The Cairo bulletin., 1905-07-05
PRINCETON BROKE EVEN WITH
THE LEADERS WHILE PADu.
Cab TOOK BOTH FROM
HOPklNSVtLLE.
CLUB STANDING.
Where They Play Today.
Henderson at Cairo.
Hopkinsville at Paducah.
Princeton at Niucenne

Princeton at Viucenne Z
The Fourth Of July, the day which
brings an independent feeling 10 every
man. woman and child, has come and !
gone. and so has one game Of the
double header which was played at
Sportsman park yesterday afternoon.
The Hens finally succeeded, thanks
perhaps to the spirit Of the day, IN
breaking the bondage In which they
have been held for the past seven
games. and signed a little declaration
Of independence of their own, proving
the commences thereof and verifying
It's intentions by wading knee deep
through Eckstone and the Mud Wal
lopors for the second game.
They insist that their little declara-
lion. which, to tel the truth. is noughJ |
but the box score of the game, is to be
placed IN a golden frame and hung |
with the other things of its kind which |
have gone to make up tae history OF
this. our great country. In their eyes
HI IS as d. mountain and while talking
Of il they completely forget what hap |
1ened earlier in the day.
lanes Fine Pitching.
Something did happen, though. III
was the little college pitcher. Lane
With that dear little fifth wlael deliv-
ery Of his he administered u them the
incest little shut out imaginable Three
selfish little hts were all they could
| find him for and they were strung out
over three innings. Two bases on balls
he gave them, as sort Of consolation
prize. aud then went on to goose egg
them
Other casualties befell the Hens,
more especially Manager Pitcher
Harry Kubitz who appeared IN the box
every once in while, III the shape of
fifteen Of the latest hits on record.
There being but three available cor
ners to the park where Cairo batsmen
could drive the ball they Of necessity
only drove It to three corners, but 1t is
roseate c'nch that had there been
| twenty-three there would have been a
ball in each of them at one or another
time
French Got Puzzled.
Yes, the first game was rich, rare
and racy. It looked sinful TO see the
way the Mud WALLPAPERS fell over each
other getting over the plate in two OF
hree innings. There were so many
If them coming across That poor
French became SO puzzled TO know
just The exact number thar in The fiftf
inning il became necessary 10 pat hin
! back To his rightful position. secont
base. and give his mind a much need
I'd chance to- rest. Husky Asher tnel
essayed the role OF catcher and man
q aged ii quite well So well, In fact
that is is rumored that Manager Ku
5itz mas decided to lat him catch him
self hereafter when pitching.
!. And speaking Of Manager Pitche
" Kubitz, 1T may be said that ii is an eS
cellent thing for his mental balane
P" that he ii of an optimistic tempera
nent else most assuredly he woul
:, have been driven 10 Anna Or Hopkins
y vile by the awful humping he got.
A Vaudeville Show,
8 The second game was more Of
y vaudeville performance than any thin
= else. Not That il was SO much Of
y farce on the part of the Mud Wallol
q ars, only that when batters like Husk
e Asher got three hits out Of four time
Y at the bat 1t Is the appoiuted time
laugh The big slab artist surprise
\ everybody in the stand, his tea
o mates, and more than that he near
" frightened himself to death by success
Is fully performing that feat When
70 pounded ont the last one il WI
as thought by III spectators that he he
a contracted tit but upon his straigi
er ening up afte, be had reached the Il
tial sack II was found tAat he was b
nd laughing at Eckstone
an Poor Happy get his bumps e
" though several errors behind him a.
TO- a couple of wild throws assisted Il
Hens In making their scores. Fig
hits he allowed and In an effort
a, offset them he caused nine of the VI
~ tors to dislocate chunks Of atmosphe'
anu hllDbNI NlSllGdlti hhNlA Jo'NTt -
ing III watch they were duly called
lst by Mr.. Quinn, who, be It said in pa
ing, unless the batter swings his ST.
,ver the plate, has no more eye fol
BALL Of strike than mas tac eye Of
potato. Tc be concise he's rotten
list How Il Was Done.
md The runs of the first game W.
ale made VI The fourth, fifth, sixth q
hor eighth innings, two, two three and {
the respectively In the fourth big Z
to sackcf BY Vitter ~ an opener, q 81
ers tice by llppert, Powers life on
the error, single by tsnau and q long
I'M to center which, although 1t y
caught allowed time fer a runner
ielr make home from ihird, gave them
ere scores, W the Nth 4 hit by Ma
ats. followed by 4 hill by Roland and
tt X X a. III