Show 1 srORTS AND PASTIMES of Base Ball as a Game fee Speculation lE AMATEUR SPORTSMAN f BallOsdens and Beds niv < Je file BorEebackThe lUng 011 jay vmc Sports The National Game tune in the history of the a I Tbonal Was Game in this city when its de Jitional much money from fol as made m5 yotees the average actor made as it oWi Ilb following the stage the public Sea willingly to see an artis socked jast as ftce exhibition as to witness a ball ° tic jsc jhainamatic or musical enter leading tainlcnt on the boards andwhatwould ifcounted as very satisfactory receipts be either the Salt Lake or the Opera at iowadays500 600 and 700 Hove infrequently taken in at not was the This waS in ° Washing1 Square w MMDeeret and Eed Stocking days old Barker Barlow Duke Whceler when cr Funkhauser McKelveyetc Vchmeyer the idols of the hour and the pat rere gamin from the Jor which every s rems the Dry Bench setup as models dan to die for In work to to toil to to to besides the exciting home those times that used to deplete Main Street gJDCS tiations were kept up with the east negotiations west and the Chicagos the Hop ana the Brown Stockings and the Bitters Franniscans were broughthere from i San I time to time to swell the receipts and Keep the interest excited Some unsavory rumors that got to the I Council concerning the manage City l Sent of affairs about that times caused officials to stretch forth their pater the and the industry hands in remonstrance nalbands drooped and withered at once dnstry Vehmeer McKelvcy and the other imparted players who had been paid regu parted 11 salaries and provided with easy KdUonsby the Deseret managers reined positions congenial climes and ined to more the Nipoleonic Buxbaum faded again linto the wool and hides Background f Years went by but the germ which had bosom of the I been planted m the fiery youthful enthusiasts who roosted in trees and skimmed the barbed wire i rollings to TiCV thc game had taken too deep root to be trampled out of life ami the ball and bat were cherished in i thcecrccy of school yards and back allov a to burst forth w ith rekindled ar dir J in the spring of 184 Reds Blues ttowns Stars Olympics and Eleventh 1 Warders rose spontaneously to mingle I mica in the common cause A Home Lue was established Mill Creek en tcdlxmejth its banners Ogden and Park City caught the contagion and representatives praying to be all a-ll tt d to the brotherhood The public showed signs of awakening interest and raimfesteda willingness once more to I drive down in buggies and look over the fence a lew accepted complimen I rLy tickets ionic went to far as to pay Iforadmisinp nnd the good old ball Tag started k rolling again I Octet all the fomenting and excitement excite-ment it has settled down to thus that Ivronine remain whicli it is worth pay ling ones money to see The Reds and Bines are very closely matched ando and-o rc in a while they play a game that r Ir the professional standard Their c < mtests az ° not such as the old De erets load Red Stockings used to play but we think they will be in another season i The quesiion is now how to make tie pastime rill something in order to justify jus-tify ones leaving his regular euiploy meat at the call of his nine To this there is only one < TOor improve The public Have shown in the old days that they will go down into their pockets for this form of entertainment readily as Ifor any other and they have recently manifested the same disposition when la good team like the Ogdenites was brought to town AVftthinkthe fie com iwg games on October 3d and 4th be lUecn the Reds and that nine and still mOre particularly oa the 6th 7th and fttb bctwfcn the Buttes and Blues will ee some cry heavy receipts at Wash pcgton Square provided of course that ftli weather continues auspicious The Amateur iiortsiuau A simple country Jjoy unlearned In City vrate vith hay seed in his hair and the odor of new mown horse about him has ever held the palm as the gawkiest I tiling known to science but if the suet Iropohtaniude arrayediu the garb ofj TportMnan could be caught and photographed photo-graphed as it appeariu life tIle eom I flutes on awards would yield it the Silver ht cup o > uf1 part of the gate m < uey a silIgle4laice Iportsmcn whemoa formulating l your plane for a jitl2e trip into the 110 niams and one of the party asks erlUlSSlOn I to take a friend aloii kldilig that je is very rice company 1 El roue uh pleasant lie have a eire iiwt kt the friend should be an amateur i tuihium trusting for glory He on I llJr guard or you will think it were I Isner you k1 > le erl > tCl1 born Reflect eral time < before link 1 linking yourself to h i let ijof A viper who doesnt know eh1ckinb revolver from a Gatling h m arid who cant tell tile difference etveen a Iklr Lake shad and 1 facts of the saurian age e ompalY of the 4 paiiv aaiatuer Kim Etlvrul > 011 alert for ame eter Je ynce is the only price of safety ollu 1ae comrades lnowiuj e which of u ay fir < t become the silent part r d lSrt coroners inquet vvitis a verdict n ty tifronj C2lon in the bands of I unknown the oul of tlw adroit and expert < t j JUtller however there lies one t ab1e nngnnctioIiIhe deadly dude is petenrfdIilatShimsehfas p as anyone I i 3dftbat1en he hai gone Gield will 0 1m i j t tho h the field mas thug he thth0 ne of its niot crying Ci not n e uuatcur fisherman fnx I ftrullent of warfare uponhis e t i IS UlJt SO easily removed yet PerhapM HJJcDIcst incubus lD I hT IIlJI body ltditie that remains li t Yrlo 41Khttt J IC i TIeih lu the morn aDd Pher < iviTC feT1b to thehouscof his 5ti If aYJlJ g Lend me of the first lIrr tOUT ftlulIg tackle even unto Pants dollar rod and your step s n you In und on my return I will < I lit mullet and other ilsarn l5dnrShaseth i many flies of LIsg gorgeou55 or liue and in 11 vi 1itStji and be he p ehold I smilpth asi even vith these wm I j gather unto myself fishes of every kind and when the fishes behold the flies they will laugh a cold hard laugh and whisper one with another saying Doth he take us for emigrants and other unfeeling remarks and the fishes swish their tails with malice prepense and fail to catch on and the fisherman snaggetli his hook on the opposite bank and een though he wadeth up to his armpits and severely wetteth his haunches he extricateth himself not to any marked extent and he shreiketh for the sucker but ob ainetli none And they who are fishing hearing the wail relunctantly gather in the river and calleth him a yawp and other anathemas while deep in their hearts they fain would behold be-hold the dark waters close oer him forever for-ever everAnd after the space of n time the fishermen journeyeth homeward nnd one of their number leaveth his fishes about nine miles up the gulch and he had sorrow hi his heart and lumbago in his back and he meeteth a reporter whom he cajoleth with Pomeroy Sack and other brands and on the following morn it is known of all men that The fishing party returned last evening laden with baskets full of luscious trout And the amateur fisherman break fasteth on fried mush and bacon while all the day long in his offhand way he giveth it out that Our party bagged about forty ABEDXEGO The Bicycle Ball One of the most notable affairs to come off this winter in the Salt Lake Theatre will be the ball and exhibition to be given some time in December by the Salt Lake Bicycle Club invitations will be issued as for a usual evening dancing party but in the programme will be interspersed exhibitions of bicycle riding racing etc Kaysvllle Sports Yorick sends the following from the thriving Davis County burg under date of September 20th This afternoon four of the wing shots of this place tried their skill illa pigeon shooting match ten birds to each man John BonnemOrt and Dr W F Ingram against James Day and C S Tingey resulting re-sulting in a victory for the latter two Following is the score Distance twenty five yards Ground traps JnoIionnemortlOllOlOil C Dr W T Ingram 11OO0O0l3 Total 9 James Day 111111011 S C S finger 11011105 Total 13 Dead out of bounds The KinK I Skating at the hippodrome is attracting attract-ing the usual fall and winter throng and the music of the Opera House band makes it an agreeable resort in which to i pass an hour even if one does not indulge m the exercises Jtr Harkins states that it will be his endeavor to establish a rigid surveillance over all who enter the Kink and anyone the least objectionable objection-able will not Be given admittance but girls and young folks generally should know that a place of such publicity is not one where they can properly venture ven-ture without an escort Cricket SIT LKE September 24 lSSJ fefsrs 1aynr Cooper end Unjjtf rfpfc sentalhcs of bait Lake IS Gentlemen Finding that it will l be quite impossible for us to play on the date suggested by you we beg to offer Monday next as a good substitution for the Wednesday as proposed If this will meet your eonrenience we trust to have a good enjoyable game wills you if not we must at present indefinitely posipone playing Yours very truly Wit W DAY For Salt Late C C Si PiLMtri 2GSi 1SS4 Wm Ill Day Esq Dear SirAt jour request we will meet your eleven cricketers on the Eighth Ward Square on Monday Sep tember 29th 1 18S4 at 10 am sharp with the best eighteen men we can bring and give you asgood a game as we can Yours respectfully J PAINE In behalf of the Eighteen cke AVorld Over What hs become of die Raowu Stock SngsAn An electric tricycle is being imported from England Tis hotter to have bet and lost than aeer to hwe bet at all laces at iSreaswood Park have been postponed till a fair day andic fair track The week has been one of suspense among players to know who would be cljoen an who discarded for the Butte games The Stars are coming to the front they are turning out some good scores ia all theganies they pi jy and are anxious anx-ious to meet the Blues Should Hanlan and Beach fail to make another race any oarsman wishing to win the championship will have to go to Jdustralia if Beach so desires it Ogden will bet her sinking fund on the nine she sends down next Friday Sail Lake sports feel inclined to be very wary when they think of Browning Earaons and those outfielders The HERALD premium gnu is the ad mined of all admirers at Evaiiib Spen eerV a years subscription to the daily issue gains five chances in the distribution distribu-tion Herbert Slade the Australian has expressed ex-pressed the desire to fight any man in America Sullivan excepted with fists or gloats for a stake of ftOOOtsOOO aside a-side The Arthur signing the Butte Baseball Base-ball correspondence is understood to be Km vJbo passed his boyhood in this city and who recently won a big prizefight prize-fight in Butte The colored jockey IT Williams late in the employ of LatuaMiey Bros has been induced by a gang of colored louts and hanger > on to run away and the western associations are requested to forbid the boy from ruling Iii the third match England agaiist Australia recently plaj < i in LoinJon it the end of dc hurst days lib the Australians had lost two wIcket for the extraordinary core of 3fU Banner man scored 4 1 and 3fcDoncI 103 while Murdoch and Scott were not out at the time of drawing stumps with the score of 145 und 101 respectively flits per fonnnnce must rank among the most astounding things ever done at cricket Ten bowlers were tried throughout the lay Philadelphia has four schools for teaching tne use of the tricycle and bicycle and it is a common sight to seem see-m the course of an afternoon dozens of riders on hired machines taking a run through Fairmont They must have some crooked roads in Australia It is reported from that far off land that a cyclist riding rapidly upon turning a sharp curve became aware that there was a machine or at least the hind wheel of one in front of him Upon dismounting he found it 1 was his own hind wheel Why is it that profanity and baseball are so invariably linked hand in hand One cannot visit the ball grounds without with-out being struck with the needless oaths that the playersmost of themdrag into every one of their sentences We recommend the managers to take a sharp glance at this matter and they will oblige many admirers of the game The Philadelphia cricketers enjoyed their trip immensely and speak as follows fol-lows of their English opponents We went to England with the impression that we could field best then bat then bowl Now we think we bat best In outfielding we can beat our friends over there easily but close to the wickets they are much better than we are We found a hundred duplicates of every crack player in England but they are men who have not been to the universities universi-ties and so no account is made of them L C Dockey of Derbyshire and E Stainsbury of Somersetshire aIe noticeable no-ticeable examples English batsmen are not so aggressive as we are As for bowling I have seen none so good as that of Lane of Staten Island lowry is our best bowler He puzzled the best English batsmen The recent attempts of Jay Eye See nnd Phallas to lower their records have been of a retrospective order Their latest efforts were made at Kalamazoo Jlich September 13th The hot weather wea-ther of the early part of the week was succeeded by a sudden change The afternoon of the day set was cold and raw with a stormy wind blowing After Jay Eye See had been given a warming up mile he took a nervous chill but recovering somewhat was brought out to make the best show possible in order not to disappoint the spectators Hew He-w ent to the quarter in 34 seconds the half in 108 threequarters in 144 and the mile in 220X Phallas could not have been in very good form as the best he showed was two heats in 219J4 and 210J4 There is a report current that Mr Case had cancelled the western engagements so as to come to Koch ter N Y and other eastern tracks for profit and glory Spirit uum L |