Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1911-07-27

de gol dollahs grow, Cap'n Ansing,"
he said, his teeth chattering and his
black hide on the culver.
WELL" l went on banterinsly, II
suppose you've filled your pockets"
No, Capn Ansing, dey amt sin
gle dollah in dis durn hole And now
l wants to go back to de daylight"
he sniveled.
Among the 5000 who attended the
game that afternoon were 200 inmates
of the Ballarat Orphan asylum, who
were guests of the mayor. shall
never forget the excitement shown by
those Australian youngsters over the
forcibly. 1t was certainly great day
for those kids, for the Ail-Americas
had found us easy, by a score of II to
Z. Professor Bartholomew made bal
loon ascent, and when he stepped into
his parachute on his return to terra
firma 1t failed to sustain his weight
and he came down with great force,
striking on the corner of building
and receiving injuries that kept him
in the hospital for many weeks.
When we got back to Melbourne we
found that a great sport program had
been prepared for Monday, the last
day of the year. According to the
original plan, baseball, cricket and
football were all to have had an in
arrangements. Two games were sched-
uled for New Years day, but we were
able to play only in the morning, the
Chicagos winning by a score of IA to
Z, John Tener having succeeded in in
venting a new twist that mystifed our
| opponents. That afternoon we were
treated to an exhibition of boomerang
throwing by tribe of bushmen
brought into the city for our special
benefit. / had heard SO much about
| the boomerang that | was greatly in
terested in the show, and it turned
out to be one of the most thrilling en-
tertainments we had ever witnessed.
How'd you like to be able to nego-
tiate curve like that?" l asked John
| Tener after villainous- looking abo-
| rigine had hurled his wooden missile
to some distance and it had returned
almost to the spot where he stood.
John meditated a moment and then
shook his head ut wouldn't do at
ALL" he said 1T would revolutionize
the game Only eight men on side
would be necessary. There wouldn't
be anything for the catcher to do
Cheer up, john" chirped up Mark
Baldwin. He's got your curve stung
to whisper, but he can't get away
with you at poker
On Saturday, January Z. we played
our farewell game at the Victoria cap
ital before the largest crowd that had
ever assembled in those grounds. The
gate count that day showed that H.,
900 people had paid their way into the
Enclosure. The program for the after
noon was a varied one; as a starter
the Australian cricketers playing a
two-inning game with the All-Ameri
cas- 1t didn't take the ball players
long to show their superiority. Next
came a. football game between two
local teams, and that was followed by
four-inning game between the Chi
Cages and the other nine, which
proved to be the finest exhibition Of
base running and fielding ever seer
in Australia. With not fielding err
ror on either side, my boys won by q
score of S to 0, Petit finally ending
the game with a splendid running
catch of Earle's long fly to right field
performance that brought round OF
cheers that must have been heard in
| America
At three o'clock that afternoon We
said goodby to our friends and took
the train for Port Melbourne, and
there boarded the steamer which was
to sail next morning at daybreak for
the coast of Ceylon. 1t was q fine
ship. with but single drawback-it
was manned exclusively by Germans,
and Fred Pfetfer was the only mem
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