The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-06-16
ST. MARY's BASEBALL SUITS.
Way the Park Borrowed Them-Old
gruel,s Persuasive Eloquence.

Way the park Borrowed Them-Old-
gruel's Persuasive Eloquence.
The members of st. Mary's Catholic Asso-
citation of the Church of Our Lady of Grace,
Hoboken, are as jolly a set of boys as one
young men and as full of ginger as the hind
leg OF a kicking mule. They are just now
enjoying a practical joke which the mem
bers of the Park gang lone of the select
groups Of the associatiohl played on the base
ball fiends. OF course certain members are
blamed for the whole thing, despite their as
/. surances that they never done it" and
weren't in it, The story as told is this:
Some of the members of the Park gang
made a date to play the Prospects of Man
haitian College, New York, on Wednesday.
1hey thought they could borrow the Hobo
ken mines suits, but at the last moment
found they couldn't.
s.It's 100 late for me to see Johnny Ward
now," said Oldgruel, "but let's borrow the
associations suit"
There was a kind of a snag here, for the
suits were distributed in nine separate homes,
and it was doubtful If the mammas OF the
players would give them up.
slVell, We'll cry anyhow" said Oldgruel.
Come, Balloon, let's go to - house."
but what1l we sayH asked Joe.
sob, We'll tell her Jack wants the suit and
sent US for it, +" replied sly John.
I'd UneV went 10 SO-dnQ-SOS mouse anu
knocked on the door. Mrs. - responded,
John nudged Joe to speak, and the latter
.nudged back, till the lady thought she had
TWO deaf and dumb men before her. At last
John exclaimed:-
"We're members of st. Mary's Association
and we want Jacks baseball suit. We're go
ing to play a game this afternoon"
"Oh, well,'' exclaimed Mrs. - as she
eyed the two 1suspiciously, johnnie didn't
say he was goin' TO play ball today. He's at
his woerck. He has that baseball suit dun
up in camphorated sashay powdher and Gin
nemin paper, and he told the childer that if
they tucked it he'd make a HON rhun on
their furst base, whatever hat names; SO l
doesn't loike to NEEDLE wild his shut. I'm
sorry, bhoys." -.
'And didn't he tell you We would call, "
asked Oldgruel.
.Divel a wurd."
.sWell, he's a great fellow"
'He1s a dandy" chimed in Joe.
"He didn't tell his own mother. What do
you think of thatE' soliloquized John.
Il didn't think" said Joe.
stTm sorry for yes. bhoys," exclaimed
Mrs. --, as she was about to shut the
door.
"And he didn't tell you at ALL" spoke up
Oldgruel.
ssNot a wurd did he" replied Mrs. -
sOf course, you know me- said Oldgruel.
ST used to go to school with Jack. You see
we must AVE the suits to play with. 1t
will be all right, Mrs. - if you let US nave
it,
"Well, I'll let yes have it, but if it amt
all right phen Johnnie comes home, and he
thries to make a base here, I'll tell him to go
down to the park to ye laddy-bucks.
Johnnie's a good bhoy, except phen he talks
baseball; then he's loike a crazy man. Re-
mimber btoys-"
But the boys didn't remember, but got
away with the suit in double quick time.
They had seven such experiences, and Sc
cured seven suits.
The game proved a most interesting one.
1t was very close at THE beginning. The
Hoboken boys were first to the bat, and at
The end of their half therseore stood to 0 in
their favor. After this they let up, how
ever, and allowed the Prospects to make a
few runs. -Four innings had been played
when darkness set in, the score being 43 to 0
in favor of the Prospects. The boys got
back to Hoboken the same night. They had
no trouble in returning the suits. The right
full possessors had been looking for the
gang and kindly relieved them of their
burden. Jack threatened to make a home
run on Johns first base, but was declared
out, and slid for home satisfied in the posses
sion of the suit.