St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-19

IN Portland. guess they got showed
IN, Badly is pitching great ball, but
bis mind isn't on base ball now. He
has a long-distancc rifle that he is IN
love with. and doesn't think of anything
but shooting. One day we saw an ante
lope from the train. 1t locked TO me
forty miles away. but Badly got ont his
gun, put up the long-distance sight,
ana biazed away. The antelope wasn't
even scared, but Badly didn't weaken
on the gun. He's just as much stuck
on the brotherhood, aud Won't weaken
on il eithan."
"How long before you will begin
work?'
about March I. Next Monday I'll
go TO Dubuque, where my wife's folks
ready 10 report
SKETCH OF HIS CAREER.
Charles A. Comiskey was born in Chi
cagO Aug. Ii, 1860. His height is six
feet, one inch. and his weight is $50
pounds. He began playing ball in 1870,
when he pitched for the Libertys. The
next year he played i'll Elgin. where
Ted Sullivan saw him and became ini
pressed with his ability. AS a result
Ted got him an engagement the next
season at Dubuque, where he remained
TO the close of the season of 1881. He
pitched ond played left field In 1878 and
1879, and in 1850 began his career as a
first baseman. The great Dubuque
team of 1889 included in its member
ship Charley Radbourn, Tom Lotus
and Billy and Jack Gleason. When
the American association was organ
lied he went TO st. Louis to play first
base and captain the Browns, whom he
has commanded for eight years. The
first year the Browns finished next to
last in the championship race. In 1888
they were second to the Athletics, who
Won by one game. The MetrOpOlitans
won in 1854, with the Browns third.
Then the Browns became champions.
and remained SO for four years. Last
year the Bro0klyns beat them one game.
Out OF eight chances Comiskey's men
got TO the front four times, and were
beaten twice by one game only. When
he took hold of the Browns Won der
Abe knew little, if anything, about base
ball.
1t was during the season of 1881 that
Der PoSs PRESIDENT" achieved dis
tinction in a Wrangle over ground rules.
The game was between the Browns and
Athletics, and large crowd was pres
ent. One OF the Browns knocked a
bali over the center-field fence
and ran around the bases. The
ground rules of the association were
not explicit at the time and the Ath-
letics insisted that the hit should count
for only two bases. A wrangle, in
which every man in both teams took
part, stopped the game. Great excite
ment followed. Delay caused the crowd
TO grow impatient and Chris to
think the time had come when ''der
PRESIDENT should assert himself. He
descended from his seat in the direc-
tors box and strobe across the field with
rapid and weighty steps. AS he neared
the home plate he called out:
''ComnItzkey. vat is de matter?"
1.-The ball wos knocked over the fence
and we claim home run, and they
want to give, us only two bases" an
SWered the captain.
Chris cheek flushed and his eyes
flashed as he raised his mighty right
arm and pointed the forefinger of his
right hand at the offending fence. Then
he exclaimed in stentorian tones:
Watts knocked is knocked. Watts over
dc fence is over de fence. 90 het NIT
de game.n