Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-02-22
HOTEL. CHATS.

Il xas ssenaief a thr Nationai t,sse
haA team Il Washington ahsn oeraisss
NorlnAn - pre>i3eni Il the rfut. sid
l. 4. Nsnton q New York IL Tbs Mur-
foB hause yesterday ietNeen tao ss&f<.s-<
a h.ldasss. Thai was - the iasf 4
the 1Os and the t4rls part = lie 40'z
livery gpfeFnnse1t t<stcl2l MAS isast
La,l cfank 10 ghoEe DAYS Gfnerai Graft
sac al enIhOslasl slsd f4feit f.tsss1
game. ksetersl fasArf. afterwards
United ssiafes Indian commissioners. ~ a.
one - ths stronees: bankers a the ciuik
The Nationals we're strictly sinaIsurs.
hni Ne were bEoaght h Washington tur
the express psl1poss q play ne f,@1. sli-
uatlons we're soenred Tor us Ia The tft&s
ufy snd War departments. and The
world sas onrs aarinE that tiiae. eo1se
~ the foyr that sese lDftn1ers Il liie
team arr nov pronsiHent Ia the affairs
q government HAclfies has heen
cashier a tie treasury Tor stars and
Long legged Con. a. se used o. cab
bins. was assistant treasurer. TIE
Nationals made The first long trip ever
made hg any IAse bsh club. We <Hung
around the Circle ard lo<f OIL, oDr
game. That Nss al Rockford. III. Al
Spa'dlng made his debut IA that game.
The Chicago papers foasfe1 ns unnrfci
fully. and said Ne ioss Il = set hets on
the game with tie Lxccisiafs a
Chicago. We didn't have dollar np.
however. aud waffei The Chicago team
out 1T sight Pregisus a. that time
was a member 81 the Atianlics a Brook
.sn. the crack team II tho east our
great rivals were the Athletics ~
Philadelphia, and nsapy = reahof
game did We play. There VAS even
more interest taken il the g@ose then
than there i now. In one IL the games
We played the number q tickets sold
amounted 20 55tuo. I've seen the Cap
itoiine grounds az Brooklyn - crowded
that there was hardly room enough for
the players The grounds were two
fifths II a mile long and soo feet vide.
toe And excitement. great Caesar. You
couldn't control the cruNos during a
game. One day at Philadelphia With
two men out and two usen nn bastS. |
drove home run. Ii vas the winning
RON. and my feet did not touch ground
from the time crossed the plate lnsa
the crowd set me down in TIE hotel. IL
carried rue all the way. Those were
great days. and the country has seen no
better bali playing than WAS done then.
The ball contained about three ounces
~ rubber and the under hand
style q pitching was in vogue.
IL liner ever got tesond
fielder it rolled 10 the fence. That
made big scores; but the gamcs were
even more exciting than they are now
The professional hall player has killed
the game. have seen only two games
~ ball IA the past fifteen years. While
visiting friend here the other day
ran across al cid copy q Frank Leslie's
Weekly. Ii contained tie pictures. ~
the old Atlantic club. | WIS rather
startled 10 see ny youthful face peeiing
from among the group. | looked al the
picture; then al my gray hair and mus
iache. and said 20 myself: Norton.
you're getting old My battered and
broken fingers are all the souvenir ] re
tain OF my tall playing days
II confess that am friendly toward
the scheme 20 annex Hawaii" said Con
gressman-elec. JOHN ". Moon u Mus.
kegan in The Morton Yesterday. Il be
lieye that the best time 10 huy ANYTHING
IL when You can get il cheapest. II
seems to me that Hawaii is desirable
property both in time IL Isace and war.
and that We can do no better than 10
take il. when We have - excellent ~
opportunity. ! have not paid any AT.
teniion To the statements that annexa-
ton would greatly benefit Claus
Spreckles. l do not think be ought 70