Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-03-15

suggested the beauty" attachment. mas
much A. he one day announced o. the oc-
cupauts u the bleacheries. with whom he
was engaged IA one % those wordy war
fares that are 30 characteristics o. the man;
"Oh, I'm a beaut; you can hank on that-a
regular $4,000 beauty. ! come high. but
they had % have me-
Up % that time, lss5, 10 player had ever
received the advertising and booming given
20 Mike Kelly. All Bo~tou expected him
10 win the championship by himself. and
were greatly disappointed when be didn't
do IL. For all that be played great ball for
the club. But 70 win a championship re
7uires a champion team, and Kelly soon
found be didn't have one behind him, grew
careless, and his own work fell Oh In CON
sequence. Kelly j. a man who needs an
incentive 70 spur him on. and one who In a
strong team will play grand ball. and In a
weak team, although brilliant always. his
work on the average will not be what he IL
really capable Of doing.
"Kel's" first appearances abroad In a Boz
ton uniform was AZ Baltimore. In the spring
Of 1857. The Bostons played foul exhibit
ton games there, which were about A. ex-
citing and interesting a. any / ever wit
nes-ed. BArnie's Rrounds not the present
park were taxed 20 their capacity on the
Ut = ~ 49, E@NINa e4AAA -
crowd 1000, but MAnAger Morrill, waa
paid for something over 600. IL was .
tremendous crowd anyway for BAlti-
more, and every man and boy prearnt
wanted the bone club TO win. They
eheered Kelly at hnst, but after be got TO
quarreling with Capt. Tom Burns. Of the
Orioles, and the umpire the crowd ieered
the only - and guyed hin terribly fOrdrop-
ping a couple Of easy flies / remember
that Mr.. Barnie "rung In" A. Kelly called
IL, a man named Marshall A. umpire, and
he robbed the Bostons "a every possible
occasion. "kel" wouldn't have him the
second day, and got a man who was quite
a. bad. Boston got two 81 the games, and
would have had AL four, despite the um
pires. had the balance 81 the team sLOwu
the nerve that Kelly did.
Kelly. first appearance In Chicago wac
a memorable one. The papers devoted
columns 10 t.. There was e tremendous
crush AZ the leland hotel % see him The
teams went % the grounds in carriages,
and the streets along the route were hlled
with people. aud the king" got cheers
enough 20 flatter bis cap u jump from bis
head. The crowd 40 the grounds was an
Immense one. Kelly played great ball, but
his team was beaten anil Nike himself
was stricken with Charley Horse" lie
ought not T. have played the next day, hus
Arson persuaded him o. DO -. promising
u let him have a runner a promise he for
got az the most critical stage % The game.
A business Erm sent a silver service 10 the
grounds, which was 70 be given 70 the cap
Ain 81 the successful team. This service
was moved from player bench 10 players
bench acoording 70 the score, until "kel'
allered IL was a JONAH and refused 70
] hnva ~ an hi eide - the diamond
L seemed "Kel's' property SUR with
Boston three ahead. but Arson saved his
bacon by making a hon run with the
bases fun and two out. Then "Kel." not
TO b. outdoDe, made a three base hit,
bringing ia the run that tied the game,
and would have won IL but for the bad
base running Of Madden, who was caught
mapping at third base. Ia the last inning
excl had a chance % win the silver, and
really made a hit that would have done IL
under ordinary circumstances, but, having
20 run for himself and being awfully slow,
Williamson got the ball in left center, aud
had time enough to run in and throw the
only" out NJ FIST, and the silver went "a
Arson.
Kelly Is a man Of moods. He is royalty
magnificent from n baseball standpoint
when in the midst Of success. He Is nervy
always, but Is a hard loser and sometimes
a gutter In a certain way. II he thinks a
game is lost sure he often caves il at the
seventh or eighth inning, and ! have seen
him do this in games that had he remained
in them, as IL turned out, his individual
skill ss a batsman might have won. Kelly
himself has admitted this 10 me, but he
says il happens seldom, and he might a.
well save himself. OF course be can only
DO this when captain, and i have some