Omaha daily bee., 1893-09-17

1t was an exciting hiatus in what was
otherwise u very tired and lonesome game.
The crowd, too. was wrought up in the
twinkliuE of an eve, a glass one. That sub,
tie something which makes the LATEST and
the dullest individual on earth the l>er of
the brightest and kccnest man that ever
walked on four legs, that extra superiine
sense we call intuition, taught the big crowd
that the Young Mems Christian Associations
even in their lamblike guise-were some.
body to be recognized.
And they were.
Just as soon as that old Scotch melody
lifted his green bay tree and smashed Ly.
cUrguS Miller smack in the frOntiSpiece for a
two-sackcr, quick as a fash there ran from
the amphithcater to balcony, from balcony
to blcacher, and from bleaCher back TO am
phithratcr. a wild, tumultuOus outbreak akin
to one of the harmonious consultations of the
Samoset club, and in less time than 1t Ia kes
to tell it an ampletudinOcity of applause
possessed the park and, cChoinG from point
to point, 80 climaXed the procedure that
sentiment ruled and a universally of brother
and slstcrhood and comradcship dominated
the situation.
Everybody seemed to think that the
millennium was just coming round the
corner
And there was one other CRISIS in the strife
that should not be allowed to pass unchron.
icled. and it shan't.
In was in the opening of the third inning,
when the score stood . to a couple of horse
collars in favor of the Christians.
Mi-tnh MIXERS Masterpiece.
Lycurgus Miller, the cafe an lait pitcher
for All Omaha, was the first man to face
General Winfield Scott Camp on this mo.
mcntouS occasion.
Haven't YOU ever seen Mr.. Miller. the
amous rifle shot twlrler, at the bat? Well.
he makes a study fit for the gods. He looks
something like the chiaroscuro in one of
those old Morello pictures that somebody
dlg up nom the rubbish in their garrets
every once and awhile: He has been known
to make as many as two hits in "A single sea
son, and at this j~uucture he was due for one
OF his oicnnials, and it is probable that MIR
camp and All Omaha Will never forget Ly-
curgus.
You see, 1t is Mistah Millah's strong in
dlvldualism, when he takes his coat off, that
gives HIM such n prominent place in
psychologlc development. History tells YOU
ana me the dolngs OF possibly a thousand or
two OF men, whose mental, moral Dh ysiral
and other stature looms not nearly SO high
above their fellows as LyCurguS doomed
above All Omaha yesterday Afternoon. You
know very well, if you know anything, that
when the professions of war, journalism,
the ministry, medicine or law are alluded
to, quicker than an ice wagon wings its way
along the asphalt pavement there are Ohio
tographed upon the lenses of your mentality
names not born to die.
So let THAI of Lycurgus Miller hcnceforth
stand on ana forever to the end of time,
He swatted Winfield for a home run!
IL was a regular, full blown, life size
lollapOcodallum.
Sandy's inauestioned Authority.
When Daniel Webster and wrote the I'M
abridged dictionary we both decided that n
lollapocodallum should stand for four bases
nothing more nor less, and it would make M
difference to us how much Worcester, Glad.
stone. senator Ingalls,, Mr.. Evarts or
lgnatlus Donuelly might kick, we lrrevocably
agreed on that.
You see, we say of the woman, she Is peer-
less among beauties of an author, he is the
dearest ANA most convincing; OF an orator
ne Is subIimely eloquent; of Il prize fighter
ne mas never yet been put TO slcep; of a race
morse he has beaten the record; of "A min
lster, ne is the grandesJ and most foremost
preacher of his time. But a base ball PLAYER
one who makes IA home run and ties the
score "hat do you say of his achievement.
Ihat III was a colossal drIvel No. A
mighty swat No. Then WHAT
why, a lollapOcodalum, of course.
In the cant and uncultured phraseology of
the day IL would be n homerora four.sacker
nut ian and !, wnen we were compiliup nur
lexicon, scared above such commonplares
we wore too smooth, too full of rich. rad
blood Tor any nonsense of that kind We
wanted Il word To suit the deed. And we
got II. W"
The figures, they will probably SUNNY
what You have failed TO find above.
No discount.