The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-03-05
WON BY HIS CURVES.
no" Inc National Game Figured In q
CoEgrcssmsn's Election.
Seattle PreSs.Times

Seattle Fress-Tines.
Inc overwhelming majority by which
Senator Charles Dubois was elected to Con-
grtsS was the result If some very hard
work on his part" said John Duerley of
hiulient ldahe. who is at the Arlington.
Not AL the people in Northern Idaho are
hepuohcans, and in his own party even
taere was faction opposed to him. He
traVeled ali over the northern part of the
state making speeches and visited COM
muhi'ies where he thought opposition as
me strongest. There are great many
GIHcultieS 10 be overcome in travelling in
Idaho. and every one believes that Mr..
Dubois armed his seat
ABOUT forty miles south of Mission, Just
Dack from the shores of Lake Occur d A lane,
tnere Is large settlement Of steck-raisers,
anu tue settlement was busy haymaking
When DUBOIS visited there He stopped at
The house OF a man who had fongh. in the
confederate army and still believed that the
war Had not terminated as it should have
aohe. i ne Senator soon found out that it
WAS was useless to talk politics to him. The old
the straight ticket The conversation
turned upon life in Idaho, and the farmer
mentioned the fact that ball game was 10
De played the following Sunday, and that
result.
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having made the wager, but il was done in
moment of excitement when a neighbour
~ fancner bad tainted him by saying that
MS ~ men could not play ball. 1t was a fact.
ne Ehew they could not. but lie was not
willing to admit Ii. Three previous games
had resulted in the opposition's favor. and
ne was hoping that rain would Interfere
Win tEe coming game. Dubois su9ges te,
10 hIm that if he would get the game
hostponed I'LL Monday ae would be back
tnere then and would assist his side.
hin you play ba.i? queried the
Iancher. as he looked him over rather
douhtfuIly.
Dubois replied that he had PLAYED
curing his schooldays and he thought he
might De able 10 put up pretty fair game
Yet
The fact OF the matter was that at Har-
ward he had been the pitcher of the Var
sity Nine
dubois confident manner rather i'm
pressed the fellow, and by increasing the
STAKES considerably he obtained a postpone
ment OF the game.
Dubois had considerable trouble in get
uhg osek, but as tile old fellow was quite
influential and controlled number of votes
ne managed TO appear on time. A few
minutes practice sufficed to assure him that
ne fad not forgotten how to play, and after
ne had instructed his catcher in various
SIGNS the game began. There was a strong
Mind blowing, ana Dubois managed it so
tnat ne could throw against it, thereby add
ing greatly 10 his power Of curying the
DaiL The FIRST ball that went over the plate
was 30-mch curve, and by the time the
nrst hall OF the inning was ended the oppa-
siuen was discouraged. When Dubois took
his place IN the box again inshoots and
drops puzzled them, and they made only
one run. thus the game went on. and at
the end OF the fifth inning the Opposition
gave up the game, the score standing 106 to
Is The old farmer won his bet, and the
community is now regarded as a Republican
stronghold. When the returns came in, Du-
pois related the anecdote and added, Who
snail say now that a Harvard education Is
entirely worthless Yu