The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-18
BASE BALL CHAT
FOR CAIRO FANS
PadnCah Indians Easily Defeat
the ST. Louis DielS.
ALICE LINING UP TEAM
JUDGING FROM ALL REPORTS IT
WILL BE FAST, ABLE TO
MAKE A CREDlTAeLE
SHOWING.

The game yesterday at Paducah be.
tween tn Indians and the DieIs result
ed in favor of the Kitty leaguers by
the score of % to ). Eleven hundred
fans. among whom there was a large
number Of ladies', were in attendance
The game was a miserable exhibition
the Diels. consisting OF 4 lot OF
Youngsters, that are now travelling on
the strength OF the glory attained by
the famous Diols of season before
last, Wells, the first pitcher. was
knocked out of the box by Paducah
Ned Dickens. formerly of Cairo. was
there substituted lie did We'll for
one inning, but couple successive
bungles i'll the next gave him palpita.
ton of the heart and he went to
pieces and was hammered all over
The lot,
The paducah team as at present
composed is strong with the bat. in
the oataeld, but woemlly weak as re-.
cards inhelters ana pitchers, the lat.
ter being their weakest place Free
man pitched yesterday and exhibited
that he mad not studied the new balk
rule governing a pitchers delivery
The first baseball practice of the
season was indalgad in yestrlay aft,
crnoun al the baseball park, Porter
and several others indulging In liz
tie Of the sport. Manager Popp was
also on deck ana tossed a few balls
ahont the diamond. He showed he
was in good condition and almost de
monstrated that there will be few
losers in the games Ike pitches Popp,
also demonstrated while in Evansville
that he knows few things about
signing players The prices at which
he is getting players is very pleasing
10 the association and he is daily
showing that he Is att ampting TO save
dollars for the association instead Of
spending them. Yinceanes Capital
Manager Popp has little confidence
in the men who played in the Kitty
leagus last season ana outside of por.
ter there will not be one representa-
tive Of last years league Popp has
rad many letters from Kitty players,
hut has stamped all OF them "unde-
sirable' He Is still confident that he
viii land Vincennes first or second
Vincennes Capital
The sporting editor of The Bulletin
has little confidence In Central league
players from a general standpoint
Many Of the Kitty cast-offs last sea
son went into the Central and were
stars while several players that were
loaned or "farmed" to the Kitty
proved 20 be Holsters and were re-
turned to their respective clubs in
the Central after a one day trial on
the farm, The pernieious practice
of farming is not only prohibited
by Article Xi, Section u. page II, OF
the X l. r. constitution. but in add
ton by the National agreement The
X. | T rule reads as follows;
Section Elm accordance with
he National agreement Of the Nation
Il association Of professional baseball
agues the practice Of farming
players is hereby prohibited Any
hub presenting in It's team a player
farmel" from a clIb or league of a
higher class than this league shall az
once be panalized by the president
when the proof shall have been pre-
scented to him"
The National association also at
t8ches a penalty for farming The
officers and managers of the various
teams had best acquaint themselves
with the constitution and rules Of the
Kitty league, as the plea Of ignorance
will not excuse them They have all
icen supplied with copies.