BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-10-21
Echoes From. ROOteTs RuOst

this wise wise wizard wise likewise o wise
wise ball tosser. The ball tricks and stunts
that this wise wise baseball wizard couldn't
do we're simply not on the calendar. And
in the little town where he strutted before the
grand stand in his full regalia this wise wise
wiz. wise looked upon as the wisest wizard
in the game. The wiz dreamt by day and
the wiz. dreamt by night Of the glories yet to
be achieved, and of the renown to be won by
his wisdomship of the grand effulgency Of
the calcium and limelight all for him and
him alone. But as is the soay with all good
men luck was against this acise wise wiz.
For days and days the best score his team
could make was three to forty eight, and
every game told the same story.
And the heart of this wise wise wiz. was
heavy with anguish, and the light had gone
out from his life, and to add to bis grief and
despair this wise wise wiz, developed pee
uliarly shaped yellow stresi all the way down
his back, and every time the poor wiz. saw
someone on the opposing team earn q run
that yellow streak would itch the poor wiz.
so badly that he couldn't hold a ball, and
when he went to bat he famed nine times
out of ten, aud if he did hit the ball the
poor wiz. found he couldn't run, and then
that mean yellow streak would make him get
mad at the umpire, call him sassy things,
aud he would then refuse 10 play any longer
And thus for long time this aolse wise wiz.
bore his sufferings like JOB OF old, the yell
low streak ever showing itself, and the
dream of calcium lights growing DINNER
and DINNER.
But certain it is that just as everything
comes to him who waits, did this prove the
case with this wise wisewiz. At last the
series were over, and the dreamy calcium
light shone brighter than ever before, the
visions of men caught trying to steal second
stood out clear and bright in the daylitgh,
and tbs constant patter of the water as the
swatted spheriod dropped into the bosom of
old mo her ocean disturbed his slumbers.
And then this wise wise wiz, joined star
aggregation, and this star aggregation playe
ball like lot of school boys, but this wise
wise wiz, couldn't see it that way. Poor
wizzy had the score already marked out on
paper as he took the trolley car to the ball
grounds that day, and the man that looked
ever his shoulder from the seat behind found
that the wiz. had eighteen inings marked
down with the score at to in favor Of
the W Sc wise nine. But as Bobby Burns
would say s.the best laid schemes OF man
and beast 'gond' off 'agle."
That game was Played and when the good
people in the ro)teers stand looked at the
score board, it was found that the wise wise
boys had lost by the close little score of IS
to IL, and then our wise wise wizard, beard
a terrific noise, the calcium and lime lights
tcent out, the eighteen inning game had
been lost in the volley of balls that passed
through poor vi .sys hands and legs and
then they carried him home in paper bag.
MORAL: The positive of best is good.
Don't be too ambitious
Saturdays Results.
Treasurers 2 5 2O12 13
Post Office 32O11 IL
BATTERIES:
Treasury, Fsllon and Maule.
Post Office, Roberts and Magee.
The features of this game were the playing
and batting of Bennett of the Post Once
team, who never let chance 60 bj, and
pulled down couple of mighty bad looking
throws, and who made two of the longest
drives ever seen on the Association Diamond;
and the terrific throw of StedmaD, left
field for the TreasurerS, who after long run
picked up the ball and after the longest
throw ever seen here put his man out at
third.
Invincibles VS. interiors. This game was
not an Association Series game. but was