THE COURIER
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THE NATIONAL) GAME
Clem Kimerer rode a bicycle to Tecumseh last Sunday.
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What if Taylor should conclude to play ball in Oil City?
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Omaha will get Darby and Huliti like Lincoln got Jakey Strauss
" "Nit!"
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Jacksonville has new grounds which they say are the finest in the
association.
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Rockford has a very good man in Ed Pabst who will play first
base for them.
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Rockford promises to make it warm for Kreig if he does not
report in that city.
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Letcher, "the sand crane" who was with Jacksonville last season,
will play in Des Moines this year.
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One week from today there will be an exhibition game between
the Lincoln and tho Clarkson Laundry clubs.
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Work on the grounds has been commenced and they are being
put into iirst-cIaBs condition for the opening games.
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Nothing more is heard of the deal between McCarthy and Nicol.
It is hoped that Mac will not allow five dollars per month to stand
between him and an engagement.
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One morning last week Kid Speer was taking a run out near the
state prison and as he passed a farmer in a wagon the farmer invited
him to jump in and ride and he could not understand why a person
should run along the road when a ride was offered him.
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The Clarkson Laundry will have an amateur team in the city
league; uniforms have been ordered and will be ready for the open
ing game with the professionals. Herpolsheimer's will also have a
team in the field; the players who compose it are practically the
South Lincoln Champions. The Kimball hotel team will be com
posed almost entirely of young men who board at the hotel.
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Tuesday eveningabout twenty-five of the most promising amateurs
in Lincoln assembled at the Kimball hotel and formed a city league,
five clubs were represented, namely: Herpolsheimers, Clarksons,
Y. M. C. A., The Kimballs and the East Lincoln club. W. W. Tur
ner was elected president and Frank DuTeil secretary and treas
urer. A committee was appointed to arrange a schedule and will
report at the next meeting which will be held at the same place next
Monday evening at 7:30. Every amateur ball player whether a
member of any team or not is earnestly requested to be present.
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Base ball will soon have complete possession of the mind
of all lovers of that honest, fascinating game. The championship
season opens the second day of May; the exhibition games com
mence the sixth day of April with the Clarksons. From the second
day of May until nearly the first of October the eight cities in the
circuit will be favored with a series of games which will carry joy
or sorrow to the hearts of the "rooting" spectators as the contest
turns to victory or defeat, and in either case excitement will rule
the hour. Last season was a very brilliant one for the Western
association, considering it was the first year, and the attendance
promises to be at least twenty-five per cent better this year. Lin
coin's team of players are all in different parts of the United States
but another week will see most of them here. It is a difficult mat
ter at present to say which team is the strongest as so many new
players are on the teams though the Lincoln team looks as though
it would be able to hold its own.
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A good story is told on Jesse Eurkett who is playing left field for
the Cleveland National league team this yoar but who in 91 played
in Lincoln. During his Lincoln engagement when tho first payday
came around Burkett with tho rest of tho players received his check
which he took to the First National bank and said to tho cashier,
"Say, where's do bloke w'at takes tho coin?" On being Bhown the
receiving teller he addressed him in the following language, "Say,
boss, take dis here long green an' givo mo ono of dose doro books."
Bach month Burkett saved a littlo monoy and the first timo he
wanted .to draw he called one of the bookkeepers outside of tho rail
with, "Say, Rube, how do I get mo money?" The bookkeeper took
his check book, filled out a check and Burkett signed his name.
After that it was easy for him and ho filled them out himself. After
a time his account was overdrawn f.r a small amount and he
received a notice from tho bank to call and fix matters. Ho came
and after being told that his account was overdrawn ho surprised
the bank officials by saying, "Pat's all right; I'll give youse anoder
check for do overdraft." When told that he had no money there ho
'ould not undeistand how that was an he had more than half his
checks left.
MUSl-KAbE.
Eyetalyun opry's mighty fine.
But, lacking dimes to spare,
Come less us hear God's musi-kalo
Out in the open air.
The brook, tho bob-o-link, the thrush
Will take the upper notes.
While Signor Bull Frog's family
Ker-chunko with sub-base throats.
An now Mons. Thunder overhead
Puts in his rollin roar.
While grim old ocean swashes waves
Onto the rock-bound shore.
The zeffere singin' 'mong the pines
The patt'rin' of the rain,
The whip-o-will with far-off chant
All swell the sweet refrain.
But listen to wha. Iluldy says:
"You goon, you don't suppose
Folks go to opry jest for sing?
'T is fashion an' good clo'es."
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DOMESTIC ECONOMY IN THE ORIENT.
"Sirrah," remarked the Sultan, "my first wife and I are one."
The court mathematician bowed low in affirmation.
"Well," proceeded his Majesty, "how about me and my second
wife?"
"You are another," promptly rejoined the man of Bcience.
Whereat divers high functionaries made shift to leave the apart
ment, not deeming it good politics to give their puissant sovereign
the ha ha to his face.
HIS WISH GRANTED.
A young Irishman in want of a 3-pound note wrote to his uncle
as follows:
"Dear Uncle: If you could see how I blush for shame rhile I
am writing, you would pity me. Do you know why? Because I
have to ask you for a few pounds and do not know bow to express
myself. It is impossible for me to tell you. I prefer to die.
"I send you this by messenger, who will wait for an answer.
Believe me, iny dearest uncle, your most obedient and affectionate
nephew, .
"P. S. Overcome with shame for what 1 have written. I have
been running after the messenger in order to take the letter from
him, but I cannot catch him up. Heaven grant that something
may happen to stop him, or that my letter may get lost!"
The uncle was naturally touched, but was equal to the emergency.
He replied as follows:
"My Dear Jack: "Console yourself and blush no longer. Pro
vidence has heard your prayers. The messenger lost your letter.
Your affectionate uncle,
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