Clipping:Clarence Duval hoodoos the Chicago Club
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| Date | Sunday, June 9, 1889 |
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| Text | Clarence Duval declares that he is the [Chicago] Club's evil genius. The little colored boy still wears the cap, blue suit, and brass buttons that denoted his connection with the Spalding party abroad, but the buttons are tarnished, the rim of the cap broken, and altogether his appearance is in strong contrast to that which he presented in the banquet ahll the night of the party's arrival. “I tole 'em,” siad he, “I tole 'em afore ever we done got half way home dat I'd queer 'em when dey got back.” “Told who?” “Dat ole Baldwin, and Daly, and Pettit, and de rest ob dem aih fellahs wot trun me down de steps and held me undah the hydrant on de ship. I tole 'em I'd get even wid 'em, and now I'm doing' it. You know wot I went and done afore dem fellahs got to New Yorak? Well, I jist put de rabbit fut on em, and ebery one ob 'em got de bounce wen dey got back.” “But those men are not with the team now. Why are you continuing to 'hoodoo' the club?” “Well, I'll too yo', sah. W'en we done got back heah I ask Cap'n Anson to let me take de team on de field and he wouldn't hab it at all. Dat made me mad an' I jes' sock de rabbit fut to de hull crowd. De nespapers keep on a askin' every day, “How come it Chicago's playing in' sich poah ball?' Well, dey's 'hoodooed,' and dey's gwine ter stay 'hoodooed' till I gets ready ter take de chawn off.” Notwithstanding these utterances Clarence politely doffed his cap and looked repentant when he stood in President Spalding's office a few moments later and took his dose of good advice. “We have a five years' contract with you, sir, and we could black-list you for deserting us if we so desires,” said A.G., “but I have made up my mind to release you unconditionally and to give you a chance to do better elsewhere. Here is $10. The Chicago club is through with you and you will have to shift for yourself. Good-morning.” Clarence is now posing and swinging his baton among his acquaintances in the vicinity of Third avenue and Harrison street. He never fails to express his contempt for a team “that would let demsleves get done 'foah straight' by sich a 'no' count team as Boston. |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
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