The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-05-29
FREAK THEATRES ON ODE 81. OUTS AIR PIKE
x x x x x BY FRANKLIN FYLEs x x x x -
BY FRANKLIN FYLES

up Yankee Doodle" I didn't see him
signal to the leader, but one may as
well be proud when il costs nothing
extra ana nobody knows about it.. So
4 marched TO my seat with head up
as though that Spaniard and I had
shaken hands across the bloody
chasm of the Cuban war
Jai-Alai as pTacticed by the Span
iardEs in their country is q
game TO gamble with. and YOU may
remember It iu connection with an
accusation against General Wood
that he Improperly licensed it TO "a
monopoly of capitalists in Havana
after our occupation of that city
The same company has introduced II
here. and it is SAID hat they count
ed on pool selling for a profit i'm the
venture. The game lends itself
quite as readily 10 that purpose as
horse racing, as each separate play
er has a % of his oWn i'm every
inning. aside from the success or de-
feat OF his team. St Louis has never
dealt harshIy with the doctors of
chances. from pool sellers 10 three
card monte fippers; bat the author
ides have decided chat none Of those
tricky grades shall be piled near the
fair. And Jai-Alai is just over the
fence from the grounds. So the Gu
bans are cut OFT from expected rev
euue and must depend on a possible
popularity of the sport itself TO save
their money.
Win Jai-Alai be payinsly attract
i've without the betting a~diUnct22 Tt
IL much ike lawn tennis and hand
BAN. and d little like baseball, but
lacks the variety of our national
game. /. is exhibited on a low plat
form, t~hirty-siX feet wide and poo
long, against a wall opposite tn=
tiers OF spectators seats. The play
er has a wicker extension fastened
firmly to his right wrist and hand.
The appliance suggests of those
baskets I'm which Spanish red wine
is served i'm mOdish hotels. so that It
may not be shaken by setting up the
bottles on the table after il has been
living down i'm the bin. But IL is
longer and shaped more like a mar
row spoon. Tt is used like an elon-
gated hand e throw the BAH against
the wall at one end of t~he-platfOrm
and TO catch IL on the rebound. There
are various rules and regulations
but the purpose is to keep the ball i'm
motion. Whenever "A man lets DO
sHNfN tfF EAoNttA AVN more imam
single bounce it counts a point for
the other side.
Tho swift, supple and usually grace
ful activity of the Spau.srdg. as they
catch the bail in their castas. OF bas-
ket-bauds. like TERMS players with
racketz. and throw it back against
the end wall like a baseball pitcher
with ap arm five feet long. makes an
animated snow. The six who served
in the game that saw bore names
that looked i'm the programme like
Eczema. Tons0litis. AtaXia. Mcniu-
gifts, Hysteria and Delirium. But
The men stood for robust health. All
were HANDSOME enough for Adonises.
Girls miEh#1o ON them without an
effort. They ought TO be snapshot
for moving pictures. By using the
camera at the most violent portion
of the game and by turning the
crank of the protective machine fast,
Jat-Alai might be expedited advan-
t~ageoUsly.
Are YOU in a hurry to be told about
the Cairo street which. OF course.
leads off from the Pike Tt is the