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THE NATIONAL GAME.
WHEN GASEY SLUGGED THE BALL.
Oh, yon all baTo heard of Mudville,
Heard of mighty Casey, too;
Of the (roan amid the bleacher
A the ball thrice pait him flew;
Bat you hajen't beard the atory,
The beat story of them all,
Of the day in happy Mndville,
When great Casey slogged the ball.
Twas the day they played "the Giants,"
And the score stood ten to eight ;
Two men were on the bases.
And great Casey at the plate.
"Swipe her Casey." yelled the roosters,
And the hero doffed his cap,
Three to win and two to tie.
And Casey at the bat.
'Mid a hush of expectation.
Now the ball flies past his head.
Great Casey grins a sickly grim
"Strike one," the umpire said.
Again the pitcher raised his arm.
Again the horshido flew;
Great Casey spat upon the ground.
And the umpire said "Strike two."
"It's a roast," came from the grand stand
"He is bought without a doubt."
"He is rotten 1" roared the bleachers,
"Throw the daylight robber out I"
"I'll break yer face." says Casey,
"That one wint below mo knee;
If I miss the nlzt ye blaggard,
You won't lire long to see."
The next one came like lightening.
And tho umpire held his breath,
For well he knew if Casey missed,
'Twould surely mean his death ;
But Casey swung to meet it.
Backed by all his nerve and gall
Oh, if you had but heard the yell,
As Casey smashed the ball.
He caught tho pigskin on the nose,
It cleared the big town lot.
It sailed above the high church tower,
In Tain the fielders sought,
And Casey didn't even run.
He stopped awhile to talk.
And then amid the deafening cheers
He came round in a walk.
And now he keeps a beer saloon.
He is mayor of the town,
The people flock to seo him,
From all the country round.
And you need not look for Mudrille,
Or the man upon the wall,
Because the town's called Caseyrille,
Since Casey slugged the ball.
Nat Wright.
The eituation at this time does not
differ to any great extent, from the
standing of last week. Quincy iB play
ing ball that must be encouraging to
the base ball fans of that city. Peoria
is still balanced on the top of the ladder,
with Jjincoln a close second. I might
add, however, that ere another week has
rolled by Lincoln will again be in the
lead, notwithstanding the fact that
Quincy is steadily climbing upward.
While it was almost an impossibility I
can not refrain from making the remark
that if two certain clubs, who are now
in the association, and, incidentally,
fighting for the lowest notch, had been
left out and Sioux City and Denver
placed in their stead the association
would no doubt be much stronger and
the race more exciting. However, the
association at present is a very success
ful one. I he substitution of Sioux
City and Denver for the clubs men
tioned would have handicapped the re
maining teams by much higher salaried
players. The race while not quite as
close as last year is still au exciting one.
DesMoines today.
Kimerer pitches to-day.
Thomas, of Peoria, is pitching winning
ball.
Rockford has an Al man in Horton the
pitcher.
The New York outtield is the weakest
in the League.
Haskell's decisions have been impartial
and fair so far.
Mauck and Devereaux are expected
to join the St. Joe's in Omaha.
The game was stopped twice Tuesday
afternoon on account of rain.
Hickey, Quincy "b short stop has been
loaned to the Burlington team.
Wednesday was ladies day ana the
fair ones took advantage of the fact.
Pitcher Mauck, of Des Moines, has
been signed by the St. Joe management.
Manager Brackett, of the Quincys,
who has been very sick is slowly im
proving. La Rett, who ifa now playing second
for Rockford, strengthens tho team
quite a bit.
Slagle pitched a fairly good game for
St. Joe Wednesday, but his support was
nowhere to be found.
Jimmy Sullivan is playing a game on
first that is almost perfect. He also taps
the ball quite frequently.
Fred Rout has recovered the full use
of his throwing arm and is playing
great ball tor Indianapolis.
St. Joe lost three straight here and
will, in my opinion, suffer the same fate
in Omaha. Peace to their ashes.
Doyle of the New York club has just
$7 coming to him on the next pay day.
He has been fined 8250 by umpires.
The St. Joe management made a grave
mistake in suspending Harry Howe,
their short stop, before leaving home.
By the time the St. Joes arrive home
there will only be three or four players
in the team who started out with them.
Dug Barnes, of Lafayette, Ind., has
been signed by St. Joe; also Bill Dever
eaux, who played with Lincoln last year.
The Clarksons tlefeated the Beatrice
Y. M. C. A. boys last Saturday at Cort
land. It was a good game. Score, 16
to 3.
Buck had his moustache shaved off in
honor of the Trilby verse dedicated to
him through The Cockier not long
since.
Parvin, the long, cadaverous Minne
apolis pitcher who is now playing with
St. Joe is just about swift enough for
that team.
The rumor that Griffin, of the Chi
cago league team, had broken his arm is
unfounded. Griffin pitched in New
York Saturday.
The main reason why St. Joe can't
play ball is because they don't play to
gether. Of the nine men on the diamond
each one plays a different game.
The local fans are not a little sur
prised at the way McCarthy is playing
ball, although he does honor to a team
like the St. Joe's Mac is in bad com
pany. Manager Caruthers is of the opinion
that the Jacksonville boys are out
classed. He is trying to rind new men
and is after them hard, says the Rock
ford Star.
So far Kimerer has Ioet but two
games and won seven. He is one of the
best pitchers in the association, inas
much as he is cool headed and plays
but one game at a time.
A small boy made the remark Wed
nesday afternoon that if St. Joe's third
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girls he might stop a ball.
After last Wednesday's game Veach
walked up to Albertsandsaid: "GuBsie,
old boy, where are we at?'' The remark
was appropriate and caused a general
laugh among the spectators.
Those Umahogs from Omaha will bo
here Tuesday. Everybody turn out and
see the greatest game of tho season. Go
out and jell for the Lincolns. Buc'.t
and his boys will do the rest.
The Western association umpires are
one and all, aj a rule, 'way off on their
decisions- There is only one sure rem
edy put in new men, who will try to
the best of their ability, to do what is
right.
Out of fourteen games actually played
on the trip our boys won seven. It is
seldom that a team averages half of the
games played away from home, and, if
such a thing is possible, the boys are
now playing better ball than ever.
Gate wood, who is playing second base
for the St. Joes, is not a decided buccess;
he gets rattled too easy. Veach plays a
good game at first. But Alberts, the
short stop, can't play ball; he makes
errors that are inexcusable.
The St, Joe Herald, of June 6, is
authority for the following statement:
"It was reported on the streets yesterday
that the St. Joe franchise had been sold
to Council Bluffs but the report could
not be verified.''
His Honor, Buck Ebright, and his
bojB arrived home Tuesday morning at
9:15. The boys wtre met at the depot
by a laige number of admiring fans.
They are looking fine and, incidentally,
playing great ball.
Before Kimerer made his debut as a
professional, he was the best amateur
pitcher in thd'eity; but that laurel now
fal's upon the shoulders of "Doc" Cron
ley, the Clarkson's crack pitcher. He
pitches a better game than some Western
association pitchers who are drawing a
large salary. Keep your eyeon Cronley.
Last week I mentioned the fact that
Lincoln had a most gentlemanly set of
players. Read the Quincy Herald's
opinion of the boys: "The Lincolns are
good natured and gentlemanly ball
plajers anyhow, and much better than
the Omaha rag-chewers and St. Joe
scatter-brains."
While here the St. Joe management
tried their best to trade Jones for
Hoi lings worth, Lincoln's short stop.
Buck said nay, but he offered to trade
Holly for Marcum, as it is generally
understood that Hollingsworth is dis
satisfied and would much rather play in
St. Joe. Manager Alberts of the St. Joe
team would not listen to this, however,
and Holly will in all probability finish
the seasan with the pennant winners.
There is a good deal of talk just now
about the 9900 salary limit. It is entire
ly out of the question for one to tell just
what clubs are within the limit, but I
am of the opinion that I can say, with
out fear of contradiction, that there are
not more than two clubs in the associa
tion that are not paying out at least
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