The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-10-01
TIM DONOHUE.
Chicago's Star Catcher Sizes Up the
Different Cities in the National
League.

IT. Donohue, the lively catcher of the
Chicago club. is q man or thouShtlul
and studious mind.
Bridget is a close observer of men ana
cities and his letters are keenly inter-
esting to all who have the good fortune
to peruse them. He was asked to write
his impressions of the different league
cities and forward them to a Chicago
friends. It's first letter has just arrived
and students of ethnology and social
science will find it worthy of careful
examination.
THE city of Cincinnati he writes,
"is divided into two parts-one, on this
side of the Rhine inhabited by human
beings, while the other side, over the
Rhine. is peopled only by Dutchmen.
Ball cranks in this town are dangerous.
They carry bottles and glasses more to
throw than for use in drinking. Moth
ing but beer is imbibed in this town
because the water is so thick that it
is used for mush and the Kentuckiaps
across the river consume all the whisky
"Ptttsburg is mean town, especially
to stay over sunday They have some
funny crarAs there who might be happy
Il the clml, won five out Of four games.
in 1877. when Calvin 'inadc a. home run.
washington is a handsome city, with
population of two yarieties-those on
the inside and those on the outside.
Those on the inside hold fat jobs and
quit them at O'Clock every day to at
tend the ball games. Those who are
on the outside work till O'Clock fixing
UP schemes to down the other fellows.
,,,1y ha,s do
They have for years been accustomed
to a losing team, and are affronted if
the Senators win.
Baltimore is inhabited by amphib-
fans and webfeet. The food of the town
is varied-oysters, crabs, terrapin and
the cud of bitter reflections. The people
are very peaceable. If one Baltimorean
calls another a liar the insulted one
says, II hope the next crab you eat will
choke YOU and they glare at each other
awhile.
philadelphia is like some buried city
A curious thing about the town is the
| fact that the railroad timetables have
| three times as many trains running out
of the city on Sunday as on any other
| day. That shows how anxious people
are to get away from Philadelphia even
| ipl ~ hdy' ivy ENy many VI lllt
| delphia players have taken to drink
| but l can't blame them. It's the only
way the poor fellows can forget where
| they are.
| New York is very slow. The Bowery
| isn't a patch on the varied attractions
of Clark street, but is about the same
as Madison avenue. 1 walked all over
the town and all meet was a soubrette
who asked after Bill Lange. The au-
diences in the theatres laugh at messy
old jokes that they wouldn't dare tell
in Taunton, and the ball cranks are a
gang of sheep who go clear to 105th
street to see a ball game when Chicago
cranks won't go more than three miles
to see the hest game that ever hap
pened. '-'r
"Foston is regular and systematic. Al
ll;45 o'clock every day everybody in
| Boston stops work and lines up at the
drug store for an egg phosphate. Al
| l2'C3 everybody goes and gets a plate
OF beans. j put sugar on my beans
yesterday and they threatened to hays
me put out of town. This is as fal
as l have proceeded in my travels.
will tell you of the customs of Brooklyn
| later" -.