Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-10-31

ayers the sha-ha because he'd got him
first. When Perry made a good play
Josh saw that the Alfalfa Citizen and
all the weekly papers in town gave it
the proper attention, and then showed
the copies around town at night; all of
which didn't make the rest of us feel
any more kindly disposed toward Phi
GUS Perry Prellenback. We couldn't
knock him on his ball playin,' for that
was AL, but we did ridicule him a good
deal on his religious ways and Sunday
school method Of calculatin' after we'd
won a hard game.
don't care what player does off
the field Josh used to say, If he plays
as good as that fellow does every at
ternoon; he can play and sing hymns
with the Salvation army the rest of the
time
"And 'Pious' Perry, when we'd kid
him, he'd just look hurt and say Moth
in.
well, as I said, we had the pennant
safe. but there was one more game we
wanted to win, and that was with the
Cloverdales. who had given us a good
chase. The series with them stood to
z, and Josh wanted to win that odd
game the worst way, so no manager
could say they'd won a series from the
champions and crow about it.
1T was pretty near the end of the
season and getting cool, but the big
crowd turned out, and as the Clover
dales sent big crowd Of rooters down,
there was betting right and left. Josh
bet as though he'd robbed bank and
wanted to get rid of the green things
before they found 'em on him, and the
rest of us put up a couple of dollars
apiece, too. With Lamp Hymes at his
ting proposition for US.
$50 1t was, but for one thing. The
Cloverdales were trying out a new
pitcher, and he proved to be very, very
good. He kept us bucking up from
swift in'ards and reaching for wide
outs and lunging at slow drops; and so,
after eight vicious innings had been
played the score was l to 0 in their
favor Although the game was on our
grounds it was the custom to toss for
choice of innings then and the Clover
dales batted last.
well, to get to the real story, Pete
Brown doubled, Jimmy Harrison sacri-
feed, Pinch got first on balls, and then
'Pious' Perry damned one over the left
fielder's head, bringing them both in.
He was caught trying to stretch his hit
to a triple, and the next man struck
out. But we were ahead and the lead
looked good.
Their first man fouled out to me, and
the next man was hit. He stole sec
ond. my throw being little high. The
next man hit safe, but Billings held the
first runner on third, and the next man
struck out. That made things look
rosy for US. !.
'Biff!' Big Strahan caught one of
Lamps fast ones right on the nose and
sent it on a line to left. 1t was a low,
sizzling drive and looked good for two
bags and the game, but before we could
wink hardly Pious' Perry was tearing
in for it and making long dive for
the ball. Another minute and he was
rolling over and over in the sod, but
with that grass-stained sphere safe in
his right hand, and the crowd was fair
ly in Mysteries.
OUT says the umpire, and that
should a ended it. But the Cloverdale
captain came tearing out on the field,
white with rage.
"That ball was picked up!' he yelled
"A clean pick-up!'
1.-THE umpire waved him aside.
I'll leave it to the man himself
yelled the Cloverdale man. We were
packing up to go home.
Look here he says to 'Pious' Per-
ry, who was runnin' in did you make
clean catch O. that ball?'
1.-The umpire turned round. OF course
he expected to see Perry give the cap
tain the laugh, but he didn't.
'Why-er-er,' stammered Perry, get
tin red.
Answer yelled the Cloverdale man.
ANSWER! and he pointed his finger ac-
cusingly at Perry.
Perry looked appealingly at the UNI
pire. Sir he says to the judge of
play. drawing himself up. Your de-
cision was wrong. l scooped the ball
off the grass. l cannot tell lie
mo, we didn't lose the game. The
umpire stuck to his decision, but the
Cloverdales took it before the league
and had the game thrown out. Then it
was replayed, but there was no 'Pious'
Perry in the left field for us. Josh
fired him after fearful scene for being
so truthful. Tar Paper Hennessy played
out there, and he lost the game in the
tenth by mufTing a fly 'Pious' Perry
could a'caught with his toes. And SO
truth, though crushed to earth, got
back at us. "-Cincinnati Enquirer.
A Football Psalm Of Life.