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NEW DEAL IN FRANCE
CABINET CRISIS PASSED WITHOUT
A RIPPUE OF EXOITEMEiXT
Couiltcs Ministry, Thonjjli Formed
XlcKtly <>;' Radicals, Is Construeteil
With an Id:'ii of Resisting "Con
Literal a Fuliilluient of Ante
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CRUSADER.
O;dway Clark s Latest Flyer, Which May Be a Contestati for Seawanhaka Cup.
through a cabinet crisis and the new j
.Combos ministry has been formed with- !
out a ripple of excitement among the j
general public/ or even in the lobbies of I
the chamber of deputies. M. Rouvier I
today accepted the portfolio of finance.
M. Pellrlan takes the marine portfolio, i
and M. Miruejouls the portfolio of pub- j
lie works.. M. Berard, a member of the
chamber of deputies, will become under
secretary of. posts. Otherwise the list is
fj already published.
As was inevitable after the verdict of
the country and the unequivocal vote in
the chamber of deputies, in the election
of M. Bourgeois as president, the new
cabinet was- chosen almost entirely
frofr. nrr/)n.g (lie radicals, . M. :rtau.vl?r ;
beirtg the least"advanced member of it'
Get the Best
"rather Marquette"
RYE
WHISKY
It costs but a trifle more than the
ordinary kind. By paying the small
advance you secure the best v that
man, money and experience can
produce. It's pure, its flavor is
exquisite, Leading dealers have it
Families supplied by
H. C, SCHLUTER,
PROPRIETOR
Columbia Wine House.
M. Doumergu and M. Pelletan represent
the Radical Socialists, and M. Moujreot.
the minister of egriculture, represent 3
the radical left. MM. Combes, Dclcasse,
Trouill.it, Valle, Chaumie and Mauojouls
are Republican Radicals.
Small, bat Mielity.
M. Oornbes, physically, is the smallest
member of the cabinet, but in spite of
hi sixty-seven year? he is Very active
and energetic, and lives modestly near
the senate house. He is president of the
Democratic <group in the senate.- The
positions ho has held, chairman of the
comrviUec of the law of associations
and reporter of the bill on secondary ed
uoatior, marked him out for the premier
ship.
He is an eloquent orator, and while lit-
I tic known himself outside of parliamenr
j tary circles, he has selected his princi
j pal colleagues from among ! the best
j known and qualified Radical leaders. In
I the lection of MM. Delcasse, Rouvier
j and Ohuumie, ha counterbalanced, the
cabinet with a moderate element that
I will guarantee it against, the adventur-
I ous fulfillment of the drastic innovations
which figured largely in , the electoral
promises of several of the new ministers.
Would Bo Pretty Costly.
These promises, if carried out, would
heap a hundred millions on the annual
expenditure^, whereas the policy de
manded by the majority of the country
and promised in tba ministerial declara
tion, is one of'serious retrenchment,... in
•order to retrieve the already 'embarrass
ed financial situation. [,','. ""_'
Th presence of M. Rouvier, who" enters
the cabinet in the role of the savior
of his country's finances, .Is a distinctly
reassuring feature, though many politi
cians Question whether,, the ■ divergent
views of M. Rouvier and the aivan
Radicals promises .as. Jons life for the
ministry.
The Journal Cos Debats, which repre
sents moderate opinion, thinks a conflict
is near and inevitable, and says of the
policy of the ministry: , . --.\. ;
"We are promised a brutal application
of the law of association and the-sup
pression of liberty bf teaching. We havj
serious reasons to believe the ministry
will not last throe years, as did its nre
deees.-or."
Jnst Asked for Information.
Clement A. Griscom tells a story of
the mayor of Portland. Or., who upon
reading that Portland, Me., was in flames
dispatched the following message to the
mayor of the stricken city. - " ?
"Portland, Or., bleeds for you. What
can we do to aid you?
The mayor of Portland. Me., replied:
\ve need food and clothing, and money
to buy both."
The Oregon man immediately called a
meeting of the city council; but the
..c-ouneilmen were so indignant that the
mayor had dared to wire without consult
ing them that they adjourned without
action. » .-■'
The mayor was in a quandary; but he
felt that he had done his duty, and gent
the following forthwith to the mayor of
Portland, Me.:
"Thanks for your • prompt reply I
asked only for information."—Philadel
phia Times.
A I,O!VC-FEX,T WANT.
We have the horseless carriage,
The horseless sausage fine;
We have the •wireless message,
Also the grapeless wine.
There's the coalless fire in the kitchen
To make the housewife glad;
But oh, for a brand-new genius
To give us the boneless shad!
: , . '.'. . —Judge.
THfi ST. PAUL QLOB^ ; puNDXf, JU^B 9, 190^
DUCKING FOR AVIS
Captain King's Boat Capsized
by a Strong Pufi at
White Bear
HIGHLANDER A WINNER
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Absence of Ci isader Enables 3lac
/ Lareu's Flyer to Cross Line First -
. .. —Fair Time t Made In
■ All Classes*
Shortly after the boats of the White
Bear Yacht club were sent off on the dif
ferent courses yesterday afternoon, a
strong w rind, accompanied by a copious
rain, set in, p.nd threatened to do consid
erable mischief, but within fifteen min
utes the rain stopped and the wind moder
ated, although it came up again from
time to tini3. On the whole the Wind
averaged about twelve miles an hour, and
it was all the boats could stand with
full sheets up. In fact one of the strong
puffs caugh the Avis, which was heeled
over at the time, and capsized her just
bi/fore reaching the sixth mark.
Capt. Ring had Avis in good position
for most of the course, and at the time
of the capsize was endeavoring 10 over
taKe the nev Shepard boat and was tak
ing every chance to make a gain, but,
like the last straw that broke the camel's
hack, she took one puff too many, and
before sheets could be eased off the hrst
capsize of the year occurred in the races.
Goblin, Capt. Lemon, was near by, and
immediately hove to and picked up Capt.
Ring and his crew. Goblin then continued
her couise and made a good showing,
rotwiihstanding the time lost in going to
the assistance of Avi=.
Twelve boats were entered in the dif
ferent classes. The opeu class ha^ been
divided into two division* by the handi
cap committee. Cavite, Aloha, Weirdlingr,
Spindrift, Harriet and Keewaydm form
the rirst division, and will all eail on
scratch, and Siren, Brittania, Falcon and
Genevra have been put in the second di
vision.
On tlie Fir«t Lee.
The first leg was a reach to center, a
fre^ run to Wildwood. Sheets were flat
tened on the return to center, -which was
a dead beat, and back to Dellwood sheets
were flattened again on port haul.
The absence of Crusader left but two
beats in the A class, Highlander, Capt.
MacLaren, and Undine, Capt. Clarkson.
They were sent away overlapped. All the
way down to center they rode side by
side, then down to Wildwood it was nip
and tuck. Highlander slightly cut foot
ed the Herzog boat, however, and turn
ed the mark about three lengths in the
lead. Both boats then stood off to star-
board, Highlander having windward po
sition. Around on the port tack Undir.e
<■<' Bad up somewhat, and when they got
to the third mark they were neck and
neck.
Back to Dellwood trey went, with a
temporary lull in the wind. Highlander
reached the mark first, in eighteen sec
onds, and when they jibed the buoy L'n
dinc crawled slowly up to within hailing
■distance. Sheets had been eased ofL. for
the middle mark, and here again th» or
der of rounding was the same. It was
o:i the return from Wiidwood that Hign
lander increased her lead, and When the
>achts crossed 'the finishing line Capt.
MacLaren had Clarkson beaten one min
ute and thirty-five seconds.
Two Started in Open Class.
There were also but two starter■■ fn the
open class specials, or first division. Ca
vite, Capt. Rees, and Weirdling. Capt.
Dresen. The start was also a pretty one,
both racers huggtec the line close when
the gun soun-ded and crossing together
immediately after. On the reach to can
ter tiiey sailed close together. Cavito
turning the buoy first, and she slightly
inert ased her lead on the run to Wild
wood. On the beat back, the wind hav
ing moderate.;! somewhat, Weirdting chal
lenged the Rees boat and it age a bold
effort to pass her, but Cavite turned the
ihird mile about two lengths to the good,
and then ran away from Weirdling, sail
ing the course in 1:33:40, winning by 7
minutes and 5 seconds.
The two boats in the second division of
the open class. Falcon and Siren got
ttheir gun at 3.30. Falcon c: ossed ' first,
but Siren was well up and overhauled
Capt. Van Vleck on the reach to center,
r.n-d kept the lead to Wildwood. But Van
Vleck soon regained tho coveted position,
and on the beat back opened up consider
able water. At the fifth mile FaleorTs
lead was more than ten minutes, and
Capt. Agnew, of Siren, did not think it
worth while to try further, and, as he
was close to home, pulled out and quit
the course. The boats in this class wero
sent off on the six-mile course.
The Avis Capsized.
The. "B" class showed the banner num
ber of entries for the day, six boats en
tered. The new Shepard boat, which ha 3
not yet been named, was entered for the
first time. She acquitted herself nicely,
winning by 3 minutes and, 15 seconds over
Mooswa, who was nearly 4 mdnutos ahead
of Goblin. Neenemooswa was fourth.
Jim Crack pulled out at the fifth mile,
having broken a jib halyard, and Avis
capsized, and up to a late hour laat night
•was still floating on her side. Avis was
strongly in the race for much of the dis
tance.
The Shepard boat fought it out gamely.
She is a racy looking affair and as neat
and trim as could be desired. It is the
intention of her owners to win out in the
"B" class if possible, and have the boat
S!£SS^SLEH^GiSSS may have 2*a* up, but' fortunate purchases on our part f<a|G>J
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sent down to the inttrlake regatta this
summer. Jim Crar-k was in the lead at
the fourth mile, a half a minute ahead of
Neenemooswa, and Mooswa was third.
The Shepard was last at this point, and
she certainly did fcomo very fine sailing
for the next four miies to pass the whole
fleet and win out. Her time was l:3y:09,
good enough, to he sure.
>ummiiiy of llacei,
Class A —
Boat and Skipper. 4th Mile. Bth Mile.
Highlander, MacLaren ..45.15.00 1.27.'>0
Undine. Ctarkson ...45.38.00 , 1.23.35
Open Class, First Division—.
Cavite. Rees 19,50.00 1.33.4)
Weirdling, Dresen 1...53.07.00 1.4'J.4b
Second Division— , »
Falcon, Van Vleck 2...'....;i.1407 1416
Siren, Agnew .....1.19.40 Drawn
Class B— ■•' '■"' - ■"• "-> •'■*:_ :
Nameless, Shepard ".... 1.. 35.00 1.39.03
Mooswa," Taylor ........1..55.15.00' 142 24
Goblin, Lemon . "..V...56.05.00 IM.2Q
Neenemooswa, O'Brien.. .?A.3i. J ? 1.46.50
Jim Crack. J.0rdway....54.00.00 Disabled
Avis, Ring ..■.'.............'.55.55.00 Capsize*!
("ours.Class A, B and open, first di
vision, 8 knots; open class.-second divi
sion, 6 knots; starter, C. S. Tarbox; wmd.
12 miles, north-northwest:- -/
. " Yachting Mote*. ;f,. ;i .,_,., ,>
Crusader was shipped Friday to Bridge
port, where she -will arrive-in .a'couple of
days. The boat was put in the finest
possible condition for shipment, and her
bottom was polished and repolished until
it was as smooth as a bald head. • tQ&tu
John Johnson will have charge of the
boat until the time of the races, which
begin Juno 30 and last four days. John
son will also be one of the crew that
sails the boat.
; Avis was the 'first "boat • this year to
capsize in the races, although the wind
has been strong on all the race days.
There were but two capsizes last year,
the Nause.tf and GUMS** •/'■■■•* '-
There have been' ■ one sor '. two capsizes
of other craft since the season opened.
Gencvra. whom yachtsmen persist in
calling Jennie, did the trick last Sunday
afternoon. She was undermanned, -and
was standing off for Wildwood in a fresh
ening i>r:?es&e, when she was struck by a
strong puff which sent her. over. Two
men and a rlady were aboard-, cut tube
time. One of the class B boats, sailing
well to hand, picked up the drenched
ones. It is a long season, however, when
Gerevra don't get at least one dipping.
Highlander an.l Undine sailed as pretty i
a race yesterday as anyone could 'wish |
for. During, most of the distance they !
were side" by side, and it was anybody's
race up to the finish-.
Cavi:e has won three straight in the I
open class.:, But the other fellows are :
confident of beading her off before the
season is much older. "Weird'iing is going '
to have a bowsprit and carry more fore- ■
sail to better balance the boat, and Aloha I
is looking for a moderate breeze to sail i
in. and K. ewaydln, t:-a-champion of 1900. ;
will be alorg soon to get her share of the
pie. -
Tho new Shepafd b; &i, which someday i
will feay* a nara^, trimmed jjjj.the seven
teen-fcoters yesterday with something to
spare. «She« has -"sufficient, overhanging
both in bow and stern to meet a heavy
sea, and sufficient wettage when heeled
to offer eonsideral>le'resistance! The boat
v.-as buiU by Amundson. • -;
Minnesota was: at' the dock, but did
not venture out. -The'squally condition
of things abcut precluded any chance for
victory. In light and moderate breezes
Minnesota is queen of ;-the"course.
Once again no twee among the little
fellows. ; How unlike' a season ago, when
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CHOLES S. TARBOX,
•tartor and Timekeeper of the White Bear Yacht Club,
the fourteen-footers were on hand, rain
or shine.
A special race was held off Oyster Bay.
N. V., a lew days ag.. for four of the
yachts built to comi>ete for the honor
of challenging for the Seawanhaka-Co
rinthian Yacht club cup, and sailed "a
f-plendid race. The event was arrange.!
by tho Seawanhaka club Cor thorn and
for the raceabout and kno:"kibout classes.
It was a run with spinnakers to port
to the f-rst mark, a jib- there and a
bread reach to the next mark; thence
windward work to tho finish. A frt sh
asruthwester was blowing. The Massa.« >it
of this quartette of racer 3 proved the
PICTURESQUE BRSEBHLL SLfIHG
CORRESPONDENT tele-
A graphed the news of an im
portant baseball game played
in a Western city to a New
York paper. Here ig the
story of one inning taken from his ac
count, which appeared next morning in
print:
'In the eighth, with one out, Jones
dropped Mcßnde'a fly, and then Corcor
an tripled. 'McJames walked Smith and
Dahlen threw low on Beckley's bounder,
scoring Corcoran. Smith then stole thi~«l
and scored, while Beckley was being i>ut
out."
These throe sentences would have made
Lindley Murray cover his face and Ncah
Webster gasp; b'Jt neither the gramma
rian nor the lexicographer knew and
loved the game of baseball. To one fa
in liar with the national sport of the
United States they unroll a panorama of
that eighth inning, vivid and satisfying
to the last detail. Although they may de
fy the rules of grammar, although they
seem to be carelessiy thrown together,
every word was chosen with pains avid
with a fixed object Inflow. Fifteen min
utes of intense activity—and epitomized
in twice as many words. To secure such
condensation without a sacrifice of clear
ness, the writer had to call to hig aid
that tersest and subtlest medium of ex
pression—slang. Not the ordinary, fa
miliar slang of the streets, but flic pe
culiar language cf the baseball field; and
he has made it serve him well, sa^s the
New York Times.
Every line of activity has its own meda
of expression Every kind of work, stu'iy
or play gathers its own particular vocab
ulary. The terms of science are Latin
and Greek compounds, called technical.
The language of everyday life, of our
common tasks and pleasures, ia English;
and when a new expression is born out
of its restless activity, it takes a place
in the wide vocabulary of slang. The
words omiJlo.\ed by the electrician. tl,o
mathematician and the logician*are in
vented deliberately to meet tne exigen
cies of new discoveries; and they are
rooted deep in classical etymology. When
mankind plays, he forgets his learning
and remembers only his race. His ex
pressions are short, sharp and vivid.
Old games have a rich Saxon vocabulary
which was ripe generations ago and sel
-dom changes. When new sports grow in
favor, we do not thumb the classical dic
tionaries to .pick out new terminology for
best all-around boat. She defeated the
White Bear boat Tecumssh, built for a
New York syndicate, by 5 minutes and 53
seconds, the Seeres 1 minute and 27 sec
onds, and the Nutmeg 1 minutes and sfi
seconds.
What surprised the nautical sharps
who watched the race, how, ver, was the
fact that several of the raceabouts out
sailed the Nutmeg.
Starter Tarbox has secured the assist
ance of Mr. C. S. Crea.-wll as timekeeper
for this season, which greater simplifies
his duties. Mr. Cresswell timed the boats
yesterday with marked success.
them. We play the game, and when
terms are needed to describe Its novel
situations they are not wanting. A word
here and a word there—and in an In
credibly short time the new spftrt is fully
clothed with a crisp, vigorous language
of its owa.
In no tongue doep slang enjoy a wider
use than in the English spoken on tins
side of the Aslantic. In its effort to keep
pace with the swift development of the
race it serves, our language throws out
running tendrils of popular speech, which
sometimes live to become stout branches
>f the parent stem, but more often wither
and drop eff r>~ the fad which gave them
birth is forgotten. Baseball is purely an
-\ •>!• rican sport, and it Is not surprising
that its vocabulary Is unusually rich in
the racy idioms of the language. In the
atmosphere of the national game Che
rank plant of language buds into a
hundred strange forms—words which
catch the significance of a (sentence, <x
:>-'es-:ioflS* unintelligible to the layman
until explained in the light of their pictur
esque origin. Every variety of emotion
enters Into their composition; and to com
prehend th">ir full significance one must
lie steeped In the spirit of the "be r i
ers,' as well aa the knowledge of th)
diamond.
The lover of baseball, the genuine en
thusiast, :s described by a word which is
one of the most typical of his own terse
ulary. He is a "fan." "Kan" is
merely a contraction for "fanatic," a
terns which applies truly to the man,
woman, or child who is wrapped up in
the fascinations of the gums. The "fans"
are the faithful sportsmen wlio know no
greater joy than may be gained by spend
ing: an August afternoon drinking deep
draughts of delirium at the baseball
grounds. To see him ptanding, coatless
and hatless, and waving both garments
a'oft wtWl-T the aid pulsates with bis
paean of victory or defiance, la to realize
that he is a "fan" In mine ways than
one. The name was unknown a few years
ago, but it haa taken a firm, hold, and if
1l stays until a better *>upplant(3 it, its
life will be long.
"Bleacht-rs" is a much older word.
What better description of the bare board
seats whore the "fans" sit during the
long, glaring afternoons In blissful
frenzy? The effect, perhaps, Is anything
but bleaching, and "the tannery would
be nearer the strict truth, for the city
man who staya at tome and spends h<s
summer afternoons at tho ball grounds
me,, ts his friends returning from moun
tain and shore with a face as brown as
theirs. But "bleachers" they have been,
and "bleachers 1" they will be in all proba
bility aa long as tb« game is played.
The "fan's" vocabulary is not a stiff,
unwieldy one, like that of his more aris
tocratic brather, the golfer. He need
not always call the same thing by the
same name. He has a pleasing variety,
a wealth of expression from which he
may choose to bis taste. Yet he Is con
servative, and no word finds entrance
into his store unless it be worthy. It
must be a condensation of meaning, an
epitome which bears to the mind delight
ful and thrilling association. Take, for
example, the technical expression, "took
his bae« on balls." For these five words
there are a number of others, mure pic
turesque and full of meaning. One may
Eay, Instead, that the batter "walk'-.!'
contrasting the care-free manner in
wiuoh he trots away to first base with
the agonizing rush when the ball is hit,
and it fa a question whether it or trvj
player yvill first reach the basr. The
monotony of "walked" may be varied by
"strolled' or "sauntered," but the sig
nificance is the same. Then one may as
sert tbat the batter waa given a "pass?'
referring to the kindness of the pitcher
In letting iiim start on his way around
the diamond without further exertion.
Just now all terse expressions are pop
ular. They may be heard on the field and
read in the daily press, for the sport
ing editor lets them pass his blue pencil
without question, and even encourages
his reporters to use them, because they
make the description of th.c game more
vivid where the choicest assortment of
dictionary words would fail. He knows
that the readers who love the game will
■understand, and that those for whom
the terms bear no significance never will
sea them.
Sometimes picturesqueness and some
tin es humor is the most striking char
acteristic of such words and phiases. But
most often their origrin can t>e traced to
an unconscious striving for term expres
sion, for a single noun which will con
dense the meaning of half a dozen ad
jectives or a verb which equals a string
of adverbs. This has brought into use
a number of convenient words. It is
a palpable waste to say that a player
batted a ball which enabled him to ;
first base, when the ■tatetnest thut ho
"singled" .means as much. The com
pounds "two-bagger" and "threes-bagger"'
are equally useful to jndicate the per
formance with the bat which sends the
batsman to second or third base.
"Bag" as a term for base nreds no
explanation. It is one of the veterans of
baseball argot, and has enjoyed an un
official use since canvas bags nlled with
ll
sand and strapped to an iron staple were
used to mark the three points of the dia
mond. Why the square piece of cement
at the fourth angle is called the homo
'plate" and the "pan" la equally obvious.
The fan "fan" who prides himself on his
copious vocabularly will sometimes vary
the monotony of "bag" by "sack," or
even "cushion" or '"pillow." i oder no
circumstances does he say "b.ise." With
the rr.ost commoi: designations of the
four angles or" the diamond ""first," "sec
ond." '"third" and "home"—everyone is
familiar.
The adjective of position is used to ad
vantage, as it is in reference to the four
fields, which are referred to as "short,"
"left," "right" and "center." These for
convenience. Not long ago some facetioua
unknown named the territory outside the
diamond "garden*;" and left, right ami
center "garden" they now are. Obscure
as the origin of the term is, there can be
no mistaking its inference. It tells o;
grassy stretches outside the dusty clay
and the feverish activity of the "infield, '
of the peaceful meadows where the happy ,
fielders lounge at their ease, with only
an occasional "fly" to worry their re
pose.
The ingenuity of the baseball enthusiast
exhausts itself upon that overworked
man, the pitcher. When he is in form
and "holding down" the opposite team to
a. few scattered hits, be is a hero. But
when his curves fail to perplex, or th
sinew and bone o L 'his good right arm
are weary and refuse to serve liltn, no
opprobrium la too strong, no sarcasm to>
cutting, to convey the opinion of th •
rpeclators. But the epithets applied on
si eh occasions are not the distinctive
coinage of th* bleachers; they are the
common, peaceful ones which are used
to express similar sentiments wherever
the English language is spoken. W'h*n
the pitohcr tiles, everyone knows what
ha-T-p-ens. He -loses control of the ball
and gives the batsman the "pas I al
ready referred to. In. suoh cases he hurl.*
the ball too high far often than too low,
or too far to the left or light, which
may be trie reason why the "fans" say
that he has "gone up into the air." A
few years aPo a popular substitute wa3
the statement that he had "ma a bal
loon ascension." Now a love of brevity
favors th.- slngi word "ascended.*? Brev
ity Is the soul of clear, as well as witty,
■ .vprey;.lon. On the other hand, when the
pitcher Is equal to the occasion he "re
tires" the batsman. If he is steady
ei.ough, but the batters find his curves
to their liking and knock the ball all over
the field, the newspapers tell tholr rend
ers the next, morning with a happy
rretonomy. that the pitcher was "pound
ed."
The dictionary is no limit to the number
of words' wlurh describe what expert
batsmen do ti the ball when it comes as
they like It. The columns of a dally pa
per enow that they "ilug," "bang,"
"baste," "pound." "slam." "drive."
"put," "hit." "crack." "connect," "nego
tiate," "lift," "hunt," "knock." "jab,"
"push," and so on through an almost
endl«Bs variety.
A search through the hack files of New
York papers Shows that many of the
words and phrases here mentioned are
older than one would imagine, and by no
means fads of expression. During the
seventies and late sixties, when the game
was advancing with rapid strides to na
tional popularity, slang was not uncom
mon In newspaper accounts.' Some of
these old words would grate upon the
practiced ear of the modern "fan;" but
many which were born during the Infan
cy of the game still retain their vitality.
The pitcher "twirls the sphere" now a
he did twenty years ago when he first as
tonished the college professors with his
curve; and players "pounded" the pitch
er, "flew out," and "blanked" their oppo
nents, "bunched" their hits, and "cap
tured" files in games which were played
during the Centennial year. But that tri
umph of modern baseball terminology,
the word "far.," had no equivalent.
The reporter who describes baseball
games for the patrons of his paper Is
responsible for much of the slang which
creeps into popular use. He must be a
"fan" himself, and as familiar with fads
of expression as with the. latest changes
in the rules. To gain appreciation, his
descriptions must be served up "hot from
the diamond," spiced with the latest ver
bal products of grand stand and bleach
ers. If in addition he can leaven his
story with a judicious sprinkling of the
untechnical slang of the day. ho much the
better. If he is a connoisseur ho picks
his words with a proper regard for clear
ness, brevity and humor. The dispatch
quoted at the beginning of this article
shows how much can be dome with forty
carefully selected words.
The following extract from a t
newspaper fa game i I
a few of the words and ph
been spoken of:
"Albany's solitaire was tallied in the
seventh. Townsend flied out to Ashen
back. Sorter trotted a gift 1 heat to firs*,,
base, and Rhuland hit to Deady, who
played a one-minute stand of his great
act entitled 'silence and fun.' while Sor
ber, who had ijt-en i.-ttii<" out copious
links while the act was on the center of
the stage, Cell ovnr the pan. Nugent went
out—MacKey to "Whistler; HooVor walked
and Clayton popped up a sort thing to
Ashenback. •*»
. "Th» story of th« ninth Is a touching
one; Cy Townsend filed out to McCarthy,
Sorber fouled out to Donovan, arid Ithu
land plunked one Into i Rourke'a mitt.
For Dorp, O'Rourke was out—.<hort to
tirr?t. Deady got a life on .*■•':■ I ■ fum
ble, and Whistler was presented with a
base. Ashenback forced Deady at third.
McCarthy hit to right sharply and Whist
ler scored. Rafter scudded after tha ball
arid Asnback started from second to ti
third. Ah he did so McCarthy pulled out
for second sack, and Ratter, finding the
sphere, plugged It over to O'Connell. The
latter held the ball an Instant, uncertain
whether to throw it home, and Ashen
back tallied the winning run."
Hard on Audience.
AX a concert given at Falcenham, the
orchestra, which comprised a violin and
violoncello, was not well up at reading
from eight.
A tenor, who had been *>ngnt:f»d for the
evening, commenced a little operatic *•
lection, which entirely put the orchestra
out.
Violin turned to 'cello and exclaim*!:
'Tom, duv- thee know where the tenoi
be?" - ,
. "Noa."
"Well, thee keep on the open string
I'll munch about a bit; we'll aocn find
him."—London Spare Moments