Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 17, 1892, Page 2

2 ALL OFF ON THE FIRST HEAT Western League Olubs Make a Fine Start in the Pennant Race. OMAHA WON EASILY FROM ST. PAUL s City, Milwauk the Other Winners Yeaterday—Oth Lengue r Sports. Omaha, 12 Kansas Cit Milwaukee, | Columbus, 8; [—“’:H BASE BALL 'season of 1893 opened ] at Sportsman’s Park yesterday aftornoon 10 a blazo of glory—a regular aurors bore- alis of color. Nover within the history of professional ball in Omaba was there such an aus® pcious boginning, and nover anything St. Paul, 2. 5: Minneapolis, 2 Tndianapolis, Toledo, b. like the atendance. Thore were fully 8,500 people on the grounds and some enthusiasts place tho crowd at 4,000, g Anyway tho grand stand and bleachers wore packed to @ seat, and tho carriage- way environing tho field was a veritablo sea of vehicles. And the ladies, they wero thero by the dozen, and tho score, vea, tho hundrod, and their sparkling eyes, boaming faces and gay colored raiment made & scone as inspiriting as it was beautiful. As Prosident Stout cast his massive oyes over the tromendous conoourse, his eaglo brain throbbed with joyous bewilderment. Ho nover saw anything liko it before. Ho has been living in Kansas City and had no 1dea of what a really metropolitan city can do in the way of turning outa crowd. They Wero Walting for It, But after all there was nothing so romark- ably remarkable about it, for the aspect as- gumed by tho city this moraing pointed to 1t all. Never veforo was there such gencral interest in the national game, that is in these parts. [Everybody seemed in a fover of an- ticipation, and at 2 o'cluck, tho timo the parado started from in front of Bandle's, tho stredts were full of hurrying and excited paople, all agitated over the imminency of the inaugural game. The * purado over and the througs swarmed to thepark. There was tho lawyer and the doctor, tho banker, merchant and shopman, the politician and the meuntebank, the cab- mhan, bootblack and chophouse flunky, all confusedly intermingled in one great big, vast and happy crowd. And yot some peoplo say tho gamo is dead. 1 would like to be as lively one hundred years hence. Shortly beforo 3 o'clock the Musical Union band, from their breezy seats in the east wing, struck up a lively air, and in sable uniforms Captain Alvord’s brawny Apostics frollicked outonto the fleld like a ot of giddy things ana began to slam ana vat the oall around just like rcal playors. ‘When Rowe's lads hove to some moments later there was & tremendous shout sent-up, # ashout that evidently nerved them for the groat things they accomplished later. They looked very natty in their white and blue costumes, and tho manuer in which they pranced about over the tender, green, up- shooting sward would havo led one to be- liove, nad he not known better, that we were in the heatofa hot campaigun, instead of about to enter iuto the initial struggle of the season. But 50 it was, and_promptly at 3:30 the Saints took their positions in the field, and Russ McKelvey, the old-time Allegheny third vaseman, who had been pressed into servico on account of the uon-arrival of Billy Serad, the regular umpire, strode proudly forth and tossed young Mr. Wads- ‘worth a bran new ball, and the battle began. First Yelp of the Season, “Here's where we makea ren!” came in fulminating tones from an opening that re- sembled the entrauce to the mammoth cave. ‘And as the wave of sound rolled in quaver- ing chunks over the turrotted roofs of Kountz addition, the dappe - Mr. Shiebeck, tree In hand, took his position at the plato, y. “Ono ball!" shouted McKelvey, as Waas- worth curled one around She's swan-hke neck. Then he took gcod aim and cut another loose, and She jammed his club agawst it, pushing it down to Billiam Alvord, who snathed it up out of the dust and flung it over to a long Califor- J7 wan, Yclept Motz, A ThenShe Walked [N £Zback to tho bench and surrendored himself to the intluence of the pour and scene—so calm, and balmy and childlike, whilo Robert Gilks, with his Vioe sheot smile, took his place. “Let her come, Waddy,” he lispod ten- derly. And Waddy did. And the crowd set up a bowl, And the players set up a shout, And the protty girl on the grand “Does that put the umplre out Robert hae made the first base hit of the season, avd before the roar that the peopio raised bad subsided, King Ke! haa lammed out another. T'bon there was bedlam in the stands, and it continued and increased when that boy Collopy trotted up and catching the globu- lated horse hide in the orbital region smashed it out past Old Pap Smith like n builet from a gun. Gilks galloped home, but Kelly contented himself with third, where he stobped to en- joy tho Donnybrook fair beivg held in the grand staud. “Then Collopy stole second, and the Apostlas looked ot each other as much as to say, is this a nightmaro or what. Mavager Dave was the next to faco Waddy, Ho waitea and picked out a nice ripo one, sbot It down toward Billy Alyord, and of course Billy Alvord got it, aud by as nice a plece of throwing as you evor saw nailed + King Kel at the plate. Low Camp, an Owaha boy who will mako his nawe in the base ball world some dav, was't 10 be tempted by any of Waddy's flm’lw work and he stood still with his club oft, and usked: This Made Waddy Weary, He kvows that everything comes to the man who waits, and he wasa’t disappointed i s knowledge. He walked down to first, but in the meantime Maunsger Dave had petit larceuied second. - & sick of the griefs and! strifes and follies of the? world, und in_ an ab- stracted mowment he came (F\. within an ace of pitching the ball over the grand- stand, and while the lithe and agile Collins was ro covering both Collopy and — Howe ruu bome, “Hey ! hey ! hey," 1t was the samo old joyous tu- mult we have heard so wauy tiwes before, . Hogriever took cave of Lutherford B. \zu-' long fly, and the teams exchanged aces, Dougherty was the first man up, and being bran new out in the west here, Colonel Vick- ery made him a present of a base, with tho romark that that was the only owe be'd get, 'non Mr, Porkgriever hit one of Vick's rabolic curves an awful jolt and a big Edree. fly flow qut toward Gilks. It looked as if It intended to soar over Robert's bead. but that Ciucinnati boy. koows'a wick or two himself, so he just wade & circus leap Into the ambient and pullea it down by the legs. Louis Napoleon Camp put & stop to further - Dy taking lo another from the Yo Balitoratan's bat Struck Three Out, In their half of the second, Fitzgerald, ' ‘Wickery and Sheibeok made suckers of them- By this time Mr. Wads- worth bad grown pretty //2»\ solves, As fast as they dared face the irato Mr. Wadsworth he strack 'am out ! I hat was frank honesty supplanted by the wary hand of villatny ! But as the Aposiles drew another blank thore wisn't any wailing in the grandstand. Tn the third Captain Alvord ana Motz mado quick work of the man from Pen Mulford’s bailiwich, but that bionde boy from Boston basted her for his second safe one. Callopy hit a hot one down to Alvord, who grabbad it by the napof the nock, snapped to Old Pop, and Kel was crucified, and Old Pop ot it going, and Collopy quit too. A double, and @ surpassingly clever one, wasn't it! 1n their half Alvord's crowd cornered their first rue. How They Made It. Viekery lot go for an extra quick one, and it eaught Old Pop in the diaptiragen contus- 1ug his cellular tissue in & sickening way. Rowe said that Pop was old enough to have gotton out of the way. Waddy's sacrifice tioketed him in ninety feet further and on Dougherty’s hit he eir- cumnayigated the gobe. Hogriever and Motz furnighed easy outs. = Again the Omahas failed to connect, and again the Saints got & man around. But 1t was thoir last, and nobody cared. Old Cyeliffe Sutrous, ho of unsavory memory, hit ono of Vie's choicest plagues with bis Amorican associa- tion batting average, and forced it almost over to Col- lopy. Hostarted for first, but turned back with dis- — gust piastered over his clas- s mug a foot thick. — « But Alvord, Holland and Collins enutered into n little' schemo that worked better. They cach made o hit in rapid sucedssion, and yet Captain Bill was the ouly one to got home. 01d Pop and Waddy cut the silver thraad that held the gotden bowl. It was o shirred egg for both side in the fifth, but in the sixth the Rowe family ran their total up to fou Aftor Kel had oxpired on a long high one to Hogriever, Collopy stuck another laurel In his cap by s clean smash to left. Wad- dy’'s erratic throw gavo him second, and after Dave's out he ran in on Louis Na- poleon’s hit. Fitz ended the excitement by tapping one to Holland, who slammed him outat first. Again St. Paul got three men on bases, but that was all the good it done them. Not one got home, Here Was the Lucky Seventh. Tho seveuth was a fruitful one for Omaha. On Fitzgerala’s base on balls, an_error by ‘Wadsworth and sufo hits by Gilks ano Kelly, the har- vest of the first in- ning was repoated. Then after blank- ing the visitors, they came right back and piled up five more. But the Avostles made brave effort in this& inings, and & mar. () velous catch avd = P, quick throw by Col- F7€ lopy was all” that & kopt their scoro down. He snatched a liner with ono band off Olu'Cy’s club and threw to Rowe ahd pailad Hogriever, who had reached first on bails, It was a great double play and evoked & rm of applause. k nbout your pollapolons, you ought to haue scen the eizhth, whon tho bluo legs ran over the pan 1n a procession. Waddy was unprepared for the shock. Louts Napoleon led off with his third base on bulls, thon Hayes, Fitz and Handibal— who bad relieved Vick in the box—all hit safo, and after She's out, Gilps and Kelly did likewiso, the latter for u two-sacker, aui five large and succulont runs were piled ou top of the other soven. “Tho usual hullabatoo ensued 1n the stands. Aud s0 the game terminated. Neither side scored again, and as the band played “Turn St Paul's Picture to the Wall,"’ the vast crowd arose, und with a lingering, commis- erating glance at the mourning Aposties watherod abous the oat meal tank they filed out into the glad sunshine, shouting over the merry tiio they haa had. Quite an opening, wasn't it? The score: s DMAHA, AD. 110, 8B, SH. PO, A, E. Shelbeck. ss. 000 24 40 5 S8 I (S0 8 Sl 10 50400 200 5ERa SRR 108D S i 4981 S olie 0 s M0 98 1T 1 0 B R0l 5881881 8 0 S5 B8 5 i 88 0 d 4Rv a0 S0 o ety Vickory. p 41000010 Handiboe, p. 88 W18 0 A0 0 A 0 154 3 SIL 1O, A B, Daherty, n AR U T0Ta 0] w0 Hogrely BI0H0l o) g o0, Motz, 1h... 438008 012 Moo Suteliffe, of S0/ 0 8818 B0 &0 [0’ Alvord, b, .. 48 9 o000 &0 Tiolland, s5. 4 0100 230 Collins, ¢ 4 02300600 Smith, 2h BESIREIE ORI 0 Wadsworth, b, 4 00 010 2 __Totals.. > 7 2 SCORE BY INNINGS, Omaha . .30000135 St Paul . 00110000 BUMMAR nod runs: Omehn, Paul. 1. Two- base hits: Kelly, Alvord." Passed_balis: Col- lins. 4 v by pitebed Lall: Viekery, 1 Hundlboe, 1. “Buses on balls: Vickery Handiboo, Waudswor Struck Wadsworth, 43 Viexety, 1: ilandiboe, . Wild pitelies: Two bours and Iuss MeKilvey. Governor McKinley Started It. Convsmus, O, April 16.—Tho Western champiouship season opened here today under favorable auspices in spite of the cold and threatening weather. ‘I'bero was a parado of the Columbus und Toledo clubs, with a band concert before the game, and Governor Mc- Kialey threw the ball into the diamond. T'he game was interosting, Columbus winuing in the sixth inning by a tere:fic line-drive o the left field feuce by Breckinridge, driving in two ruus ahead of him. ‘I'be Totedoes hit tephens hard but he was supported by the Colutubus outtield, Lally’s work at the bat and in tho field was the foature of the game. I’ears vitched a strong game, anG_but for & buuching of bits in the sixth the visitors would have won. Both clubs plaved a great fielding game, and the irtorest in the contest was sustsined from the start. The atiend- Score: on basos: Ol Wadsworth, 1. Tino of & e ton minutes, Umpir St. Paul, VLEDO, I Aninroan ABTH PO A R nour. £ .74 5 U 0 UM Clenan,2ut 0 & 5 0 stlluger, 165 13 0 0/Walsh, a4 2 2 0 1 iehol et 8 1 1 0 0/0'Rourke,ib5 0 0 0 0 Iy 4121 ofally, T8 2610 401 1Abbey.cf 1400 00 N L I B I W i ) Chawpion i § 1 6 0 1/ arkmike 154 211 0 0 Hurle 2806 2 | ampau, 1.8 1001 Pears, 311 20 sophens,pl 4 1030 i 79 2 | | 01 0-5 Toledo, 3. bita Threo Campus Morrii, Homo r Breckenridge. Doubla konfldge. Passed bails: Hurley Stephns. plays. Blruck out: Ty Pears, @ by Stephens. 2. Base o1 Balls: By Stophoas. Poara. . L Walsh. Stolen Uises: Abbey, Campa, Ge Time: One buur sad forty minutes. Umpire: coran. Housler s Died Hard, INDIANAROLIS, Inu., April 16.-Two thou- saud pooplo- witngssod the opening of the Waestern loague gamo in this city today, It was a contest bitterly fought to the end. A circus cateh by Ward in the last inning of whul seemed a sura two-base hit, on which ho made 8 double play, saved the game for Milwa kee. ludianapolis started off like a Wi ¥, but usfortunately in base rupning by Meara lost an opportunity for three Funs. Until the cighth iuging after the start Ferson was invincibie, but in this {nning he luy down und was nit hard. The local players showed their luck of practice, and through ragged ficld work lost the game. The Mil- waukeo tear showed up in clever form and felding sharply aud batting opportu nely. Beore : = 'nuu:u:niuu.' MILWAUKEE WO A K B0 AE Loteher, rf.. 312 0 0 SIS MeQuald, 161 1 % 2 1 5.0 0 8 3 0 <0 T 10 0twitehelli£0 2 210 199 0karlib.....0 112 11 008 oflake, o 21500 022 Jlieary, m "2 1110 0 41 }Uamberg, e, 0 0 10 0 14674 ofRoot, 5b..... 1 2 1 4 1 106 of¥erson, p. .l 0 0170 6215 T 3 INNINGS. 20300005 THE OMAHA DAILY 10000300 —4 BUMMARY. Runa oarned: Tndinnapolis, 1. - Two-haso hits: MeQuade, O'Brion, Madron, Luke, Root. Double piays: Carpenter to llenzie o O'Brion Tndtanapol Basos by belng hit by pitcher: Ward and Like, Tasoson balls: By Madren, 3 by F'o son. 2. Passod balls: Lake, 1. “fime: Ono hour and thirty minutes. Umpire: MeQuade. Cowboys in Great Featler, Kaxsas City, Mo, April 16.—~The cham- plonship season of the Western association opened hore today with a game betweon ths Blues and Minncapolis. The ocoasion was made a municipal holiday. A parade took place before the game in which, besides the bali players, Mavor Cowherd and f long string of “fans’ took part, The crowd was large, pumoering 4,000, there beng great curiosity to see how the lottery system, applied to the selection of the teams, ‘would start off. Botu toams plaved a fine flame. Sunday in Kansas City’s ieft and Carroll in Minnoapolis' right fleld particularly dis- tinguished themselves. Carrotl after a_lovg run pulled down a hot Liver with one hand. Eiteljorg in tho Kansas Uity box pitched & good game up to the ninth inning when he let down a bit and allowed the Miiers 1o make two hits and two runs. Irance, & Paciflc const lofi-handed pitcher, also lot down 1n the ninth, when the Blues made five out of thoir eleven hits and three out of their five runs. The score: KANSAS CITY. " PAR Manning, 2b. 1 210 Sunday, if 200 Mayer. 51 1211 Carboy, 16 100 Littie. 'm i20 Andrus, rf . 130 Alborts, ss 321 Roliins, ¢ 240 Eiteljors, . 030 Kansus City Minncapolls SUMMARY Minnoapolls 1 Rollins; hits Kansas City, 3 clteljorg nnd Two-ba 4 runs : Kansas City, K Minncopolis, France and Munyan. Mayor and Now roo-buso hil Bases on balls Jorg, i off voing hit b ched nall: Little Sacratice hits: Little, Alborts, ham Toublo ham. DI 43 by Fean Stolon by ays: i and Wost stru y Wi pitchas: Kiteijorg, 1. Passod bails: Munyan, I Time: One hour and forty-nvo minutes. Umpire: Snyde Standing of the Teams, Played. Won. Lost. Per Ot. Omaha. . 1 1 0 1,000 Kansas Jity, 1 1 0 1,000 Milwanukee 1 1 0 1,000 olumbns 1 1 0 1,000 St Paul 100 1 0.000 Minunenpolis'. 1 0 1 0,000 dianupolis . TR0 ) 0,000 oledo. ... + T 504 Bl 0,000 Echoes from the Battle, The playing of Collopy on third is a sight good for sore oyes. Jiunmyv Donnelly—well, he can play all around the deserter. And say, what do you think of the fielding of that man Golhs? Isn’t he a bird? Kelly starts out just as the eastern au- therities said he would—like a four-time winner. His battina yesterday was exhilar- aung and his Helding clean and brilhant. Billy Alvord plays ball just like he always did—right up to the handle. You couldn’t seo a cleaner third thao he put up vesterduy in the big league, or any where clse for that matter. Shubeck played his usual graceful game, but was a littie shy with the stick. Dan Honin will bo gagged thisafternoon. Holland put up the right sort of vall yester- day, himself, and by the way: thore wasu't much the matter with any of tho visitors— only Waddy got a little tired. Old Cy wasn’ta bit like his old self, seemed to bo troublod with saa memories of the past. He'll do the back-stopping today. Collins was a trifie weak behind the vlate, but 1s excusable as he had absolutely no prilcv.icu. He fouud the ball, though, cloy- ouly. Old Pop Smi th still has lots of brilliant bull in him. Ho made a pickup yesterday that would knock » sucker into a (it. Rus McKelvey umpirec a good game, barr- ing a slight discrepancy on balls and strikes oceasionally. Billy Slowrad, tho umpire, walked from St. Joe here, that is the reason he wasn’t in time yesterday. Say, dian’'t Vick pitch a bute of a game yostorday, and just think of it, he wasn't half trying. Handiboe will give you an imita tion ot Amos Rusie this aftornoon. Governor Hayes' catching was greot. He never had a passed ball or the slightest sug- gestion of an error. Quite a hitting crowd, eh? And some pooplo say that the game is dead. Don't fail to be on hand today. The sight of the crowd will be worth the price of ad- wission. Wednesday will be “Ladies’ Day" here- after. NATIONAL LEAGUE. Cincinnatl ¥ nally Succeeds in Winning a CixeisNary, O, April 16.—Ciucinoati has ot Jast broken the spell ana a game. Viau was hit hard from the beginning and was taken out of the box at the end of the second inning after six hits had been made, Cuppy tuking his place. The game abounded in double plays and was full of interest. Cleve- land had a man on base in every inning save one. Oniy four hits were made of Chamber- 1ain up 1o the eighth, when Cleveland made astrong effort and scored two runs. In the Imst inning the visitors earaed one more, and the gama closed with a man on third base, The foature of the game was Child's splen- did playng and Morgan Murphy's tine work behind the bat. Davis hurt his leg in the first inning and left tho field while Comisky had an injured hand and was notable to play, lullane filling bis place. Attendauce, 3, 00 0—¢ 02 1-3 velund | : MePhee, Stolen” b: Holliday, plays: O'Coune Teabenin, Cuiids, Vietue, Vinn, Murphy, Me- Phec, Smith, * Mulline, Latham, Mep) Multande. 1t by pit O'Neill.' Fira By Struck out Pussed bidls: Zmine Lynch. Batierie Viau, Cuppy o au. Lutha By Cuppy, by Chamberluin, 4. by Ohamberluin, 3. f Unipiro: Aurphy, 18 Great Uncle Real Mean, Lovisvitie, Ky., April 16.~Today’s game was 8 slugging mateh in which the home toam caume 0wt with first hovors. The Louis- villes jumped on Meekin in tho very first in- ning sud pounded out four runs, Meokin (ior Louisvillo) kept the Chicago hits scattored well until the eighth iuning when ho ewsed up and Cnicago made five scores. ‘Pnebome team ulso mado five in thenia th inuing on three siugles, two aoubles aua one triple. Chicago made 1wo in the ninth on ono double and two siugles. Thero wero many brillisot plays made, of which the most notable were catches by Brown and Dablen, Attendance 8,500, Score: Louisville. 41200200 65-14 il 000201006 20 Chicago, 10. 4. Eurned runs T'Wo-base hils: Jennings ?: lrown, Kuehene, (y Dungan. Left CUhicago,. 7. Beery. Meokin, on buses: Louisvil plays, Dahlen and Cunavan. Rasos on O Meekin, 6; off Meakin, 2. 8 Brown and Dahlen. Hit by p tehes: and Dungan. Wild pitehes: Mouki Two bours and fifty-flue mimutes. Umplee: Emsile. Butteries: Moekly aua Grin; Meekjn und Schriver, ! Pirates Downed the Browns. St Louts, Mo, April 16, —The Browas were easily outplayed by Pittsburg in to- day’s game at all points. Dwver was wiven fearful support in the second e retired in favor of (ileason. he latter's curves were solved in the sixth and Easton pitched out tne game. Galyiu was it freely, but be managed to keep the bits scattered. Attendance, 3,500, : 8t Louls. 0000-5 Pittsburg. 409 *=12 it Pittsburg, 18 Errors st Louls, d; Pittshurg, 1. Batteries: Dwyor, Glewson Easton and Buckle; Galvin and Magk. Barned runs: St Lous, 3; Pittsburs, 4 Two-base hits: Brodie, Glasscock. Wigr- bau art, Sa fice Lits: Bierbauer, wirtwood. Baso on balls: O Dwyor. 33 off Euston, 1; off Galvia, Doublo Galvin, Brookley. Struck out: By Dwyer, §; by Gloason, % by Galvin to- lon buses: Carroll. Wit pitehes: Dwyor. & Hit by pitched Lall: By Dwyer, 1; by Gleason, L Umplira: Sheridan, soven wiluutes. Orloles Still Losing. Bavrrisoke, Md., April 16.—'be Baltimore club today lost its third successive game of Tinie: Two bours und b i) AVRETL SUNDAY, the season on secpunt of bad fielding. The Bostons batted (Rbh. Tho hits wero scat tored, howevor, aadehad tho fiela boen up to the mark the teanry Would have won. Attend- ance, 3,000, S 3 e ) 1 1 Baltimoro 001001206 Boston 000014 2 °il Hits: Baltimore, Boston, 6. KErrors: Bultimore, 9; Boston, 6. Two-base, hits Shindie, Shoek, . Threesbnse hit Nichols, First on ok régs g & Baseson baljs: , B Loft on buses: Bal®hore, 4: out: Ry by Nielo! N None altimore, i Bostgr mpire Bases dhiizatis Did 11, Wasnixaroy, D. @, April 16.~New York won today’s gamo in the ninth inning on doubles by Fuller ‘&hd Gore, when victory seomod certain for Washington, Kneil pitched brilliantly et all times, but he bunched bases on balls with the Giants' safe bits. He struck out eleven men and was perfectly supported, yet Wasnington lost. Attendance, 8,300, Soore: Washington L0 4000000 15 New York ... .10 0000400 2-8 Washington, 2; New York Hoy, Gore, and Fulie Duitee and Larkin, Hassett Wy Knoli. 6: by D. Richardson Washington, ; sh ible Stolen Mahouoy. o Left on Struck out: ssed balls Dbases: Donovan, Larkin, Gore, Ewin . Time: Two h five minutes, Unipiro: Gaffnoy, Batterios: IKnell and McGuire: Kinz and Boyle. Iits: Wash- Whashington, §: Now York, & Errors: ton, 0; New York, Quakers Win Another, PritaneLeii, Pa., April 16,—~The Phillios bunched their hits whilo the Brookiyns' bunched tueir errors, and scored a victory easily. The fielding of Cross, Mulvey and tho bitting of Thompson and Hallman were the foatures, The weather was decidod cool. Attendance 2,002, Score: I'hiladelphia 0260500 0-15 Brooklyn sy 00321001-7 Hits: Phitadelphi RBrooklyn, 11 Errors: Fhiladelph Brooklyn, 7. Bat- terles: Woyhi ents; Inkstorm and € Dailoy. - Philadelphin, 0; Brooklyn. 4: its, Hallan, Ulonicnts, hits \ Allen “Weyhing, Griflin. Three-base Stolen hasos: Cross. Tlomo rans: Connor. Hamilton, Thompson, Connor. Double play Mulvey, Hallan, Connor; Hallman, Cintor. First ba'se on balls: By Inks, 4: by Wey 2 Hit by pitchor: yhing out: By Weyhinz, 4; n. 1. Time, hours and ten m apiro: Hurst, Standing of the Teams, Played. Won. Lost. PerCt. 0 000 ng, 1. Struck Two By Wi New York. Boston.. Pittsbu; Chicago. Lowsvill Brooklyn . Philadelphl §t. Louis Clevelan Cincinnatl Washingtos Baltimore .. Sommmm s It Will Be Board and Clothes Talk gvout gowing players. Engiand league canuot afford to pay as much as either the Ilasterp or Western leagues, and yet, so says the Boston Globe, Secrotary Morse has received an avalance of applica- tions from vlayers, and he says that he would find no difiiculty in-organizing eight credita- olo nines inside of.an $500 salary limit. The average demand!pfl*the players is §75 per month, while thore are many who offer to play for 45, 50 and $60 per month, On Saturday last he fecsived no less than forty- 23ven_opplications, “and most of them are from New Engiand plavers, as no notica has boen sent outside ‘this yvear. 'Uhis simply shows what un atmy" of ‘players tiero are who are ready ana willing to play for small salaries. In the whole lot there was but one player who wanted advance morey, and but one or two wanted $100 por month or over. It is safe to say that no one will dount that the New Englandjeajrue will live inside the salary limit this sgson. Dr Birnoy cures;catarrh. BEE bidg Natlonal Aid;fog,the Encampment, In a message 40 wongress transmitting a communication!fdom sthe district com missionersand the chairmun of the ex ecutivo committes of the ‘hatlonal en campwment, ‘vequesting an appropriatio of $100,000, one-half to be paid by th President Harrisonsays: **Th event is one of national interest, and th attendance of surviving ‘union soldier will probably be larger than at any en campment that has ever beon hold. Th parnde of the survivors of our groa armies on Pennsylvania avenue wil bring vividly back those momentou days when the great armies o the east and west marched through the streots of Washington in high parade and were recoived by our citizens with joyful acclaim. It seems to me that it would be highly appropriate for con- gross to suitably aid in making this demonstration impressive and in ex- tending to those soldiers whose lives a beneficent Providence has prolonged an opportunity to see, in the security and peaceful development and prosperity which now so happilly prevail at the nutional capital, the fruits of their sac- rifice and valor.” . Disease never successtully attacks as: tem with pure blood DeWitt's Sarsaparilla makes pure, new blood and enriches the old. -— PARSON. JOEL. AL the Year Round. The Culifornian gold fever was at it height when the crowd of fortune seeks ers, excited by the prospect of immedi- ate gain, rushed to the banks of the Bangalong. We—that is, Juck Pettit and I—had followed the @old away up the rivor for long weary miles, sometimes in com- pany, often alone, occasionally finding dust, but moro frequently digging from sunrise until sunset without seeing a speck. In common with thousands of adventurers, who were in a similur plight, we wore ever mocked by the fickle jade Fortune. The most incomprehensible thing about it all was that there seemed to be some party forever in advance of us; for although the banks of the river ware un- disturbed, the water>came down from the hills laden with mud, which was casily recognized by,a miner's eye. It was only after o long, tedious tramp, with hegxy hearts and ever- lightening pockats, that we came upon the advance party, ¢They welcomed us with what grace tHey could, which was not much; but soar arrival mattored little, for others guickly came along our trail, now in dompanics and again singly, until therp wore fully fifty gold- seckers of almost. many natiooalities upon the grounll! All of these re- mained, not one"#fnt farther. There was no need, for bhw'hed of the gold had been discovered. & Within the space of ar] uare mile or so;thitreabout, loy cnough of the precious d;l 0 have enrichod 1,000 miners b‘é?v)\l the 'dreams of avarice, The camp was pikched on the bank of the river, which, under the scorchin rays of the summer sun, had dwindled down to a mere fresh There was none toonuch water -obtainable for the re- quirements of gold-washing; it was rap- idly becoming oo precious a commodity to be recklessly employed as a heverage 1 result which gluddened the heart of Bert Togue, the barkgeper, who, with the keonuness of a vulture for sconting out ecarcasses, had followed prowptly upon the heels of the thirsty miners und adventurers. The scenery was impressive and awe inspiring, Bleak, barren, yet priceless quartz reefs rose in long undulating waves of stone, like a petrilied ocean, on every side. Boyond these lay the bush and scrub, interspersed here and there 17, 1802--SIXTEEN PAGI with clumps of pine, whilo farthor away still a long range of low, naked hills strotched along the sky line until they were lost in mist Those hillsenjoyed an evll roputation 0s resorts for bands of redskins, who had cut off more than one prospecting party, and of prairie pirates and road agents, who were even more merciless than they. In one thing both were cordially ‘oed; their handg were against tho miners, and equally the miners scored against them on every possible opportu- nity. These fellows served one useful purpose, for the fear and dread of them caused us to kep together; as to have fallon into their hands would have been cortain death, Ono evening, when the cradles wero busily rocking and the dippers fashing, astranger rode into the camp. His jnded nag was noarly travel-spent, its tongue lolled limply out of its mouth, the great ears flopped loosely over the bleared, bloodshot cyes, and its withers were badly wrung. Nor was the appear- ance of the rider more attractiv He was an undersized, thin, red-haired man; and, us ho sat there upon his sorry steed, almost spont with fatigue and hungor, ho looked the most unpropos- sessing of mortals. The arrival of a stranger was too com- mon an event to atiract attention in a cump whore tho collection of glittering woealth was the ono serjous business of life. Therefore no one spoke to or ov noticed the new-comer, who, after look- ing slowly around as if to tuke in all tho bearings, rode up to Togue'’s bar, Hay- ing climbed down and hitched up his nag, the stranger entered the large shanty in sonrch of that provision for man and beast which it was the bar. keepor’s proud privilege to dispense and that of his customers to pay for, Later in the evening, when digging was onded, and the everlasting damper had been disposed of, the boys nssem bled beneath Togu hospitable roof- tree for the accustomed drink and fun. Tho red-haired arrival was prosent keeping unobtrusively in the back ground. He had no kit with him, nor anything to indicate that ho was a pro pector, although his travel stained pearance, and the freedom with which he spent his cash, showed that he was familiar with the customs of mining lifo. In one of the lulls of conversation he spoke. His voice sounded soft and low like a woman’s, but its sweet and por- fectly modulated tones ponotrated through the long bar. It was long since any of us had listened to such a silver in. Words pure as the notes of Ln- glish_ songbirds, and unsullied by vibaldry or blasphemy, were all too searce and strange on the Bangalong,or anywhere else in California. Wno d’ye s’pose he is, mate?” *Don’t know. Oune o’ them ’Frisco chaps, maybe. P’r’haps a sneak a-spy ing out the nakedness o’ the land.” The speakor laughed at his own sally of wit. Speculation was cut short almost at once. The little red-haired man, turn- ing to us, said, civilly cnough and with aslight tremor in his voic “Boys, Lam a_missionary and have beon sent hore that I may look after the interests of those who have left fathers and mothers behind in the old eastern stutes. The speech was greeted with derisive Inughter. A parson!” Taking no notice of the interruption, except that his cheek reddened a little, he continued: “You will find mea friend. By per- missior of the keeper of this saloon, there will be preaching here next Sun- day afternoon, and I mean to practice that which 1 preach.” A hum of excited voices now drowned the speaker’s words. When it consed ne had gono. Judging from the conversation which followed, it seemed probable that the parson, il he should attempt to carry out his intention, wouid encounter a 1 opposition, the camp not being an a sembly of ‘suints, not even latter-day ones. But something occurred that night which entirely altered the situation. A shaep word spoken by Togue’s son to u rough Yankeo lud to'a rapid unmuz- zling of *“‘bulldogs.” with the result that the barkeeper’s son, who was a weneral favorite, was shot through the shoulder. Camp opinion ran high against the perpetrator, who was even threatened with lynehing. When the tumult was at its highest, the parson camo buck and quickly made himself muster of the condition of af- s, fold, unhallowea men!” ho ex- claimed in those low, edrnest tones of is. “would you ndd sin to sin? Let man go, and your forgiveness shall be his greatest punishment “Stand aside, Mister, this ain’t no time for preaching—we air on business here.” “I'will not. Who among you husa right to take away a life whien he can- not restore?”’ A voice in the rear of tho crowd re- joined: I puess, stranger, wo hev, and we air going to. A rough looking man, who was to all appearance a loader in the roughly con- stituted court of justice, now interposed. He said: “You meun well, stranger, no doubt but you air out of placo herve. Take my advice and make yourself searce, for you cun’t do good aud you may do harm. Julke here has got to die: we says it. "Pisn’t the first time,he hes been too handy with his shooting-ivon, but it’s got 1o be the last. 12h! boys? “But I tell you, men, you will commit Go, parson, and don't moddle with at doesn’t concern you. What are wo vigilants for?” “Ihaven duly, men, to performias well as you, and will novbe deterred from doing it. You say you will slay this mun. Then hear me; you will only Kill him over my bod The miners liked grit, wherever found, and a low murmur of applause greeted this epeech, which was to them far more impressive than any plea for mercy could have been. The rough feliows talked to one another, the culprit’s gunrds, perhaps intentionally, reluxed their vigilanee, and in the confusion the Yankee disappeared, ing his com- rades und would-be executioners time to let their anger cool. Young Togue did not die. The parson, who gave his name as Joe! Baldwin, constituted himself the suffer. er's nurse, attending to his every want, dressing his wound, and feeding him like u child through the long days and nights, more tenderly, the grateful old saloon keeper suid, than any woman could have dane. ‘This act of devotion touched the heurt of the camp; which lay deep, but was not dead. When Sunday afternoon came round, the congregation was a crowded one. At the very outset of the proceedings, the preacher made an important de- mand upon the good will and forbear- unce of ‘hln audience. He commenced by pointing out the danger which attended the mischievous ractice of carrying shooting-irons, en orcing his argument by reference Lo the eritical condition of young Togue. Ho then further urged the inappropriste- ness of these destructive weapons being brought into the house of the rince of Peace, stated his personal dread of such, and concluded an earnest appeul by in- sisting that all who might attend h ministrations shoula deliver up their weapons to the saloonkeeper on enter- ing. I'he gaunt miners looked foolishly sheepish, laughed, demurred, and thon, whon they saw that tho man meant what he said, handed over their irons into tho custody of Bort Togue. Togue took charge of all these, plac- ing them in the box which served as a pulpit, so that the parson trod the car- nal woapons undor his foet. Sevoral woeks passed, and the influ- ence of Parson Jool, as he was famitiarly called, began to effect a marked im- provement in the camp, Duels became less froquont, irregularitios less pro- nounced; the wenkest found that thoy had some chance in the battle for wealth and life. The Sunday afternoon proach- ing became an axtraordinary success; not a man among us would have missed it upon any consideration. the parson had such” a winning way with him. Togue, junior, too, bogan to improve n derthe caro of the self constituted nurse. The gold, which yielded both in dust and nuggets, was regularly deposited with a tirm of brokers, whose fair denl- ings inspired their clionts with confi- dence. Once in every month an armed escort came from 'Frisco, and conveyed the accumulated precious metal to the bank. Parson Joel had been with us three months, finding plenty of work, hoth in instructing and nursing his rough fock, more than one member of which it had been his melancholy duty to consign to the auriferous dust. During t timo he had increasingly endeaved himself to all, so that more” than one nu been pressed upon him for by rough fellows who could conee no other means of showing their grati- tudo. Theso were invariably declined, with the remark that he had enough for his porsonal needs, and sought not theirs, but them. All this increased Parson Joel's repu- tation for goodness: he becamo idolized of all, About this time the pirates of the prairie bocame increasingly daring, and there were rumors that a_ band of them had allied with the road agents, form- ing a camp in the hills, undor the leadership of a daring female named Bess, whom they had constituted their queen, The rumor acquired forco from tho fact that a man who had recently joined us_was found shot dead in the serub. This occurrence served to make us in- ingly careful; but no one appr hended serious trouble,such as an attack upon the camp,which by this time num- bered 100 souls all told, men whose hands could keop their head.s The month was drawing to a closo. The Saturday night saw the last bagsof dust deposited; and the honest brokers retived, holding fully 15,000 pounds’ worth ‘of tho miners’ property, which would, all being well, be en route for 'Frisco on the following Monday, On Sunday morning the honest, quiet- goirg miners remained reading or smoking in their shanties, or wandered aimlessly down tho gully, while tho rougher sort scattered around among the various bars which had sprfung up. When the hour for service struck, every one, except the brokers and youni Togue, who, with the willing consent of Parson Joel, had gone for a stroll,was in his place. Togue, although vastly improved, was still wealk, apd needed, so the Parson suid, all the fresh air he couid get. There was no lack of itin the vicinity of the camp. In accordance with Parson Joel's cus- tom, all tho fire arms wera collected, and deposited in the depths of the extempor- ized pulpit before tho service began, so that during worship ho mounted” guard over them. The opening hymn being concluded,the parson led in prayer. At the moment when the attention of all was absorbed in this exercise, a shot was fired outside, and the sounds of a seuflle, followed by a wild cry for help, was heard proceeding from the direction of the gold office. The mine like a famished lion aroused from ite lnir, sprang to their feet, only to find themselves face to face with two tall masked men who had quietly and unobservedly entered the building, These, presenting their re- volvers, thundered: up! The first of you who dead man.” tuation became clear. The attackod, and those who should been its defenders had been ren- dered defenceless by their own action. One possible chance of escape remained open. There was the door behind the preacher, who had remained a quiet, unmoved spoctator of tho proceedings. 1f this could bo gained, the atts might even yet be beaten off, and the gold saved. Those of us who moved from the robbers made a_partial movement toward the door. But this was quickly checled, for, as we gath- ered ourselves for a rush, the meck and prance vo of were farthest r zentle attitude of Parson Jool unde went a complete and terrible ¢ ‘he man’s slight form diluted, his usu ally mild eyes flashed five, and his countenance beenme so altered us to be scarcely recognizabie, With a move- ment which wans almost quicker than light ho whipped out a brace of Colt’s rovolvors from some secrot pocket, and with the skill of a practiced marksman he, who feared the very sight of a pistol, covered the congragation in front as complotely as tho two strangers had done in the rear. Wo wore chockmated completoly The game so boldly played was won. Tho helpless diggors, chafing undor the indignity which was oven less pa- tiently to bo borne than the threatoned loss, sat down again, anticipating only too well the course which ovents would tako. Our chagrin was not Parson Jool, without smilo upon his fac “Friends, ndversity comos, soonor or later, to us all, in order that we may loarn how to practice as well as pronch. You are all witnesses that [ huve fi quently besought you not to put your trust in riches, which tako to thom- selvos wings and fly away."” Ho had scarcoly consed sponking when a poculiar ory—the yelp of the coyoto— wias honrd in the distance. This was cvidently the signal for which the marauders had been waiving, for Parson Jool bowed ironieaily, and, kicking open the door behind him, im- mediately disappeared. The other two similarly vanished The miners, like a troop of school- boys or a gang of reieased conviets, tumbled pell mell into the open, but they were too late, Tho sound of rapidly retroating horso hoofs intimated the flight of the robbers, lossonod when the ghost of a suid: Thero was no doubt of the direction which they had taken, for one of the fugitives was still full in view. ) far from urging his horse to the greatest pace, he seemed rather to checek ity do- signing, perhaps, to aid the eseape of the rest of the gang. In his flight ho had the hardihood to turn and wave his band to the discomfited minors, These saw at a glance the extont of the mischiof, Thoe gold store had beon rifled. Its single defendor lay doad in his own doorway, shot through tho heart. Tho other broker had fled. With a wild ery for vengeance, we turned and snatehied such weapons as wore convenient, then, throwing our- solvos upon our horses, dashed away in swift, relentless pursuit. The fugitive evidently observod this, for, putting his steed to its fullest streteh of speed, he rode recklessly over impediment: and his rvetreat ap- d ured, for he distanced the foremost of us at every stride, In another quartar of a mile ho would have gained the shelter of the rank serub, whero pursuit would have been less hopeless: but, before he could do so, a puff of smoke floated our over a dis- tant reef; this v followed by the vo- port of , which reached our as wesaw the gulloping he throwing the rider head. A man—it young Togue isurely neross the racks, car still smoking ritlo in his hand. making directly for the scene of tho astrophe, but some of the riders reached the spot almost as quickly us he. The aim had been true. Tho lorse, & magnificent sorrellay deadin its tracks, ten yards behind, its haploss rider, who was bruised out of all semblance to hu- manity. A conrse red wig had fallen from his head, and a rich wealth of blood-drageied golden hair trailed out over the stones, Young Togue stopped, wiped weapon and coolly remarked: “I thought something had gono wrong, that's why I fired. Sorry [ wiped tho fellow ont thoug *‘By the jumping Jehoshophat,it's our Parson Joel; anyway all that’s left of him,” murmuved some one. Togue stepped forward, a light of re- cognition flashed into his eyes, and ho fell upon his knocs, tearing nway tho rough cont in his frenzied endeavor to discover whether the heart had ceased to beat. e had scarcely done this when he sprang to his feet with conster: nation depicted upon his face, crying, Boys, by all the powers, it is a wo man!” Wo were still standing, bafiled and angry, around the corpse, when a band of horsemen dashed up at a hard gallop. As the leader sprang from his horse, hoe half-pushed, balf-dragged a villainous- looking ruflian to the front. F , vou honest fellows, he cailed out in tones of command, *do uny of you know 11 pparee scoundrel? We se stumble, its heavily over Ho was his 3o canght him galooting avound throe mile below, and as ho couldn’t give a good account of himself, took tho liborty of bringing him along with us.” A dozen men sprang forward to look into the enptive’s face as he glared defi- antly, daving them to do their worst, and he read death in their ey Then the fellow’s gazo fell upon tho body of Parson Joel. In a moment tho strong man was bowed with anguish, his fortitude forsook him, he fell upon his knees, gently raised the battorcd head in his grimy hands, and, pussion- ately kissing the pallid brow, wailed: “Oh! Bess, Bess! Good 1 n!” Then we parson, sicl-nurse, trusted friend zold robber, was none other than i the notorious quecn of the pirates of ti praivie and the villainous road agen: who had for 5o long been the scourgo of Californin. 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