The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-06-06
BOY BALL PLAYERS.
Cairo Has Any Number of "Star"
Amateur Clubs
EACH TEAM HAS A "5AcKER"
WHO TAKES GREAT INTER
EST IN THE GAMES
THEY PLAY.

Cairo is overrun with amateur base
ball clubs. They have been steadily
Increasing ever since the season first |
opened and now almost every corpo- |
ration. firm or business man in the
city is backing some team. The
backing consists of the corporation.
firm or business man furnishing the
necessary funds for a small outlay OF
bats, balls and gloves and in some
cases, suits and caps. When this done
the young advocates Of the national
game go forth under the name of the
particular corporation, firm or bust
ness man and hunt up some other
team which has received a like
backing" and proceed to play ball.
Some of the teams have good play
ers, while others are composed OF
Youngsters who certainly we're never
destined 10 become stars on the dia
mond. The teams play furiously and
take as much interest in the games as
though they were, National leaguers
engaged in their LIES work Every
, vacant lot of any size in the city has
been skinned" and the diamond laid
of for the games, and every afternoon
, after school Is out the games com
: mence On Saturdays and Sundays
J they play couple Of double headers,
3 that is two games in the morning and
{ one in the afternoon. They seem TO
never tire of the sport and many
q games are called on account Of dark
S nees BY mutual agreement the two
L teams sometimes agree to play 20 in
{ nings instead OF the regulation nine.
7 The rivalry is fierce and hundreds
/ Of youngsters in Cairo can tell yol
how many games each Of the amateur
mines has played and how many the.
r have won.
Some of the teams are: "Thr
sylphs. THE Elks The CochraRs,
..The Terrells." "The Models" 'Th
n Blues" "The Grays, THE Brewers,
The Egyptians THE Rippers," "Th
Three States, '1rhe Pabsts,' eth
Rounders,s etc, etc. There are man
Of the hackers" who do not ALLOY
Il their names TO he useds yet they tax
s 4 keen interest in the games playe
" by the bunch Of boys that have Il
q luced him to give up a few dollars 4
ward establishing the team 0f~cours
vi he doesn't want his name used, b
ny since they have taken enough interei
or In him ID offer to name the team att
IN him, he certainly ought to show b
y. appreciation by helping them along
rs biz.
Each team has one or two pre-
az agents. AS soon as the game is oy,
" they make rush for the newspap'
offices and give report Of the gan
w and end by saying say boost US aloI
will you? We want to work the bac
~ Err for some new gloves" A sample
"a now the press agents" strive for pu
~ gicity was shown Sunday night VIII,
he lwo chaps came in and gave glo
- ing account of how their team h
put it on the other fellows by 4
mendous big score, They finished
nc tsIl ng the writer that their team W
~ considered to be the best in the an
eur line in the city Of Cairo A fl
moments later another agent {
as. peared. He was more thorough in
work and realizing that ready ma
sopy is always appreciated in
newspaper office, brought in nea
ire written account of the game, givi
IN The score. batteries, features etc.
INK cording to his story, his team had "
no by the same tremendous big SCI
* from the other team, which had
tar ported such an Overwhelming defe
He closed the article that the 80
va we're the hottest bunch of boy !
III. tossers in Cairo and they were hi
he to beat.