The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-06
Mitt Martin Sees Montgomery. Team Play


 Wat's dis reads in de papee3 De Mont gomery boil mugs can't play de game Listen:
 bikes out to de boil park de udder aft wit me cull. who wuz showin' de ani mals in de burg. an de game we busie our lamps wit wuz plenty to keep c foreman uv de anvil chorus and de or ganizer of de rooters union gabbin' fe sixty days.
 Say, dere wus young guy dat wake, out an slipped in. dat made me get in my tink tank, dat wuz steerin' m cull agin a frost Wen I handed de ticke taker de pasteboards. I hear him say: '' can't see wat de people here wants t spend dere collat' on dis bunch uv dea, ones. Dey ain't won since Addy Ansol played de game and can't win iron Ozark. l am tired uv 1t and dey don get me support much longer"
 wen me and me cuii began to veal holes in de bleachers. and de teams wu1 going tro de prelims, I set me tink works to moving. Don't han me nuttin about yer foot boil an yer golf. Fader Georgie made baseboil fer Americans. wen he made America fer Pierp Morgan and dat's no pipe. Dis game is food fer fought as well as fer fans. Dat Socrates went shy of his golden op. when he missed gettin NNoo minds at a swat show down.
 It's loike dis. De main guy makes fake pass at de plate wit . broom to show de folks he has no mustash or cuffs to deceive dem and hollers, play boil." Den de big deal is on. A strappin' guy walks up and de twirler hands him four dat can pass de civil service. As soon as he walks to de first station, he hops a pas senger and gets to Station all in a bunch.
 "Old Hoss knows his b-f-z." says me fren uv de gate, who had butted in mex me. Just den Old Hoss trys to git something else fer nuttin' and he trowed three. He wuz tagged on de first down.
 Dat Burnett takes too many inferna chances" says de quiet one sittin' uI clost to me.
 De nex guy to step up wuz me old college chum. Children.
 "Dey ought to put dat brick on dc bench" says de feller who was man. agin' it mex to me. Jes den Cupid hands de boil one in de solar plex and de fielders begins to do Duffy dashes after ct sphere.
 q know'd old Fatty u'd do it." say. next door. "Yip, yip. Molesworth. Gladys Is good fer two bags"
 Bang goes de boil in de right gardener. hash handler. Runners out," sez d' main spring
 Dis Molesworth ain't hit safe in century" sez me fren. Home run Lew
 Whistler didn't hear him fer he swipet at de boil thrice and den went to d. deck.
 "De big beef wouldn't hit a boil if 1 wuz to hit him first" sez Butt-insky
 I sits dere quiet like and desc are som O de tings I hears: "Alf right Oscar; Good boy Heine would you look at dat con Spratt; nic work Wilkie; put in George Stultz, Whist Ter. Fatty knows de game; He's trui it into de bleachers; nice effort Spratty passed ball, put in Manners; dey ough to raise Links pay. Would you watcl dat Stickney let de boil roll tro his legs Childs done let de man go to third; Can Busch pick up a nickle? Good Bo! Oscar"
 Next door kep on yellin like a porter Ii waitin room.
 Well, I stops me ears den an didn' open up de safety valve until de hint round wen Whistler made de udde sphere fer four.
 Me fren," sez next door after he't showed himself up by throwin his week wages to Lew and a cushion at kid, "m fren' says he, "We'se near de bottom bu we'se got de bes' team in de league" It's me fer de team and fer bail, bu de guy who sits mex door ought to GU himself out fer fair. Mitt Martin, per l.. F. W.