The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-07
HOW GAME OF BASEBALL
STRIKES AMERICAN PRESS

Some one with a poor idea of the fitness
of things has dubbed the Washington
baseball team the 'StahlwarJS IN honOT
of Manager Stahl. BY the time the sea "a.
son is over it viii be proper TO divide the
name TO read ''Stahl-warts- with the
accent on the last syllabie--Indianapoil
Star
There is no better baseball town in the
country than Philadelphia II only II
teams play good ball. Il is entitled TO the
best in the baseball line that there is
going The start is suspicious. Is 1t too
much to hope that one of the champion
ship pennauts will fly here next year
Philadelphia Inquirer,
And now baseball
Is quite the thing,
Just hear the
Neutrality-suspicious. sing;
Heyi swat that BALI
Yes, that means you+
You dOuble-fisted
June bug you!'
The baseball season was opened yester-
day The annual frenzy has begun Leg
islators will be forgotten Soldiers will
be left to the historians Mrs Chad-
wicks thefts will no longer be remeTn-
bered when Devlin steals a base, ana
ROjestve1sky's curves TO get out Of the
way Of Togo will be ignored in sight OF
McGinnity's delivery.-Troy On. Y.)'
Times
The umpire and the ear are now on
parity--KnOxvilie CFenn) Sentinel
Spring opens today. This is the day
when the official umpire, for the first
time in 1893. yells, Play The baseosl
season IS here 1t is in fact the DAY OH
which we reinaugurate the national game.
Does this strike you as being the greatest
of the yeaT-cveT SO much more preSnanI
with meaning than the Fourth OF July
and just a little bit nicer than CHRIST
mas--Pittsburg Press
As a spectacle. too mere entertain
ment baseball is boon to the jaded city
dweller. giving him an opportunity ana
an excuse to get away from MS routine,
breathe the pure air Of outdoors anu
exercise his lungs--Washington Star
\ sound body insures q sound mind.
and a sound mind helps to keep the body
sound; a baseball is beneficial to both
mind and body.
The time has come.
Play ball!-ChicagO journal
Who is that man with the furtive eye
He is baseball umpire
What is d baseball umpire
He is the man that throws the game
against the home team
Does the home team never win2
Yes. but always in spite Of the UNI
9ire.
Is he the same everywhere?
IL is against the home team in each
city where he appears
What a mean ScOundreil
Isn't he'-Portland Oregonian-
When the newspapers are read in the
morning. the page containing the base
bail scores will be turned to more eagerly
than those which contain news OF the war
in the far east the reports Of the stock
market or the chronicles of local happen
ings--Kennebec CMe) Journal.
Bring forth a hero medal
For now begins the fray,
Put on the lOUdest pedal
And let the music play
Let bards his praises carol
As modest, yet severe,
UumOved by thought of peril,
The umpire doth appear
Washington Star.
The opening of the baseball season is a
public benefaction, inasmuch as 1t offers
a subject for legitimate sensation which
does not require to be prObed- DOmbarded
or Observation-Disclosures American
The opening day of the baseball season
| is a red-Ietter day for the republic. The
mayors of the league cities grace the oc-
casiOn with their presence and 'cnuck
| the first ball The language Of panegyTfC
/ flows in an eXhaustlesS stream in praise
of the heroes Of the blOOdlesS field
Philadelphia Ledger
The game is intensely American in its
combination of quick thinking with def
acting. Its fineSSe rivals its opportuni-
J ties for BODILY DTOWeSS- II demands
pluck and is rich in excitement the fine,
! wholesome. natural excitement Of open
air tests Of physical deXterity. endurance
/ and condition. Il demands thar athletes
winning its honors be tuned up tO-concert
( pitch for every game--Cleveland Leader.
/ We respectfully suggest that the base
I ball reporters ought to be a little more
/ polite and refer to it in future as the
! saliva" ball--ChicagO Record-Herald-
Come on, We fans: let all appear
! Come out and veil Moray
/ For be il known both far and near
! The season Ope's today.
J The season of the hOTSehi0e sphere,
OF bat and mask and mitt:
! Oh. baseball Of all games IS peer
/ Not one compares with it
/ And mighty Larry will he there,
! And fleety Harry Bay.
/ OF JacksOns there will be q pair,
And Bradley, too. will play.
! And Turner. Donahue and Flick.
/ And RuelOw. RhoadeS and Carr.
! And NinsOn with his mighty stick
] Will hit the bali afaT-
/ And Clark and KahI and Bemis too,
And StovaIl Joss and Hess
And Bernhard will be found true Blue
And Moore will make EN- guess.
/ Come out. We FANS Let all appear
Come out and yell hOOray-
For be it known both far and near
! The season Ope's today.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.