Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-08-17
AT The BALL GAME.
Wigglesworth Takes His Wife and Boy to
See 1t.

Wi&RlesWortn 1akes HIS VIE ana BOY TO
See 1t.
ooh, mammal" screamed Willie Wiggles-
worth, running into the house. "Come
quick Here's pa with q horse!"
Mr.. Wigglesworth was steering long,
bony animal to the sidewalk, an operation
not unmixed with difficulty, for the horse
had his own views of how q sidewalk
ought to be steered up to, and they appar-
emily did not coincide with those Of Mr.
Wigglesworth.
why, where are you going, Ellery9"
called Mrs. Wigglesworth from the We
randa.
whats that got to--whoa you old
fool !-got to do with it?" returned Mr.
Wigglesworth, red in the face with his ef-
and prance out here, can tyou fore yank
the jaw off this miserable beast?'
"Shall I take Williep" asked Mrs. Wig
ellsworth, running down the walk with
her bonnet on one side.
"Take him9" answered her husband
tartly. "Course you'll take him."
With Willie's knees doubled up against
the dasher, Mr.. Wigglesworth finally shook
out the reins and got his picnic into mo-
ton. AS they logged on he pulled the
brindle horse out of the cutters and curbed
as we'll as he could that eccentric animals
prediction for involving their carriage
wheels with telegraph poles and rival ve-
hicles. Willie Wigglesworth's eyes fairly
goggled from his head and shrek Of
wonder rose to his lips as they presently
ell ko1 - o11 boo a,~l @,,u 4
in at the carriage entrance to the baseball
grounds.
"Why," cried Mrs. Wigglesworth in
surprise, "what place is this2'
What place is this2" repeated her hus-
band Baseball grounds, of course. What
you think 1t was-United States patent Of
f1ceY Seemed to you to be an asylum for
parentless orphans likely"
II know what it is, pa!' said Willie
Wigglesworth gleefully.
"You shut your head" growled his ia
Their, being at that instant called upon to
twist the neck of the brindle horse in order
to avoid running over the legs Of some
strangers, whereupon the horse gave a
klttenish skip and jammed fat man
against the fence.
"What you do that for9" yelled the fat
man, aiming a blow at Mr.. Wigglesworth
with his cane. Don't they know any bet
ter than to let you out when there's a
orowdS"
A policeman pulled the fat man away
and then led the brindle horse to posi-
ton back of the crowd. The game was
already under way.
"There!" said Mr.. Wigglesworth, stand
ing up and looking about, "this is some-
thing like it, Our club is in, believe"
SIN what?" anxiously queried Mrs. Wig
ellsworth gazing toward the grand stand.
"Oh, yes" she added, II see-in that
wire cage. What are they in there for, FL
leryP'
"That's the stuff shouted Mr.. Wig
ellsworth, as a robust player in stuffed
pantaloons struck the ball terrific blow.
"That's good for three bags"
"Three bags of what2' asked Mrs. Wig
ellsworth, but the boy with peanuts passed
at that moment and she concluded it
must relate to the traffic he was carrying
on.
Presently the side went out, and the club
with red stockings came to bat.
"That's the dandy pitcher for you," Mr..
Wigglesworth commented. "He's got his
curves right on today"
"What are his curves?' Mrs. Wiggles-
worth wanted to know, and what has he
got them on, ElleryP'
But it needed only glance ct the pitch.
Or, who had twisted himself into Knot pre-
liminary to shooting the ball toward the
striker, to indicate where his curves were
to be found. Never in her life, Mrs. Wig
ellsworth said afterward to the minister q
wife. had she seen man so full of them.
"Three balls!" declared the umpire.
"Wow" howled Mr.. Wigglesworth, in
chorus with the crowd. "What an umpire
The ball was square over the plate"
CELERY" cried Mrs. Wigglesworth,
turning wild gaze about the grounds and
the bowling hustling crowd, ~ beg OF
you to explain to mel"
what ails your" snapped Mr.. Wiggles-
worth, reluctantly turning from the con-
temptation Of brilliant alteration be-
tween umpire and pitcher and numerous
other players on both sides. "Why don't
yeu watch the game and keep still, same as
l do? What you come out here for anyway,
II you don't want to seer"
II do want to see, protested his wife,
land want to know what 1t means. I
heard that man with the wire trap on his
head say there were three balls, and ]
can't for the life Of me see but one, and
then you said there was something square
over the plate, and want to know where
the plate is, and what they We got anything
over 1t for, and'-
"Yow-yow-yow!" shouted Mr.. Wig.
ellsworth, turning scornfully from his
wife and applauding marvellous catch at
second.
"What was that9" piped Mrs. Wiggles.
worth, and her husband was just kissing
to her to stop her noise when the second
base shot the ball toward third for double
play. The ball few wild, dashed cratic
ally through the lodging crowd and
caught the brindle horse fairly In the ribs.
With four leaps and an equal number Of
shorts the brindle horse was over in the
diamond with Mr.. Wigglesworth attached
to the reins and pulling up the turf at ev-
cry leap. Mrs. Wigglesworth, left behind
with the carriage, set up scream that
never ceased until the entire act was played
out, while Willie, with his neck thrust
through the wheel, waited patiently for
everybody to come and unravel him,
There were dozen reporters present,
but none of them was able to explain why
1t was that the brindle horse could clear
the field SO completely and keep 1t co. with
nothing but Mr.. Wigglesworth on the end
Of pair Of reins to do 1t with. But he
did it.
"Who was that other manp" asked Mrs.
Wigglesworth the next day as she was put
ting some more arnica on her husband q
bandages.
"What other mann" growled Mr.. Wig
ellsworth.
why" explained his wife, "the SEQ
ond time the horse slung you around you
knocked down man In gray Jacket,
and every time the crowd rushed back and
forth, chasing you and the horse, they
trampled on him, and then when 1t was
all over I saw the poor man lying there
lm.onoihlo and rohox1v aaoynod IN nara for