The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-04-19

and shcd, under Mr.. Boomers direction,
trotted the Stockton kite-shaped track In
2osA in 1891. Sunol Is now 10 years old |
and, while she was necessarily kept keyed |
UP to u high pitch by Marvin from her SEN
c.year-old form until she retired |
with the worlds record. she was never &C.
verely and exhaustingly campaigned The |
ex-champion will be given chance to |
work into form at Mt. Bonner's track at |
under her former trainer. |
Charles Marvin.
In the meantime the other players had |
come up. and Joe Kelley was soaked three |
times by this Hubbard. Robinson also got |
in the throng. and one-armed man called |
Heath hit him in the face. The Orioles
got away from the park as quickly as
possible without finishing the game and
were not given their ehare OF the gate re-
ceipts. which amounted to sos.
After the men had dressed and were
waiting Tor train time crowd gathered In
front OF the hotel. looking for more
trouble jimmie Quarlss jumped on Kelley
and Mt once half dozen more people were
in the row Steve Brodie got In this fight
In earnest. and while he was plugging
away a, Hubbard who had knocked Doyle
down at the grounds. Quarles was soaking
him
Doyle. Robinson and Kelley were on the
e,gcs and owing TO the contracted space.
were unable to help Brode. Help came In
the shape Of Mr.. Liebert, proprietor of the
Appomattox Hotel, who plowed through
che crowd Ike an engine, and after strik-
ing c.uarles on the neck once or twice,
and cutting him badly, he threw him out
of the door Ike shot and then forced
Hubbard out.
This practically ended tho trouble. al
though there were one or two ineffective
efforts to resume II. Hubbard was espe-
claliy Wild and when the team left lie
was struggling with some policemen.
Kansas City. April n.-Captain Arson
and his Chicago Colts. fresh from six
in shape to play pennant ball from tho
fall Of the nag. made their appearance In
Kansas CITY this afternoon in the first
ries of games. Tim Donohue. who caught
fer the Colts. was two years the most pop
ular catcher of the Kansas City Blues,
and has hosts of friends here.
Arson and his were full of ginger
and showed the effects OF their Southern
trip. They outp,ayed the locals ut every
point of the game and won handily By the
score of IL to in eight innings. the game
being called at that stage on account of
darkness. Danny Friend. the south-paw
was on the slab for the Chlcagos. and,
though the Blues found his delivery rather
freely, he used good judgment and kept
the hits we'll scattered. so they were not
productive of many runs. He was backed
up by superb fielding. In which TRULY,
Lange and Ryan excelled. big BIZ"
Lange at once captured the fans" who
pronounced him the greatest outflelder
ever seen in Kansas CITY.
| On Hatfield ranks next to Arson in
weight Of years among ball players. GIL
| has seen forty-two of life's milestones and
Anse forty-fve.
| The Cincinnati papers say that Red
| Fhret has got his second wind, and Buck
Ewing thinks that Red Will do class A
! work the coming season.
There are now two old base ball players
| employed as base ball editors on promi-
| nent Boston dailes--John Morrill, and Tim
| Murnane And both covered first base for
the old Boston Reds.
Joe Corbett the champions brother.
might be drawing card In minor league
| city. because of his relationship to the
| Pompadour. so says Ed Hanlon. Perhaps
that is a jolly of Eds who wants to let
| Joe down as easily as possible.
| Louisville has taken a new lease of life
as n base ball town. To judge from the
| large attendance at the Colonels' exhibit
ton games: the Falls city will be one of
the hest cities in the Western division of
tho major league during the season of
1896.
why do some captains take the bat
first instead of the field? Because, in most
cases their pitcher Is weak with new
ball These little things may seem trivial
| TO the average eye, hut many a game !s
won OF the veriest trities,' says Twirler
Boyd
The Sporting News says: Here Is n
noteworthy fact IN league club history OF
hate years In 1890 the Players League
team of New York included as pitchers
X ,.cfc. John Ewing o'lpay and Ed Crane
catchers. Ewing. BIN Brown and Vaughn
busemen. Connor Dan Richardson and
whitney, with GIL Hatfield as short stor
and O'Rourkc. Gore and Slattery in the
outileld. Where they now? Not ons
of thom is In the New York club john
Ewing is dead. kcefe and ODay are UNI
pires; Ed Crane IS In minor league Con-
nor Is with the ST. Louis club; Ewing is q
manager. with Vaughn as hia catcher
Dan Richardson Is out Of the business. az
Is whitney, tho latter of whom retired
while Hatfield. Gore and Slattery are II
minor leagues"
I'm Minneapolis last season a socia
club gave picnic ana invited Captain
Perry Werden and his ball team" sal
CAPTAIN Joyce. "Onc of the features %
the picnic was the selection of Werdcn t.
award $40 gold-t!pped walking stick L
tho homeiest man in the crowd. Now. !
you hi.e ever seen Perry you VIII agre'
: with me In saying that he has n face tina
would make an impression on stone wal
IA face, IN fact, that would dcratl IA freiGh
,, train When Perry arose TO pick out tn
: ,elicst man in the crowd he cast MS ey
, over the small sea Of upturned phzzes an
= said: Gentlemen. ] was chosen to presen
this walking stick to the ugliest man IN IN
crowd After looking over your Mobii
fAla) faces. l have concluded that nee
a barrel fun of walking sticks In order 4
I, | do Justice to tho occasion. Being KIND q
= next 10 my own face. guess i VIII kee
= the stick myself"
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r mo most. Tho following are sure to go /
I the post barring accident; Ben Brusf
Ramiro Ulysses. First Mate. Semper tr'
U Uyron Mc,'ielland or Parody, Hen Ede
Rowardcr, Loki, The Dragon, forktowt
= The Winner, Good Advice Zuiallig an
f., Decide.
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is not In the Kentucky Derby. but l.oi
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