The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1892-09-30

runner i. called "ou'." That
means that he is laid up in nrdlna-
ry and lie can't handle the club
ag''n until his turn comts rnund.'
"rhal's plain enough" remark
ed Captain Obel Coleman.
Them resumed Captain p
leg, "ano,her craft of he same
fleet takes The club and tries to
sail the course"
"Well," said Captain William
Paddock 81, II begin to see
through it, Too. Bul what dolhey
mean BY "home runs'
IL must explain" continued
Captain Peleg. "When the Graf,
at The landing hits The ball aud
starts TO sail over The course, if he
gets TO The first buoy without bein'
put ont he shapes his course for
the second. Then, il lie sees the
course clear, he doesn't come to
anchor; he doesn't even lay 10 and
back his mainyard, but hauls up
ag'n for the third, and sometimes
he is aLle to 20 off on The port tack
ag'in and get 10 the landin'. As |
said, when a man gets safe TO the
Iandin' It Is called a rum and
when lie makes The whole course
without stopping, his side logs him
a 'home.' Now, when three men
on one side are ont, the whole fleet
is of the hooks and goes 0ul side
the cour,e, and the other feet
comes into line and Tie same ma.
NEWER is gone through with. Re.
collect that when craft on one
side starts on cruise, The whole
feet on The other side iries 10 head
him off, and SO they have it ba k
and iorth."
"How do you know which side
beats" asked Captain Zacheus
Pilman.
"Well." said Captain Peleg,
leach craft has The chance to sail
the course nine times, and each
time is called an hmm and which.
ever side makes the most runs
Yeats"
"What is the man back OF the
landin' who has his face in limboes
and who carries a pannch mat
for ard and has one Of his hands
covered with a three.decker NIT
,enw
she is called the catcher" said
Captain Peleg, "and as far as | un.
derstand il, a good deal depends
on him. For instance, if a ball
comes near him and he gets it in
his Aippers, the striker goes out of
com mission. II he sees one of the
fleet sailing from one buoy to an.
other he tries TO land the ball, if
he gets it, in the hands of the
craft at the buoy towards which
the other craft is sailing"
'What is the fellow who heaves
the ball to the man with the bar ~
asked Captain Shubacl Chase.
He's The pitcher" answered
Captain Peleg. "He must be il
lair gunner, too. He must heave
the ball above the bulwarks and
below the main yard. II he does
not Il ball is called on him, and
when four are called on him The
striker can drift as slow az he
wants to, to the first buoy and take
his place there as if be had struck
the ball. But the man should
strike a ball properly hove. II Tor
three times he doesn't do so, each
time counts a strike and he must
sal of the first buoy just the same
as if he landed the ball fifty faith
oms to wind'ard."
"Tell us about The man who
stands aft the catcher and every.
body treats like a Jimmy Ducks
on an English whaler," asked Gap.
tain Jethro Starbmck.
He's the UMPIRE" SAID Captain
Peleg. "rhcre's a good deal Of
metaphysics III The game that l
don't understand myself mean
nice p'ints that come up. The um.
pire is supposed 10 know the chart
and TO pilot the game over the
shoals and through the slews in
the rips into deep water. But
sometimes when he gives an or
der there's mu,iny IN either the
port VI siarbOard watch, and some.
} times both watches join in abusin'
him, and The folks that are lOokin'
On bear a hand. II he decides one
way, the other watch tells him that
, he isn't fit 20 hold the steerin' oar,
and that he had better ship on the
next cruise a. a lubber. would
not steer a game Tor a quarter OF q
new shlp fitted Tor voyage round
, The Horn. Id rather tacke q $50
, barrel bull whale on q landman's
lay than umpire ball games for a
week. wouldn't ship unless
. could pipe enough hands that
would help me get the mu,ineer,
7 in irons and put them in the brig"
t All present agreed with Captain
! Peleg that there ought 10 be some
8 wav to enforce discipline.
, His explanation Of the game wa.
b the first they had heard who coulC
e talk Nantucket. II was a revela
I ton. They told him SO. Tha
! they appreciated j, highly wa'
! further seen when each veteran q
4 the sea went 10 his locker in th.
4 club house, took out his bottle o
9 Old Medford rum, (priva,e stock
] and pu, its mouth under Captail
;. Peleg's nose.