The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-05-20

The crowd was gathering thick and fast
Ae from the outside inside passed
man who stood up strong and proud,
And In Il brave voice shouted loud:
play BALL"
His brow was sad; his eye beneath
Flashed like Il falChion from Its sheath,
And like n silver clarion rung
The accents oil that we'll known tongue:
One stiike,"
In many an eye he saw the light
That warned him how to shape the light;
Beyond, the spectral bleachsrs shone.
Aud from Ills lips escaped groan;
"One ball!'
Let up on THAR! one bleacher said,
Another yelled: We'll puneh your nead!"
And forty yelled, Go soak your hide!"
Aud loud that clarion voice replied:
Two balls!"
"Oh, stay" a small boy guyed. ''and rest
Your weary head upon this breast."
A tear stood In his bright blue eye
Az now he ans wered with sigh:
Two strlkeB!"
Beware the pine trees withered br0nch;"
beware tile awful avalanche"
These were tho grand stands words and
he
Braced up and shouted Justify:
Three strikes and out"
,,......................" the bl eachers yell.
s;iff :1- 5 i:g- ..a *+++s slam
II ttSSl K LEI ??
lI!t!!ll!l
There at the home plate, cold and grey,
A-ifeless, but beautiful, he lay;
And from the sky, serene and far,
a voice fell like falling star:
skaYtU
Over COO persons saw the @. A. @. base
ball tean lose the flrst game of the season
here on Saturday. The Montgomery A. A.
was the club that had the honor OF lower
ing the colors of the State champions by
tho score of to u. IL was a great game
OF bali. The battery work OF Leach and
Madden was remarkably fine. change
in the positions oil second baseman and
shortstop coupled with the decisions OF
the umpire lost the game. The game
rightly belonged to tile y. A. q. All that
can now be said is play ball, and we will
meet Montgomery on two more occasions
this season. The score by innings;
Colum bia A. C.......l 03 D Go
Montg omery A. h.....3 y 0200 lx-7
The cry of lire" yesterday morning
caused james F. Dougherty to jump out
OF bed. dress quickly and go into Ninth
street to SEQ what was the mattel. On 20.
ing to the opposite side OF The street he
found John Gravel and another man en-.
gagged In an argument Having smelled
smoke he went VI stairs, bu after going
a few steps was obliged to return on ao
count of the smoke lie then gave the
alarm to those in the nelghborhood and
with VIM. Guilfoil ran to the engine house
and hauled out the hose carriage. Ed
ward Glbney had boon alarming the west
end ilreInen, while Michaai Resdy got
number of lanterns lighted. So when
the hose carriage arrived there were plen-
ty OF men around.
The ilremen quickly had the fire extln-
tiugutshed. GruvellB bed and some other
furniture was destroyed small hole
was burned In the floor of the room. The
cause of the lire is Il mystery. 1t should
be Investigated as 1t originated around
the bed and tho lamp In tue bed room WAS
found to be all right. IL the fire had not
been checked SC speedily Toman's Hotel.
the grocery store of James B. Brady and
q whole row OF houses would have stood
a bud show. The house Is owned by tho
Patrick Flnnegan estate.
The loss IL estimated at $50.
Manager Husebeck informed Higgins
on Saturday that hereafter he Is to play
second base. On uext Saturday the visit.
ing club Will be the Strong Crescent Two
su stltutes will be on the field and the
first player to break the rules will he
relegatGd to the bench. change In the
batting order will also DO made, The men
who have been hitting the ball viii! be put
at the head OF the list
Pitcher Winters paid deserved com
pllment to Leach on Saturday by stating
no was the best amateur pitcher he has
seen this year. III the second base had
been properly covered there would have
been live hits cut OF from tho visitors
credit. 1t was the weak point In tho
game.
VeIy Rev. Vicar General Keeey, Savan.
nah, Ca, preached an eloquent sermon in
- NaEfAFHaV
ii chose his text from st. james Epistle.
It3 92--27. In the course of his Impressive
DISCOURSE lie said that IL may be said that
/ Is hard to observe this triillEg precept.
God made US to know and to love AND
serve him here on earth. We cannot sup
pose that all those who have died lived
unspotted lives or that we have kept our
selves uIspotted, but our future hope
relies on the boundless meicy oil God.
Our only obstacle Is sin. 1t only takes
second to commit mortal sin, and the
immediate consequences are that the bond
OF charity between God 10 broken and tho
soul becomes q thing OF detestation TO
God.
Ifn man were to live all his life In
the service OF God and in the end was to
commit one deliberate mortal Sin -
would lose all his merit In the sight OF
God and II he died iii that stats with the
stain OF mortal sin on his soul he would
be condemned to the everlasting tortures
of he'll.
The sancLilication OF all souls Is the aim
OF the Catholic Church, But yet II by the
commission of one venal elm could bring
everyone into that one fold it would not
be lawful to commit 1t and that shows us
what God thinks OF sin. We should try
and be sincere In our endeayorS TO serve
God. and thoroughly recognizing the
enormity of sin should try and keep our
aelves unspotted.
Captain Evan S, Watson. Post No. 8, G..
A. K on next Sunday morning. the goth
inst, at 10 u. III. will attend divine service
at Emmanuel Church at the invitation of
Chaplain Munson.
ON Memorial Day at 7.30 a. m. they meet
at Post room. and accompanied by Co. H..
N. q. ID. and the New Castle Fife and
Drum Gorps. under the marshalship OF
A M. Hlzer, they propose visiting the
different cemeteries and perform the
remouies OF strewing the graves of our
dead com rades with flowers. 10 both OF
which q cordial Invitation is extended to
all ex soldiers aud sailors to participate.
Considerable dissatisfaction prevails
among the patrons of the railroad thut
the q, Is O'Clock train to this city from Will
mIngton on Sunday evening has been dis.
continued. The train WAS u great aeoou.
mediation to the people OF New Castle.
Thomas Gleason of Philadelphia was the
guest of friends here yesterday.
Miss Annie AIalloney Wilmington. re.
turned homo this morning attor visit TO
New Castle friends.
Mira. swan, Delaware City. has been the
guest OF Mrs. Webb.
A Rutcher ox - IN FInuar.