El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-26
SPORTS AND
SPORTSMEN

The stormy weather Sunday kept
the baseball enthusiasts from going
To the park for an afternoon of sport.
Instead of going to the park the boys
assembled at the fire department and
srent the afternoon in telling stories.
And such stories. One enthusiastic
fan dc of a ball game that he a
witnessed in the east several years ago
When there was not a safe hit maze by
either team and h game was called
on account of darkness at the end OF
the eighteenth INNING with the score
a tie even to seven. He started 10
say the there was neither a hit nor an
error but when Johnny Jacoby began
to smile out loud he changed it to no
hits and he forgot how many errors.
Red Sullivan told one about a game in
Louisville in 1895 which is vouched
for BY the writer h witnessed the
game. Louisville was having one OF
her winning Streaks and Boston vas
her opponent. McDermott was on the
slab for Louisville and Kid Nichols
was doing the strong arm for the Bean
Eaters. Spies was playing first base
for Louisville and Collins later with
Boston was holding third down. Nc
Donald was the umpire and it was one
OF his off days and he gave Louisville
the worst of several close decisions,
! one of which cost a run n at the end
of the ninth inning the score was two
to two. Both teams were playing
! championship ball and the large row
of spectators were roofing hard for
Louisville. The tenth, eleventh,
twelfth. and thirteenth innings were
played in fast time. the men going out
IN one. two and three. order. Boston
came to bat in the fourteenth inning
and Duffy was the first man up. He
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field. Spies ran to cover first thinking
the McCreary who was playing in right
might recover the ball in time to shut
Duffy off at first. But the ball went
to the fence and Duffy thought that
Spies was trying to block him Inc as
nc touched first he gave Spies a jolt on
the jaw that sent him to the ground
while Duffy continued his course to
third base where he was forced to
slide in" Spies got up N cutting
across the diamond promptly knocked
Duffy down and when Collins and Nc
Donald tried to separate them they
were handed a few for their trouble.
Finally two big policemen ran out and
took Spies off of Duffy Inc both men
were put out of the game and ined
twenty-five dollars. Holmes took
Duffy's place while McCreary went to
first for Louisville and Cunningham
went out in right field Holmes was
caught mapping off third and the next
two men were easy outs. Then Louis
willie came to bat and Cunningham was
sent up first. He met the first ball for
three bases and was himself caught
mapping and when the game was called
on col of darkness at the end of
the sixteenth inning the score was still
two to two.
Rogers is out of the hospital and left
today for CorSicana where he will play
this year. He will stop over a day with
Hackett at Sierra Blanca with a view
OF getting the first outielder to &C
company him to east Texas. 1t is
doubtful however if Hackett will give
up his position and the FL Paso fans
hope that he will not for he is I'M
doubtedly the fastest fielder in the
southwest and was one of h most
| popular MEMBERS of last years Ell Paso
team. He has said that he would come
t. FL Paso at n time this season to
help the boys out if they needed hin
and his position in right field has been
counted on as being filled for the sea-
SON. Hackett is a gentleman besides
a ball player and should he choose to
play base ball for a living could get
into faster company than will be at
fCrded him at Corsicana. The team
who secures him will get a star and nc
mistake. He is a good batter and a fast
base runner and has a great head foI
base ball
Charley Irwin who will again be seen
at third base on the local team is i'm
proving every day. Charley is one OF
the boys who makes base ball a study
and he is learning more about the
game every day. In discussing the pos
SibilitieS yesterday of the local team
the writer told a local fan that Irwin
was fifty per cent faster this year than
last N that he knew more about the
game than he did last year. That
would be impossible" said the rooter
Il have known Charley Irwin for sew
eral years and there are few base ball
players in the country who know any
more about the game than he does
He has always played the game from
1 the start and was never called a quit
ter. If he is faster thar he was last
yesr 1 will bet dollars to doughnuts
that he will he in fast company before
the end of the season." While looking
for Red Sullivan yesterday afternoon
at the fire department he was found
east of he police station batting
grOunders to Charley irwin who was
taking them in as though they were
mush halls. Charley also has his bat
ting y this year and that means that
he will make the record of many a
pitcher look sick this season.
Captain Krause in the game a week
ago caught several players while they
We're trying to steal second base.
Krause has been taking good care of