The sun., 1902-06-01
THE STAR ATTRACTION.
4 Powerful Baseball Magnet Considers ably
lpsrt Things

'I- there any penalty In this wears base-
hall rules !or 'ampcring with the grounds
asked the fat ex-mh scot of the Lightfoot
Lilies MOI All, well. wait until the game
a scends 20 the lofty scientific plano Il oc-u-
pied in the good old Jones county DAYS,
when the Ringtail RoaIers and tho Light
foot Lilies struggled to pluck the palms
of victory from ach Others brows. Tho
rule trainers will have a tight n trying 70
keep ahroast OF the times when that
happens.
1T vas In ~ that the Roar. attempted
10 put through what was probably the
s~,Ir West echeme ever hatched outside Of
a rnelodrama Three consecutive seasons
had tho Goddess Of Victory made our ban
ner her perch. With the Roarers II was
case of DO or die. They almost did
-Thsrs Vac a drizzling rain on the day
Of the tug game that year. but rather than
dtsarpo.nt the enormous crowds that had
gathered in Rinstal Grove II va. decided
70 pull the con,es, Of In spite Of he leaky
weather ~ Wa troued out upon tho
diamond Ia the inspiring strains Of SEQ.
th. ConQuerins Hero Comes confidence
eNpa nded every Lily chest; victory was
reflected in every Lshtfoot eye
.Sarnnie Salmon was the arst man To
bat for u.. He lifted little pop-fy over
third, which should have been good for q
single But just az he was within ten iee,
Of tho bag he stumbled and fell fat on his
face The shor,s,op threw him out That
vas all right. Then came bull Thompson.
He rnppcd a slow ono down 20 second thar
seem"i 10 lie all TO the good But jus, a.
ne re.ched the spot where Sam had
come 10 ~ ief he. too. took tumble Sluggrr
Burroughs, 'he thhd man up. was thrown
out In IA" sane way.
We'll. sir, that set us - shaking our
ougut-toxcs some. Bull Thomy-'n, u
l. tIue, in'eTtered bit when he :ifst joined
tho team. but he got pretty well over hat
after we'd kept nm on snowshuo- :pr
couple of wintcrs While a. Tor NaUfnie
and he Slusser, they were "a lv on thor
pms ~ any guy that "vcr wore shoe cloo'
", g,rullln't understand Il. 10 make mat
ters worse. after IN" Roarers had hat'et
out seven runs IN their turn with the stick,
II was he sane old story over again. stump
Greenwood. Ji,n linp-on and Home Run
Hsnkins they all took n spill IN N" amo
old spot. ten ie., tn. home side e first
Al n" end 81 of thu fourth the score was
u tu good intentions. the l.ilics having
an TIN, good intentions No were crn-
ridrTaily less inflated a hove the shoulders
han when tho ganH began
1T vas bety-cn the 'ouith and nth in
ming thai the explanation of II all ca me,
and ihing~ TINT we've hing happened Th7'
particular par' az Mother t.ai'h's boer m
= ho'. ihe l. lies had bNen INV illinglv o'.I-
lug To To-t with sIch rrCIl1T''y hHd b'N"'ue
80 rufii>d thRt tho S.u..cI hauled oiu 40
hans ro'lcr TO level It on lit. " Pri"-'.
the Eoai"r'- cap.ain, protested that IN"
game Has beng dc.H vcd. ON,iruled ~
thi- he asset TINT 10 IT, allowed 10 90 th"
rsi'ng DL thr Siurcrf couldn't ~.c II
that way II" ran 'hr ,i1 nacH.ur down
'ae if-t has" line t,nfh ,e f'..crcd IN" spot
that o.. be- snooth.rg hrc.u .uuE' Tat
roller sopv'd With = lC-k 'a.t Hlmo''
,roa "a a W "jIun IN 'bc SlUgr7r. Hc got
down On hi- knee MD h. 2 n examine 'h'
= und III ,c~t, made a rush ioI him, hut
'..p l.l!'rs d-acgnl hun hack What to
y.u -IpIo"c Wc Inoayth"i th"r"i Nlnt
g. rruhoily 'te larg'-i aad most powerful
rongiHf" oyer Npusiru'' ID ~lr. |; was =
large AMI ~ povgful that every tim"
s'",'l sho"cl".t oar" H. Cu.,at v.th ~ ~"
woarrr wac si,pI-I short and thrown
upou his 'a"~. Twas thea hat We noticed
ilr 'h" Nfs' IT., ihc loare-. had worn
their fUbt-fs ihf ushoW' ia" game, and ~
TulhT-, YOU know al" non-Clniuc'urs.
'h.V were rnallsi To- ----. Whats hat:
WI. YOU ask ,luggv Burroughs n you
don't Doli.ys u.