The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-07-16

once, Nus, IS and q Foprloepl, street,
. JupGE puzzLEp.
Unable to Understand the TeclmIealIucs of
DRse Hall.

a JUDGE PuzzLED.
Unabls to Understand the TechnIealIIos q
nase Hall.
Cincinnati Tlae-siar,
~ want the law agin tho nager there
Judge, yer honor" Moderated a big, red,
haired Irlghman Damel William Taylor,
as he pointed out a Colored man on the
colored bench. The latter had on a red
tic and 9 check jumper, aud wore q bad
look in his eye.
"Doan monkey wild dat air man. He
done fooled wild me Yesterday till my
patience done ruu ont" was the reply Of
the accused, as no stepped up to the bar,
"Duz he call smRshin' q man wild a base
ball bat losin' his p~atienCe?"
"What businesa has you got interfeTin'
wild q game Of base ba!l?" demanded the
prisoner,
"That mon was not out at second base,
an yez had no right to gay sol"
"lhe bsseman done touched him alore
he got darl"
"Neyer touched himI"
"Yes, sab !"
"llere, what's this all aboutP" asked
the court, who had been scratching his
head with a vain hope OF seeing into the
trouble.
Plaintiff and defendant in chorus;
"a lot Of nageIa wor p!ayln' ball down
OH"
"Ds Invinclbles and dc Anchors OF
Hope war playln' a match"
"one at q time!" loudly remarked the
court,
"NageFa were playln'-"
"Cullud gemmen was q playin'-"
The colOred man talked the loudest,
and finally won and went ahead: "De
luvlnCiblea and the Anchors OF Hope
were q playin' 70 q pcs'um supPah, an l
wuz d6 empire"
"Fhe what ?" asked the court.
"De empire, de man what decides dc
plnts In de game. The lnyinCibles wuz
doln' some tall %sluggln', and de Anchors
war dom likewise. Dis var Irisher he
done cit round on a barrel and mex re-
marks bout my d%eCisyuns. Wen, Lias
Jones he done hit a fly into Link JetIer-
sons hans de Irisher he done said dat he
war not out kase he had made his fust
base afo1e de fly was ketChed. Dat wasn't
right, jedge.
"Better consult an encyclopedia I don't
knowI"
snow, you knows dat a fly is allus out,
no matter whsr 1t wuz ketched2"
"What ayl"
"Fly ball in de air."
"Then 1t isn't q fly you mean 1t is q
ball, was the remark Of the court.
"Yas, sal
"Then say sol"
at wor nc more out than-than-than
=" remarked Taylor.
What was not out?" asked the court.
"The battahV'
"You mean the ball" said tho court.
"NO, the playah WIS out" Clipped in
the Colored man.
Tho court looked deadly around and
said: "Now here l have been told that
the fly was out; that was not out. Then
! was told that the ball was tho thing that
was out. This was denied, and it was
stated that 1t was the player that VS.
cut"
1.-THE player was not out, slrI' said Tny.
lor with a determined air.
"Thero!" despairingly said the court,
"DCn, when Nose Johnson Iun down to
second, do catcher threw him out at sec
Ond!"
"Ah, ha! An assault and battery" re.
marked the court, as he frightened up.
"Where Is that CatcherP Bring him out.
Was Mr., Johnson thrown far?"
mo, sab; you SEQ do catcher he threw
do ball ut -"
"They nobody threw Johngon2" asked
the court.
ayes, sab, johnson was thrown out at
second basel"
"Who threw him out2"
"De catcher"
"But hO threw the4bAl outH" insisted
the court.
mo, sah, 1t wac Nose Johnson"
"He was not the ball never touched
himi"'
The court closed his doCket with a bang
and ierked his glasses oil his nose.
"Look here! What do you mean? !
don't propose to DO trillsd with! Both Of
you get out OF here"
"But he done hit mo wild q bat!" plain.
lively said the coon.
"Do you play ball2" demanded the
court.
II am do boss colorod empire OF De-
troit."
"Then I'm sorry that this gentleman
didn't kill you. You get back 10 Detroit
and never come within ten miles Of the
city limits. Mr.. Taylorl'
"Yis, sor."
"You escaped lightly. hiscolored UNI.
pire oughtto have clrVed you. Hereafter,
Mr.. Clerk, don't allow any man who plays
base ball 10 get any warrant here"