The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-16
HOWDUNNEGOTTHEMATCH
THE BRooKLrN HANDBALL CHAN.
PIOE'S Funniest TRIUMPH.

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is a vast difference. between the game as played
In a wooden court with n tennis ball and az
p,ayod In a non,ino Irish a,rr, ,ri,h tho ror,,,,,
quarter in diameter and ns hard as a baseball,
The skill displayed by Dunno. Casey. and some
OF their proteges is enough to take the breath
away from one who has never seen tho game
piaseu ny experts before. inc possioiiues OIL
tho game arc amazing, and 1t Is small exag
eeration to say that It is as scientific as bill
hards.
In Casey's court in Brooklyn strangers are
welcomed with open arms. Prof. John Cog.
gins, Jim Fitzgerald. Casey. Dunno. and a dozen
e,ha.s a.SIsi n". NV . =.
DINERS are ready to strip and go In the court at
do IL from nure ,ovo NJ tho game ena n ,visb IN
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The most amusing visitors to tho Brooklyn
court are the men who have become experts at
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Inc Ienn1A DHll RAm0 and come ON To Arrange
q match with Casey or some Of the othcr
Brooklyn exnerts, under the imnrsssior that
the same sort of game is PLAYED here. A short
time ago Casey had O letter from two Baltimore
men. They sioned tb,mae,yea .Cbamn;on
80 p.
uanuDal leam OF maryland. Ihey wanted
to play Casey and Dunno or any other two men
In Brooklyn q match for $500 a side. Casey
would giyo t6em q game Tor fan.
game. but that II they insisted on betting he
could accommodate them. The men replied that
they wanted 10 Play IN baitimore' put would
They came. They met Dunno. Q gray-haired
man, rather Stout, and anything but an athlete
sixty, and they hesitated. IL dldnt strike
them "a as quite fair to mako a match with two
The Baiaimoreun were invited to see a game,
and for their benefit DUNES son Jimmy and
another player went into the court; Jimmy
dunno plays q magnificent game, and before
the hrst game was over the champions OF
Maryland were gasping for breath. They had
II expect to make quite a player out Of Jim.
my. said Dunno, and in a few years i think
he'll make Phil and me both hustle a bit"
happened. and 1t always makes a lot Of fun for
e Casey and Bbunsne were indulgins in reminis.
with. a party of handball lovers the other
afternoon when the ex,Aldernan remarked:
was in Montreal a few years ago. You remenl.
Der 1t, Phil, when that fellow told his friends
I'm ready 10 wager that that was the only
Of games won the match.
heard that they had q handball court there, and
thought we might DO something to spread
solid four.wall wooden court, with a hard dirt
door, and that they were playing with a ball
ike ours, only q Bit lighter. They'd developed
Club they trotted out a young fellow and want:
3 ee f %et sho6 Dim against either OF US then and
Now. Phil and never liked to play for
We were players for the good Of the
you'd do but that. we should make a match.
finally Knocked the stakes down to, some
,ither one Of us for their man. They picked
airs then and had been developing Dq qui seAs Z
ompared'wjth my opponent, who was a strap
ling young fellow.
hat it was a rule of tho court that II a bali
vent over the back wall-it was only about
even feet hight was in play, and the man
Veil. l knew l could put the ball there as
ften as liked, but said nothing. just be-
riiend ISL say ee" Go c aeyro on the the old m feilo SPP'1 and bs
eplied, IN just run him Off his feet