Deseret Evening News | 1898-04-23 | Page 12 | Origin of Name "Colts"

Origin of Name Colts How many people know how the name of Colts came to be applied to the Chicago ba < cball team Tom Burns explained ex-plained this In the course ot reminiscences rem-iniscences on spring practice seasons It was Years ago at Hot Springs When It come time to line up the players nOv and old In two lines the regular team took one side first base alone being covered by a new player Anson played play-ed l with the youngsters The teams were styled the Old Horses and AnIons An-Ions Colts After a time the Chlca gon become Imo11 as Ansons Colts and finally as the Cults To the Fame practice season at ling Fprlngs the origin of the term chnrlej horse as applied I I to baseball can be traced Many who have lived In the country mill remember that vhen all old horse Is I turned l out to die he Is dub led l a charleyhorsi Jon Quest had this In mind when he strained his leg in practice tm the chip py 1 gravelly diamond at Hot Sptlngs abhorred by nil ball players Some one arked him hU general symptoms and thinking his name of Colt he said he felt like an old Charley horse The Avoid soon had place In baseball lingo ns describing the ordinary strain