The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-09-03
POOR OLD CAIRO
HAS A ROCKY ROAD
She is Not Through With Good
win, of Vincennes.
She Meets Him Again on Her Tour
OF the League Ball
Gossip.
PROPOSED PosT-LEAGUE SERIES

Cairo has not escaped Goodwin, the
crack pitcher from vincennes. She
may have all she will get Of Bonno
this season, but she is destined TO 20
up against Goodwin again the coming
week.
The vincenues pitcher was "bor-
rowed" in return for the serices OF
Eddie Branic, the paducah catcher,
and will be with Paduoah until
Lemon gets back in the game, which
will be in q few days. He will be
hack with the Hoosers ia time TO
pitch two out of three games with
Cairo.
Bonno is here still, having a cold,
but will pitch again about Tuesday.
freeman will probably be able to
pitch tomorrow or Monday.
Psducah has secured another prize
IN Doll, formerly with Clsrksville
and Cairo. He went to Evansville in
the Central League. and was released
70 paducah, joining the team tomor
low.
The Cairo Bulletin suggests this:
An effort is being made TO have a
series of games played at the end Of
he season between Cairo, Clarksville,
Psduoah and vincennes. Many Of the
towns in the circuit are not satisfied
with the result OF the penn,nt race
and each of the cities mentioned above
seem to think IL has . better team
than the other and with the exception
ot Clarksville, all have agreed to play
4 number of games at the end Of the
season TO decide which really has the
best team. Clsrksville has not ye,
been consulted in regard TO the mat.
ter, but it is believed they would Will
ingly enter such an agreement as th,
team from that place il play ing fast
ball. Should they fail to enter into
the idea Evansville of the Central
League will I'LL the vacancy. The
schedule prepared is as follows:
vincepnes at Cairo and Clsrksvills
at Psducab. September Is, Z and IS.
Clarksville ut Cairo and vincenues
at Psducah. September 10, 20 and 81.
Paducah at Cairo ami vincennes o,
Clarksville, September 22, 2S and "a.
Clsrksville at vincennes and Cairo
1t Psducah, September 25, 20 and 81,
Paducsh at vincennes and Cairo ai
Clsrksville, September 2S, 30 and 80.
Cairo at vincennes and Paducsh at
Clarksville, October 1, 2 and 3.
A Paducah man made a novel BET
in Cairo. The News says:
Baseball, the allsbsorbing topic in
Cairo. led to an exciting wheelbarrow
race in the dead Of the uigbt on Com
mercisl avenue between a Psdcuah
and a Caro- enthusiast.
"why, sure Cairo can beat P.du.
oah," said the Cairo man. You're
irazy," said the Paducah man. PA.
ducah can beat Cairo doing any
thing" "Paducah hasn't been in the
pennsut race, she might do well right
in a wheelbarIow rsne or something
else like that but not in the Kitty
league.
This discussion took place between
Dave Stone OF Paducah and W. p.
Flanagan OF Cairo, last night in front
of Crimes place on Co numerical Ave.
que and Eighth street. The work OF
making new concrete walk around
the place has just been completed and
the workmen had not taken away
their wheelbarrows, etc.
"Well now, just to show you that
Paduoah is better than Cairo, and
hat we Indians as you call us can
run, iii run you wheelbsrrow race
from here to Sixth street and back.
The deal was made and pushing a
heavy wheelbarrow in front of them
the two men raced madly down to
sixth street and back again. Flanni-
san outelassed Stone and the Paducah
man ,yss ba.ten txyo ont ~ IN. ,hsoo