Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-10-22

bis feet TO throw To second and force
Donelson Flynn. And just as he raise'l
MS arm there came from that crowd Of
old soldiers the most Embarrassing, blood
ourdling screech | think | ever heard, My
hair went up on end and 1 ducked my
head ana looked around to see II the Hay
vile catamount coacher was loose. And
pinch! lie Just went up in the air and
threw that ball about a mile over Pete
Browns head at first, and stood thore
tremblng--as, indeed. we all did.
What was that| says | to Kenesaw
keenan,, who was coming to bat after Re-
SAGA Jennings had scored and the old vet
Grams were pAtting him on the back, and
the ball had been found In the next lot
What was WHAT says Kenosaw,
That unearthly screoch, says |, II
had sounded like cross between mad
dog yelling and the catamount and II
steam whistle.
"kencsaw laughed Easy to sec you
wasn't In the war says he. That's the
famous yell rebel yell you feowsd
call It, When things get exciting some Of
The fellows can't hold in any longer and
they Just think they're tearing up the
Yanks again and cut It loose.
We'll says L. Don't do II again so
sudden. It's hard on my nerves
lie laughed and popped up skyrocket
TO Johnny Harrison, and the inning was
well, those four runs IN that first in
ming kept the Lone Stars In the lead
right up to the ninth. Pop Haynes their
pitch had n puzzllng underhand twist
that he boys couldn't negotiate. II It
wasn't a pop fly they hit 1t was foul 10
Donelson Flynn, who caught for the sol
diers, and though | got one over kene-
saws head In center for homer In the
sixth there was nobody on base at the
time. and that run was all we showed
when the ninth began The Vets Ia Int
added to their score for Dan settled
down after the first and KEEP EN- guess
ing.
You can imagine our disgust with our
selves as inning after inning went by
and We couldn't hit Pop Haynes slow
ones and they held us safe The old fell
lows were waving their cluuch hats and
cheering their pitcher all through the
game and trying TO rattle Dan, though
they dii applaud when we made good
play, III admit
Fellows, said JOSH. when we came up
for our last bat don't disgrace me.
Think Of the ieers well get when the Al
falfa and HayVlllc people hear that n nine
averaging Gj or 20 years old beat US.
Get together.
Dan Delaney went up first and hunted
safe. Pinch followed with "A ripper down
the first base line that Shiloh Sam
missed, and both runners landed. The
advice hollered at Pop Haynes by his
comrades ratified him so that he gave jim
my Harrison four bad ones and then ho
hit Johnny Harrison, forcing in Dan De-
laney with our second run and leaving the
bases sim full Pat Brown hit sharp
one to Resaca jennings, and he fielded II
clean and made a good throw to the plate
10 catch Pinch, but Donaldson Flynn
ruffed u, and the score was to 3, three
on ba ,ds, nobody out, and me 20 the bat.
"Biff let drive at the first ball, and
It went ON line 10 feet over Missionary
Ridge Coombs head at short, | saw
that 12-year-old youngster bend his knees
ana spring in the air ms | started for
first, And then | heard that terrible
shrek again, and then anotherAand then
another And as ! plunked first with my
spikes Shiloh Sam turned me round and
with cheerful smile motioned me to-
ward the bench,
what do You Think Old Missionary
had pulled down that inciplent home run
Of NINE ran To second and put Johnny
Harrison out and then ran down the line
toward first and caught Pete Brown be-
fore he could start back. That caused
the yelling and that play beat us.
Don't talk to me Of fathers of baseball
who 70 to see games wrapped up IN a
shawl and with earlaps on and that sort
of thing Down there In Texas In that
soldiers home there's n bunch o grand
fathers OF baseball who play the game
and don't need any teaching, And that
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