The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-05-02
BASE BALL CHAT
FOR CAIRO FANS

In the presence of fifteen hundred
fans, yesterday afternoon at Sports
mans Park, the st. Louis Diels,
greatly strengthened. went down in
inglorious defeat before Manager
scullins bunch of ball players.
The DieIs, Of course, We're only use1
as trial horses by the Cairo leaguers.
the result being a foregone conclu-
sion. no semi-professional team being
considered fast enough to give The
locals a hard fight.
Ii was the first game that the locals
had played this season, and there are
still pleaty of sore limbs and weak
eyes. bat those in attendance We're
there simply to get line on the team
that will battle for the pennant for
the second time in the Kitty league,
and the consensus OF opinion is that
the team is a good one, in fact much
superior 10 that representing Cairo at
the beginning OF lass season Barring
a slight nervousness on the part Of
two or three Of the young colts. Fhich
will wear off after couple of games
tne team played together as if in mid
season.
There was. Of course no tight pinch
es in the game where an opportunity
was given to display whether or not
any particular player would Keep q
cool head or take an areal flight. This
vet remains to be ascertained in some
game where a close ana exciting play
will put every man Oh Zip toe.
Pearl Holycross. who oficiated for
Cairo last year in the first exhibition
game Of the season against the Globes
which he won hands down, was at the
rubber again for Cairo in the three
first innings and acquitted himself
nably, only one scratch being secured
off his delivery Percy Wilder twirled
the next three innings and shut the
visitors out without a hit Bittrold
or as he Il better known, "Biddy,' the
Evansville wonder, protege of Rut
ledge Finished up the game pitching
the last three innings and he. too, shut |
the visitors ont without hit
Capt Rutledge was behind the bat .
and did the receiving in that brillian.
style with which every one in Cairo |
IS SO familiar His difficult work in
foul flies was literally ap-
plaudei What was most admired in
his work. by the critics was his heady
of the pitchers.
Crotty, at third, played his usual
star fielding game, making particu-
" brilliant stop Of what looked like 3
safe drive past third on his right, and
his lightning throw to first putting
The runner out, The fans encored this
play more than any other feature of
ne game.
Larsen. d new one to Cairoites, a
second must be a phcnom when he
,an stop on the second base. which
was for two years covered By that sen.
sational second sacker. Tommy Smith
ind whom the Nashville fans rave
over. and fill it TO the entire salts
action of everyone. He had several
and came off clean with
III. doing his work in speedy man
Ter The opinion universally express
"a Is that "he viii do"
Dummy Hughes, at first. is, as of
I'D, genuine fayorite, but he had
lut one extremely difficult chance.
rhe outlield was weakened greatly
~ the absence of Eddie Powers. who
vas unable to participate In the game
IN account of an ankle having been
ipiked several days ago in practice
rhe remainder of the team had but
rery few chances, but what few they
lad they accepted.
Taken all in all the Cairo team look.
saod and unquestionably win be al
ways In the running for the bundnE
The score: r. H. f.
)iels, 20 0 . 0 0 0 0 90 T.
afro, 20 O02 200x-7
Batteries Miller and Miller. Holy
ross Wilder. Bittrolff and Rutledge.
Umpire-Lloyd
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