Milford chronicle., 1895-08-23
M'FARLAND's VOCAL WONDERS.


"Tootl' said Mcfarland
The man who hadn't been &c Sports
mans park for two seasons turned to a
"crank'' at his side and said;
"What did he sayf'
1.-TWO out" returned the crank, and
GRAINED his head to watch Abnor Powell
slide to first.
Yurootl ~ yelled the umpire
The newcomer scratched his head.
"Well, he is the greatest l have ever
seen, he said.
/ Mcfarland, the man who said "Tootw
at the top Of this article, is the new UNI
I pire Of the Southern league in these parts.
/ He looks like a college man, and is said TO
/ be one, but he offers curious study to tho
student of pronunciation He can say
two and three" in way altogether his
own. It's worth trip 10 the park just to
hear him say it, so that if the boys play
bad ball and there's no interest in the
game, if Netherlands only there TO call
balls why, it's all right, and the grand
stand goes homo happy
OF course it is impossible to convey in
cold printers ink the delightful admixture
Of Kickapoo Indian, Tralee bagpipe play
eE flddlestriug and foghorn that unite in
the resonant tones of Mcfarland when ne
makes a decision, but the following will
give something of phonetic approxima-
ton of the sound Of his words;
"Str-r-r-roiquo wunW
"Bol te-h-h-hOo"
A DEPRESSION is here necessary to explain
tine above. 1t means "ball two, but no
letters and fow tongues can convey an al
equate conception of the strange, the
weird, the almost apparitional effect of the
sound. Nor can language describe the
way Mcfarland works his face to get the
effect of the prolonged oh
This may give the ghost Of an idea:
Lifting his right foot and jumping into
the air with his left, nc extends his neck,
and while in midair takes an enormous
respiration. Landing fairly upon both
heels, he places his tongue between his
teeth, sneezes quickly, initiates a distant
steamboat whistle by breathing audibly
from the throat and ends with a deep
bass vowel sound, so that the whole, when
placed together into one melody, united in
the above-namely;
"Te-h- HOOP
"Boll th-th-h-h-hreep'
But this is futile If one ear could speak |
to another, it alone could describe how Nc |
Farland says three" Suffice it to say
that It impressos one as though he were /
pulling the sound out Of bottle with a |
very small neck. The next words that he I
utters shows that he has succeeded
"Boll four-rp
The words come out as blandly as ripe I
bananas. He has pulled tho two" and |
the three" up by the roots, dragged them I
up out of the bottle neck with his labial
cOrkscrew, and the "four" comes out with
a smooth, round, relieved cadence that
triokles into the air as gently as the run
ner takes his base.
FOWL BALI"
This is one Of Netherlands most adroit
oral achievements. He means foul ball, "
but the grand stand never catches the f. "
1t goes over TO center like a Niger chaser,
and the owl comes home The phenome-
non Of this singular disintegration of a
word presents a curious effect; When the
far end Of the bleaohers hears a sound as
Of a skyrocket going up, it is known that
D foul has been struck, and when the
grand stand hears the name Of a bird
which Mcfarland initiates when he says
'Te-h-hoo" it also knows that foul has
been hit.
Mcfarland is the only man in the South
3rn league that can throw an "h' entirely
tho field. With a little practice he
might throw them into London II would
not be a bad idea if he threw most of them
,ver in the bleachers, where they are sadl:
needed. Silver Braun says he will catch
ew Of them himself, and use "dem on the
'oach line. See?''-New Orleans Times
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