The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-05-08
SOME BASEBALL YARNS.
Told By the Boys When Comparing
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Told By the Boys When Comparing
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'-One of the most exciting instances OF
basebal-that is. exciting 70 me and TO
the other parucipants-eame OFF at the
old Thirty-fifth street park, Chicago in
1882" said Herman Long. at ives the
day the BOstons appeared on the licld IN
masquerade costumes ana excited SO moeA
hilarity.
when the ninth inning came, Boston
was one to tho good. The local bunch
came up for a final rally. Two were out
and two or bases when Arson stepped 10
the plate Nichols and Bennett conferred
Then Bennett stepped away from Inc rub
Der and Nichols sent three wide ones
over. It-was NiCks intention TO pass ths
old man and take chance on the next
batter Uncle got red-headed- The foHrei
hail that fiOated up vas VIDE nu4 re
he settled back with a resigned look ON
his face and waited for the one that was
10 pass him TO the bag. Aud right there
Bennett sprang back To- the plate
Nichols sent one iuil across the center
Uncle saw 1t eominE ana Nitn a"o1
of rage and establishment hit at it- 10
was q gO0diy smite even though the eta
man was caught off bis watch lie uToN.
the ball furi0uEiy across the intieid, sn4
Lowe. sp-1nglHg way up iu the AIR, yahhed
i've seen lots Of exciting situations iu
the game. but never many that we're
more intensely Interesting
"One night fu the 'S1s" says Joe Cor
bett of the St Louis Nationals ''W hen
the old Chicago team was here Al 4oha-
son invited me up 20 MS rooms on tn8
fourth floor or the Beckham block g.
meet some Of tbs visiting players.
Mike Kelly was asleep on the sofa
when i went in. The other players were
having a little game of cards Suddenly
Ne to Bed he said. and started Tor
Two or three players jumped up and
blocked the way.
% Oh, very vel, said Kelly, there are
other ways and he made for the open
window. He must have forgotten in hIs
sleep ali about the four flights of stairs,
for putting one hand on the sill he hoped
Like a flash big jim AIcCormick Ieaped
to the window and caught Kelly By tn5
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the street and pointed 10 the window
where the rescue had taken place.
90 BY iOve.' said Mike, j never did such
foolish thing as that before ia ms life.
What was I drinking last night, anyway
water?'
In the first games pitched for the
Boston Nationals" says Charley Nichols
the thing that impressed me most was
the cheering Tor the visiting players when
they hit me for a double or triple or q
home run. That isn't the way iu the west
unless the home team happens 90 be un-
popular
About The second game pitched az the
Hub I made a long hit myself and got
just the same measure OF applause as 3
player on the other team Gid when No
II soon learned that was something Pc
euliaT 10 Boston. and TO no other city,
There visiting and home players. are treat
ca exactly alike; wish u might 3e taat
way in every city IN both the National
ard American leagues
Johnny Powell was kicking a hole IN the
hard dirt Of the pitchers box at ST. Louis
one day last summer when Umpire
OLoughlin called play ball. Powell
kept right on eEeavating and SILK final
y ..Don't wear yourself out that way. II
you lose the power TO kick your useful
ness VIII be gone"
And with that tongue of yours tied
up for day you'd cut about as muen
figure at a bali game as toy balloon IN
an airship race said the bOilermaker.
Years may come and years may 60"
says Jimmy Ryan. but I think I viii ale
ways continue to hold the record for the
longest hit ever made. / once hit a ball
and 7 want to see the man who has ever
duplicated such a feat.
Is
''The funniest thing 7 ever saw on a
baseball field" said Brett" happened
tn a game between TIVE negro teams OF
Memphis. 1t was a scOrchiug day, and
several of us who were not OH that DAY
went out to see at They played ia an
open lot, and I believe half the coIOred
society Of the south was present. The
two teams were Ununiformed. buC they
made No Tor it with enthUs ia5u. and
averaged about one fight 20 an inning.
The tnlng 2 speak or happened in fha
sixth ming. The negro at bat was one
OF those short heavy BOYS with a head
like a league ball at the close of q double
header. he was pitcher Of his team Ehs
other pitcher had famed his last time up
He was long, raW-bOned coon. Tie
wrapped himself up Ike a watch5prilE.
aud when he uuWouud a dirty streak
would flash toward the plate and some
things went Wnop IN the catcher's mitt.
Whenever they accidentally hit one a
search party WAS organized in the next
township.
We'll the short pitcher forgot to dodge
one of them. and IL hit him right on tha
dome of his forehead. You could hear the
hitting a ripe pumpkin with 2 bed STAT.
Now, here is where the funny thing
comes in. The BAH bounded off that me-
gro's head way up in the air toward first.
and the first baseman ran about twenty
feet back Of his base and caught &c on
That's fact The bail must have
bounced over eighty feet off that negroes
head. and It never feazed him. He swuuz
his bat around him and let drive at tho
pitcher and when they got them sena-
rated be Went right on with his batting
And the first basemRn claimed the bali
ne caught was a foul aud wanted ths
man declared out"