of piece. of music composed specially for
the Boston club. If Arson keeps o n it will
take ''Kel'' and the cigar signs until Decem-
Der to get tntsre.-St. Louis Post Dispatch.
Magistrate the charge against
the prisoners Oficer-"Anson." Magis-
trate-"Anson? You mean arson.'' Off
cer-s'No, yer honor, it's Arson, for whin I
told him to move on, he kicked "-Sportin0
Life.
Professor ITO class in athletics)-'Now,
who can tell me who made the highest
standing jump on racord!' Youth with
the eagerness that accompanies red hair
''The COW that jumped over the on."-
Carthage LNo.) Democrat.
Eighteen young men played q game of
baseball IN dress suits and white gloves at
Monroe r. H, Wednesday. This is q more
appropriate costume than would at first
sight appear. The swallow-tail is essentially
a ball dress N. Y. World.
Field-'tJupiter must have been great
ball player, How could that have been2'
Field-'I don't know how; but / was read
ing just now that at one time he was wor-
SHIPPED by all the civilized world ''-Lolccu
Citizen.
There" exclaimed an inexperienced
young woman at the polo grounds, as
Welch landed the ball in the pit Of the tntter's
food department, while the latter lay down
and tore up haadfuls Of grass, he has hit
him at last. Does that win the gamea''-
N. T. Sun.
What does the man they throw the ball
at wear that muzzie forg" asked 4he unso-
phisticated young woman, as she watched
the game. THAT he replied, YEARLY
for itwas her thIrty-seventh question: is to
leeep him from biting the umpire when he
gets mad. ''-Ne,O York Evening Sun.
''Hang it all,'' he exclaimed, as he turned
over the periodicals on the counter, ''rd
ike to find paper that isn't chuck full of
baseball ''There's drug store on the
next corner Sir" suggested the news
dealer "a drug stores Who asked for a
drug store?' They sell f1y-paper there,
sir ''-.Judge.
Baseball is very ancient game The
Emperor Domitian occupied bis leisure
moments in catching flies. The muses. also
belonged to a nine. Noah was base oailist
He was the first pitcher. He pitched the
ark within and without. The game was
called on account of rain.-St. Louis Rcpub-
licdn.
A baseball game on Sunday in q New
Jersey town recently broke up church
service The voices of tho players ca,ne
floating into church and mingled with tho
pastors voice IN this way: Pastor ANNOUNCE
ing hymn-'What shall do to be saveds"
Chorus through open window-'Slide, slide,
and you'll make it" Exit congregation
followed by pastor Washington Post.