The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-04-15
tut I do think thai perhAng that fresh left nclder's

But I do think tina, perhaps that fresh lief, nclder's
hide isn't 80 thick that hornets singers wont
make any impression, II you don't push ihe
ball right into tha, bunch OF winged lire ms
afternoon, you ouEht 10 quit the game" IN
beginning 70 think mat you arru I MS clever AZ
imagined BAT you know III" game. I've
and II you slip mp II isn't my fault irlucmNct
now. right into the bunch You can do II, II
you Try, and wei put n stop 10 dirty ball by other
people, - IN ,.o,,n,.., .,., r,e ,,,o,,eO
everything ois" For six Innings neither side
scored, and IN the seventh they run in 1--WE on
W., Our manager was having forty kind OF
MS, and III" way h" Jabb"d the a,srgni into vs.
when We came 10 the bench WAS frghttul In
our half of the seventh "" made two runs, IeaN
ing Us three 10 the bad II was one tw" three
with the other side In The eighth and then We
cane In 10 win the game ifter two were out
. litt" singl" and n couple 81, passes hII"d me
guy In LEI, fold and saW him grin That set
tied IT, Two strikes were called and twice iuulcd
the ball into deep left, to get NJ Dirty linllplay"r
- move out and play deep Then | got lust
where | wanted 1t ana punched II straight out
over his head
"IIe saw that it was going back Of him and
race. but the bali "achsd nrS, Smash it %snt
into the hornets nest like n shell from n q inch
gun. just as 1t struck Mr. Dirty BAH WAS about
10 si %T' h 9Hn1 Fun liz s,W MNr III" t" , ,cnre an" and " 'E1'w
W. his hands 70 break the force of the collision
what the ball didn't 10 his hands did. Tho,
n"rC"Sl anu Widest war dhn'' ever 'N"fn''u
was tame 10 his. tor" around the bases and
then las down on n" grpund and howl"d
The nih"r pin. or3 thought he hHd q fit ard
rushed over to him, and thea they danced The
crowd was on. and how tl'v yelled had seen
enthusiastic tepule At n ball game before, hut
never . crowd lie that There was tia, bunch
OF "uto town PLAYERS fighting Il p hornets, while
tie umpire was irving g. get tie game I" 60 on.
the crowd was chcerirg ~ the WY the dirty player
had got what had been coming & him for some
time, and our manrger was promising to mise
my pay ard then shouting What did tell yor
abou, scientific ball' d. you think that any
ordinary person could have placed q hit like that
Never Such a feat WAS possible only for a man
trained by me. Hurry IN there and get the game
going This last he coled To the umpire
"But the battle with the horrcts had crippled
the members of the ntNer team 10 such an extent
that thew couldn't finish. and of course we won,
Mr. Dirty Player was IN the hospital for about
three weeks, and when he came out was the sick
est looking wreck spl ever Jaw. He wanted To-
try and square himaolf with ne, hut We wouldn't
stand for II and the last We heard Of him lie was
holding down q Job n ground hecrer out West
II WAS pretty hard luck, hu, lie started II. and
people who undertake to interfere with the do
velopnent Of science, even In baseball, must Re
checked.
Rather an improbable tale Just as YOU
please, but there's pert II tie nest over IN TIE
corner and look out or youll think that all the
hornets haven't deserted it." and the man with
the crooked fingers sent n shower ~ sparks from
a bar Of hot IRON Aging about tie s%ceptc's head.