Show EARLY SIGNS OF THE TIMES din old enthusiasm seem seems to lie ile reviving with a red hot that postponed came cavite kule itule anse ause anil nd tho new now reporter I 1 jupiter seems to have joined tho the a kiy r m y of cranks at any rato rate he hag has been I 1 b butting utting in and breaking up tip the game nil all over dver the land just as if his dampened maj mak asty wanted to keep score there were eleven postponed games on tho the books the third day of the league season and five inore were added on the sixth day magnates have no control over the elements and while there Is a good deal of grumbling heard about beastly weather it is really w good as could reasonably bo be expected despite the cold wave that swept over tho the the spring casualty list la Is larger than usual but while mike tiernan Tl ernan sam sarn thompson ed delehanty captain captain comiskey and captain hanlon were on the hospital roll dum numbered bared with th the injured the case of the latter alone was deemed serious before the season was A as an hour old a practical test of one of the new rules it radical departure from ancient methods of play was in progress the trial took place at cincinnati and occasioned casio ned ed little comment there ther 0 were ere hundreds among the seven thousand odd who were in blissful ignorance of the fact that captain ned hanlon anlon II unable to play was in the coachers poachers coa chers box directing operations singularly enough cincinnati was also the first city to experience the results of the legislation which will make it imps biblo tor for boston or any other club to stow slow away all its postponed games for lamping p purposes if victories are need needed ed at tho the tag fag end of a campaign it is remarkable that the PA passage viage of the rule which makes it obligatory for dabs clubs to play postponed contests on the succeeding day within the came scheduled series escaped the eyes ot of all the scribes who were gathered together rt at the league conference captain anson unearthed it and was turned down by president young when be he made the point in st lou louis the would not take no tor for an answer and he warmed the wires to washington with another message and his its interpretation of rule as was finally pronounced correct tho only decision that R reading of the paragraph will warrant the discovery of the rule enabled cincinnati to stow away a couple of victories victorie i at Chi cagos expense gai gained in the presence cf of one of the most magnificent midweek crowds ever been within a queen city ball park tho the old man was going kway away disconsolate after the double overthrow of his colts when manager ban cruft aft observed anse a good rule you yon turned up I 1 wish thumb over the old gulde while youre away and maybe you can find and A it clause which ch will enable the neda to get at ty yon three times 1 in an afternoon 1 sat aa 1 amendment in the and he will urge iho the cincinnati club to goosk ask its adoption at once by a mail mat I 1 vote aby why aid said he be should a game of ball that Is stopped by rain say way in the third or fourth inning hining iw be plied played nil all over again my idea ia Is that the club then in the lead should retain its udana ge aud and the next day take tak V u i the gaine K at the point at which it had ad ix awn en abandoned are thero there any ny objections to buch such is rule it ia Is only fair air when a trot ti interrupted bydark by darkness the horses aie not compelled to trot all the heats beats on niico e more I 1 h hold old t that h at the ame iame principle applies to 11 let me say decIn red captain anson who had bad listened to Ban crofts statement of the case that I 1 indorse that plan and would vote for it I 1 do not think any lover loyer of the game would object to seeing the finish of an selling exciting game before a full nine innings contest was commenced 11 old anso anse made hii his mark on the for bieth milestone in lifes journey the other day ay but be he ia Is as buoyant in spirits as a young voting blood playing his first star engagement every spring for seventeen years uncle baa has told the people that chicago will win the pennant that nobody can stop them he ile has fulfilled that prophecy on several occasions and there hava have been but few struggles lu in which chicago has not cut a very large figure in the race I 1 beard the ald ld old story from uncles lips recently but after he had mused upon the certainty of the glorious victories that were ahead of him he be turned to jolin john T brush and naked asked what players did we get at indianapolis there was a lajer layer of sarcasm an inch thick on each word it id been on that committee there would have been no peace unless farrell van and duffy resumed their places in the ranks at Chic agol what a blessed thing it is for the peace of mind of the cranks and the good of the game that the old mans finger was not big enough to reach that hoosier IIo osier piel in that moment of melancholy tor for playing treasures lost anse gave evidence that tha deep down in bis his baseball heart be he does not believe e chicago has an air tight cinch on tbt flag the captain had a queer experience with a young scribe while in polLs who posed as dictator for a brief period sit down eaid said he to anso anse and write me out an interview all right was the old mans response give me the salary and ill do the work well what will I 1 eay say queried the novice say anything you please replied anse ams oh I 1 might write something that would make you mad observed the reporter 1 I guess not riot the chances are ill never tee it relating the story to me the old man said that shot broke bis his heart but he pepper peppered edme me in return and when I 1 told hirthe him the colts lose because the they y were full fall of anses ginger pop he retorted theres no use putting that in you see iff governor Go vernoi mckinley of ohio tossed out ho the ball wit that was put into play when columbus and toledo gave gai e the western its first championship boost the great author of the doctrine of protection to american industries was never nevermore more heartily greeted than by that assembled host or of fans go governor arnor francis Pr ancis of missouri participated I 1 in the st louis festivities and Gover governor norl russell at boston getting down to the I 1 chief wet officials of the cities mayor mosby of D f cincinnati mayor noonan or of st louis I mayor holmes of kansas city and mayor karb of columbus are all pro proud u d to be en rolled as members of the grand army of cranks ifa it MULFORD JK JIL |