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I The other club is known as the ‘ Hoppers/’ OiI ofden riPbet. is captain and plays second 'baseon legged men. The nine Is composed of theI No.following men: James Dowdell, of No. OJO 0*-his right leg is cut off below the knee. JohnFo\ of Ninth street and Fairmouot avenue, 1 teller; bm his left leg off below the knoe. VillUra Connor, of No. In02 Callow hill street, iscatcher: his right leg is off at the knee. GeorgeDowd, of Richmond, playsfirst base:Jits leftis gone above the knee. Wm. Knauff, of No. SS North Ninth street. Is third baseman: his right ankle was severed a year ago by a car wheel. Thomas Morris, of No. S3 Lombard street, rightfielder, has his left leg off above the knee.jfNBit legC’ahan, of No. 1.717 Carlton street, is the short-William L. McVaogh, of Nieetown, plays centert leg off below the kfield, with his left leg off below' the knee. T. J.stop. Although his right leg below the knoo isftmissing, his friend* offer to hack him againstany man in Philadelphia in running up a flight of stairs iu quick time. Morris Haines, Bridgeport,left fielder, is minus the right leg below the knee. William Bogan, of No. 628 North Twelfthstreet, is substitute. His right Leg is gone at thek nee.All of the “Hoppers'’ lost their legs whileworking on railroads. Haines and Bogan are- -----now in the employ of the Reading RailroadCompany. The others are all working at different callings. All the members of both nines, excepting Poy, Connors, Dalian, and Bogan, are married men, and have more or low children.Both nines are practicing and playing hall con-~ sr« a tilltlnnally. Several of them were quite expert ball players before they became crippled, and they go into it now with renewed sest. Captain GorAan, of the Bnorkeys, said yesterday that there were many other crioples who were fond of playing bad in addiuon to those iu the two nines organized. They had all played a great deal together last guagmer, and had acquired such proficiency that a rivalry tor theof crippleswas engendered, and the organization of thesupremacy between the two classes of crltwo nines from the best players among the cripples was the consequence. They have arrangedtor a match game between the two nines, to takelimaplace at Pastime Park upon Wednesday. May 28.“Perbap* you think we caul play bail? But we can. If the Athletic don’t, do better thanthey have recently, we’ll challenge there to play the two cripple nines in dead earnest.”The players are xremaoiMdliitb*men. The Reading Railroad officials are nearlyall 'taking a great Interest in the forthcoming match and will give the men a holiday tor the game. Hoyle Acton have given the use of Pastime Park, and several merchants in thecity are advertising the_ mateh,upon one side ofdod;their street dodgers. The men thenisclve* can not refrain from smiling when they are approached concerning the match, but they re* Iisent any intimation that it is to be an affair for jest. Both nines, they say, ere very evenly matched. While the “Hoppers will have the decided advantage iu batting, the ebiorkeys”will have an e^uai advantage in fielding, whilesome of them claim to be its sure end n.lt; strong batters as any of their two armed competitors.
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The Cincinnati News
Cincinnati, Ohio, US
Sun, Apr 22, 1883
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