Evening journal., 1903-09-10

and the rest OF them are all deputy
sheriffs or constablcs or something like
that. The Judge o. the police court viii
probably umpire, so II one o. the COM
stables arrests you for assaultin' the
1edge OF play and takes you before the
police jedge, why, youi be up against
it!
The Lady in the Case.
by this time our spirits were at
pretty low ehb. and in my minds eye
Icould see Home-run Haggerty sprint
in over the ties on the thirty mile lope
back TO Stafford with "a healthy crop
OF feathers growing an over him. and
one Of those howlin' mobs y9~ read
about in hot pursuit.
We'll we had a couple o. hours 20
loaf in az the hotel before going 70
the ball grounds. and Jim Harrison,
who was as good lookin' young fell
low as ever looked over high collar
went out on the front porch. and
promptly worked into the good graces
Of the landlords daughter. They had
"a long confab and this is what she
told him, as Jim repeated IL 10 uss
" This Hustler bah nine has had
Hammerhurst by the hair for three
or four years now. and the people arc
getting rather tired Of IL; but the bali
players are all high officials and kick
don't do any good. II you fellows want
10 get away with your lives this after
noon youll jump right IN and beat the
gang so bad, even with the umpire
against you. that the crowd VIII got
down on the Hustlers for the loss Of
the money they put up. Then you
make "a hit with the crowd by retHning
lam bets except those made with the
Hustlers themselves. and / think / can
come pretty near telling which nine
viii get the tar and feathers. They
really have got them all ready-l0
buckets of tar and ten old feather beds
over back OF the old schoolhouse.'
We'll, when Jim Harrison told us
hat Il provided "a little ray Of hope,
SO we started TO the grounds prepared
TO do or die. Josh put up the $500
that we were to play for, and Dan Del
aney and Reggie and me piled in $500
more so they wouldn't mob us on the
spite. An the other fellows had a roll
so fast they'll never see IT,.
When Ellwood Hanks came out in
the field to pitch saw he had the
same old speed and when he warmed
up and the fellows saw how good he
was / knew they were wonderin' how
fast the freight trains ran through
Hammerhurst. l cheered em up.
'Nothin' but a straight ball" says
/. AN you got 10 do Is to put your
bat I'm front Of Il. and it will go out
so fast they'll never Sc It,
Pinch Hobbs Started Il.
} with that Pinch Hobbs Sho was
first up. walked to the plate. Ellwood
Hanks just swung his big arm around
and the next minute we heard the ball
strike his brothers catchin' mitt. You
couldn't even see il go over the plate,
il went so fast.
A." strike says the umpire.
THE crowd yelled and an obstreper-
Gus individual In the front row OF the
bleachers pulled gun and fired point
blank at Pinch. The bullet dug the
ground up a little way behind him.
Hostile crowds? Whatd the New York
papers say about that2
Put that feller Off the grounds
Ahollered Josh.
I Yes" says the umpire. coolly, TO
cop back Of the drst base line. Re
move that feller Anybody that can't
shoot any straighter than that shouldn't
be allowed at large. He might kill
our catcher"
"Pinchs nerve never failed him.
Talk about Teddy goin' up San Juan
Hnli Pinch Just watched Ellwood
Hanks like a hawk. and this time
whes the bah came down swung on g.
The next instant n little white thing
went bobbing out across the turf, be-
tween left and center and hit the
fence. Pinch got second, and the gasr
from that crowd could have been heard
a mile.
mo such thing as a clean two-bag-
ger had been made on Ellwood Hanks
since he broke out o. the town lots.
Jim Harrison walked up.
oh, you pretty boy" yelled some
body IN the grand stand.
Mammals little pink and white
checks' yelled another
" How them goose feathers will be-
come himv bawled a big fellow will
a red shirt.
"As I told you, Jimmy Harrison wa'
the best looking fellow In the outfit
and he would a-been a credit 20 an,
drawin' room only for his chewing to,
bacco. But he was all there with th'
nerve.
"zlpp the ball came over again. jim
: did what Pinch had done-blffed righ
: out without thinkin' o. che conse.
lQuences. The result was drive e
the shoTtstop. He hadn't had q bal
TO field in a couple O. weeks except il
practice. and he made a mess OF thil
lone. and Harrison got first, thougl
they held Pinch on second.
Filled the Bases.
Pete Brown came up next. yhl
grand stand gave him advice, too. al
10 soute select occupation he was es
pecialiy fitted TO M. for he was big
round shouldered and slabsided Blu
it dldnt phase Pete. He caught tn
frs, BAN pitched on the end Of his ba
and set it Ike o streak right at tn