The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-10
BASE BALL CHAT
FOR CAIRO FANS.
Old King" Garyey Wants I'd
Break IntO the Kitty.
A GOOD ONE is LANDED
BY HOPKiNSVlLLE IN TIE PER-
SON OF RED" ARMSTRONG.
RAlNEY TO MANAGE
cLARkSVlLLE.

Pete King" Garyey ana Pat Miles|
iroapel in Thursday from Hot SprinesI
with a view 10 hanging their clothes|
IN the K l. T, locker at this point
Pete is we'll known here, having play
81 an the local team for quite a whila|
ne rep3lgal that he heard that vin.|
eennes Was to have team this year1
iaa he jast couldn't stay away. Pet i
:aptained She Grceuhurg CInn teamI
last year and says he made a successl
af Il, Pete's strong card is back oil
| the bat but he can play first andI
third with any Of them
Patsy Miles. who accompanied GerI
vey. was With the Parkershurg Va. /
team last season, holding down thel
second sack and reports that he hadI
ABOUT the best batting record Of thel
team -Nincennes Commercial
What's that. is Vmcennes about to|
repeat the mistake made last year,
by signing lot OF has beens, and boza
sraitersf The King was a good one|
in his day, but that day was before|
Noah landed the arc on Mount Ararat.
Senter Jim Rainey. the popnlar|
Hrst baseman of the GAINESVILLE base
ball team last year has been signed
TO cover first and manage the team.
He was one of the hardest working
M Ia ,,.l
and is quite popular He is now
in Jackson, but during the winter
was clerk In hotel in Caruthersville.
w Payne deaf mute Of Knox
willie, has been signed to play short
tle comes well recommended.
j, W. Selly, a pitcher of Nashville,
will be here tomorrow.
a young man named Graft. of
Gyand Rapids. Mich, who is now prac.
ticing with the University team. has
been signed as catcher, r.
The men VII report for practice
about April %. and the season viii
open May IL Clarksvile Leaf Chron-
icle Z
liOpkinsyille has signed f. b. Arm
strong, Of St Louis, and Burton Jones,
of Shelbyville. Tenn Armstrong al
one time was the hard hitting catcher
If the Memphis team. He is brainy
md knows all the points in the game.
His arm went back on him and he
was released, but a rest last season
and an Ironing process which was
given his lame wing has restored 1t.
It's said Red can hit lem mile
anyway, and all pitchers loog alike to
MIN
Manager Ray received a telegram
this morning from the Reserves Of the
Louisville American Association team
requesting glmes here next Monday.
Tuesday and Wednesday, The Reser-
YES did not want much just tickets
.elegraphed for the round trip, and
probably all other expenses, SO Presi-
lent Jackson wired them to write a
letter stating terms. He expects an
answer Saturday Paducah News
Democrat
John Hoeppal. of Evansville. who
played in the Hopkinsvlle team last
season. has gone to Springfield, ILL.,,
to work in the Three league.
All towns in the X. |. r. league are
haping up their teams, but Paducah
is the only town having her team
already picked and ready for playing.
-paducah Sun. 1t did not look as if
the team was ready If that game with
Cincinnati is to be accepted as a
sample of playing. They, of course,
they" means everybody in general
ana nobody in particular, say that the
Cincinnati Colts drove nearly every
ball hit over the fence for home runs
While the Padncah fans stood on the
street cars tracks, nailed them as
fast as they fell and took them home
IS souvenirs of the slaughter of the
Indians. Wait 'till Cairo meets them
md they'll be more souvenirs to car
~ home
Owner Tebcau today began the
wedding out process on the Louisville
cam. He released Catcher Downing.