The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-04-24

And the soap SO soft and skinny
Is painted deep sky blue
In alcoholic fancy,
The iceminks smoker free.
And the Fuckers sigh for Nancy
In philharmonic glee"
The dope writer on the Princeton
Clarion must have ben smoking sec
onds' when he wrote the following
forecast. With the exception of Cal
ro's prospects, It's pretty good stuff.
Here it is:
In VincenneJ they are dreaming of
lacking the pennant to the same old
pole that marked the fort where Alice
and her folks gathered when the In
dams were shying tomahawks at them
from the underbrush Perry d. Green.
OF the Vineennes Capital, writes that
the team is already better than any.
thing in the Kitty last year and that
Eddie Kolb has not stopped making
plans to add TO the strength of his or
ganization. II Mr. Green's prophesy
OF winning the pennant comes true it
is to be hoped that the team win not
win SO many games that the league,
will die of too much Vincennes, The
team really looks strong on paper ana
will by all odds be well up in the fight.
Cairo is having its troubles if the
sport writer's down in the Egyptian
village are to be taken at their word.
m nm fpa NJ ~ as
new ones, and though they have been
proclaimed as stars of the eighty-ninth
magnitude all winter, they do not suit
. the fans who have seen them at work
| Consequently there has been d deal III
! knocking on the players, and Manager
Mccartney has ordered the gates Ia
. the park closed while the practice is
goirg on. Only the stockholders Ii
. the club are allowed to watch the am
tics of the youngsters. II really looks
r pretty bad for Cairo this year despite
4 the numerous predictions of Mr.. Farm
baker and others who are all the goods
in that city.
b Paducah seems to be one OF tn,
& strongest clubs in the league. Til
s men have been playing together TO
several weeks, and have the advantag,
q of a two weeks training with Toledo
i Besides the club has played seyera
creditabie games with major leagu,
d teams Paducah is the team to b,
:. feared by all the others in the X. l. T
9 in 1905. Lloyd is still unsatisfied AM
~ -, ~,
!. from the Toledo team
q The result of the two games Prince
1 ton has played with Evansville shos
that tho Infants will have TO bolste
J. up their team in many ~-aces befor
the season opens. John s. Ray mar
ager Of the newest club in the leagu
can be depended on to give the Prince
o ton fans a good team.
Hopkinsville has had its trouble
this spring At first they had har
= time In financing the organization an
now comes the news that II is not q
all unlikely that new park will hav
to he secured. A large snuff compan
4 has an option on the present orchar,
and Is threatening to take possession
A new site and much better one Il
the park has been secured but II
club will be put to a large expense
fitting up the grounds for the season
battles Every city in the league syr
4. Ipathizes with the game fellows WI
have made il possible for Hopldnsvil
to have team,
With this review, it can be SEE
nm which teams are strong and the wei
w ones can be picked out Henderso
III Paducah and Vincennes look Il
. strongest on paper. Cairo is hidii
I its light behind closed gates, and the
is no telling what sort of bunch W
come forth for the championship CO
mt test. Princeton will have to streng
INT en- and Hopkinsville IS unknown sa
lar for It's manager and one or two playe
10 and ii must be acknowledged that L
Rutledge can not be turned down
al. any developer of players in this leagl
lge ---
Id Assistant Secretary Farnbaker "
forced to come down from his per
Of official judgment the other day
one Of tho men in a manner that "
very pleasant to both parties.
The party Of the first part was ia
Kenney, and the way in which IF
rvr avpr1ttaa his urnnafu1 drnu Was