Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-01-21

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cially az to base ball.
In the first place indoor base ball is Chicago
invention and has been played in that city
nearly four years. Other cities have adopted
the game and its popularity as a winter sport is
increasing to such an extent that it promises at
an early day to rival the summer outdoor game
as the national game and become the common
| food for the base ball crank
1t can be played in any hall tina. is sufficiently
| large to allow proper distances between bases
and for fielding At this point it must be borne
! in mind that the distances for bases and field
ing are not nearly so large as in field base ball,
! because the difference in rules OF playing, diff
| ference Of size of ball and style OF bat. all
make great size of hall unnecessary. The hoor
may be of any material, as rubber shoes are
generally worn; Of course, tan-bark floor is
| preferable.
This game is played like field base ball e1-
| cepting that the rules are changed somewhat to
comply with the reduced size Of the playing
/ space. Each side Of the diamond is twenty
seven feet long and base is placed at each
corner. The distance from home to second
base and from first to third is thirty-seven and
half feet. The pitchers box is six by three
| feet marked with chalk, and the nearest line
of the box is TWENTY-FIVE feet from the center
| ban - Iii $780, 49, I'm uIsoti p'on vi s:ie
| tances arc so Sbnrt IA III, So 'n1 "Oe uis.
uore ynn "a so;srna =; - ~ ~.
,-,,,o 81, -. - 81 - y, 'ni1
hall snch ao VIC ~. i Ioe "eeA y, ne, y. oa use
q 90 ar - 80. ~ oo.n uea. .T " ,or
verv I;va, a,5 th;s ,,,a,a az piSSo VIC Dat
difficult, and it is astonishing to what degree
OF perfection some OF the felders of the clubs
in Chicago have come in handling the big ball
made ~ y;aId;na s,,bstarna -. 49,
and one-ouarter ounces in weight ana
covered with a white skin, something like a
boxing glove skin. The bat is about two and
sree,iourths ieet iohS ana ABOUT one and one
t. :; -, ,nons -. uinosei IN tn1 "ises. part
si;n,;n, 80 o.. oI'. ..nno 70 pie,eh'
III tb;oL -'.'" =. rou so . an eieusn VI an
70 oiva - aa;nht - VIZ y. INC ~, Ds'
ference in ia5atb SO comnaroJ ,.;.h ,u s,e
- ~ $3.50 90 III III - |''n an ousooor
Tbere ora 800 nihar pay .ho sais.
from o,dinarv hall oil roada soassar =. I'm ~,
nscessoriiu iiar ,Ia,,;, T ~ WIG
"a - gr snau, p"! ny i iooni, oi ins'a,ee
,h hss nus aus NOV tease IA: Dase wnen
..i h..s $500, -. - 49, - ~
ni.ched hau no. 80 Ell e. :. r.. zoe. ",
pr nassa5 the oa.chor Will "'0i ~ HAS io"oneo
Tbera 90 othar r,o,;s,,.;o s
rrias ,rb;oh 80 =. ,,o,a la anu sar.ous
ard csnsa Oh ,,Ia' W MAN. "a 'ne s'no
bns,ness WIG p'"e W NC 4"''A anu A"o" n''
The attendance at the league games in Chi
cago has averaged about 5000 persons. showing
how interesting the game is.
Now. why cannot we get up something like
this to wake us up and show that we appreciate
a good thing when we see it. It's money in
some mans pocket that will take this up and
| start in with a league Of amateur players. 1t
| would not take much trouble to get up such a
league, and believe all the ball PLAYERS here
would be glad of the work nd training it would
give preparatory to next season g outdoor work.
THE coIUMs1. ATHLETIC crrn
| The ,r,,,,r.si,,r, "a AZ. IT., a..
-! ..r,N.. -, w. Vi .Ao
ooiunioia A'nieuc Siuo house nave peen the
scene OF more than ordinary activity during
| the past week. Instructor Crossley has been
verv busy preparing his pupils for the athletic
| exhibition of tonight Besides the work on the
parallel and horizontal bars nd the tiyine rings
| and the horse and SO on, he will present Seweil
and Nudge Ross in some pretty work in a
| brother act on the trapeze. Ross has devel-
oped into quite gymnast, and it will not be
| very long before he will be just the man Sewell
wants Tor THIS work
ooi VIZ pionl. L,',s 70 peconle goo1
give his forward somersanit from, the bo,inor,ai
bar. new thing here will be the one-arm
and no-arm fence vault by Hough. Gregg. Snea
| and McElhone.
The standing high iump will have Can, Will
son. Johnson GREGG. Honoh Elder and Saw
eli. There will be wrestling bouts between