The Washington times., 1904-07-03

started out.
Both Sober Dressed.
Lamp was as sober dressed as me.
only he had soft shirt an a pair o.
black silk gloves. When We got to the
railroad station we decided that base
ball caps looked too sporty with that
rig, an bought a couple o. black soft
felt hats. Then 1 practiced calm Lamp
brother all the way up ON the train,
an he'd choke every time l said 1t.
AT Briggstown the air was full o.
ministers. Old gray-bearded feilers
leanin' on canes, an others with shawls
on EN-, an stout ones with red faces,
an thin ones with sad eyes. an young
ones that winked at the hired girls an
all that. The Reverend Tro:ter met us
at the station an interduc,.d as as the
Reverends Wilson and Williams very
loud, an then in soft voice he d
say, iool1in' round TO see that no Bap-
lists were near: These are the ball
players we sent for They'll make that
swimmin'-tank bunch look like old rags.
He didn't say just them words, but 1t
was the same thing
We'll, we went out to the ball ground.
an when 1 took out the big NIT an
| Lamp had slung some speedy ones into
1t the hull seminary nine gathered round
to sec US work. Then Lamp took tum-
bic an the next ball went over my head
an hit big Teller they called Bishop
in the back. Then / muffed two or
three. an finally I called to Lamp:
Throwing Too Hard.
Brother, don't throw so had. They
hurt
Il thought he'd bust a blood vessel
tryin' to keep from laughin. an theE
he put In a wide Outshoot that I'd a
lad to take on my bare hand So /
let II go. an IL winged the moderator
In the meantime the Baptist gang
was askin' who we was, an Iookin'
suspicious. an the Reverend Trotter he
handed out story to 'em about our
bavln' been missionaries on Afric's
corai strand an just got back. which
made US so sunburned. My busted and
twisted fingers. he said. came from me
bein' tortured by savages fer spreadin'
the blessed Gospel. You'd ought to be
:slSin' your hats of to them. brethren,
says he, instead of suspicionin' EN-.
That quieted the Baptists for awhile
We were introduced to the other
Layers on our nine then The Rev
eTend Trotter he played first: the Rev
erend Claude Fitehey he played second
the Reverend DR.. Hunnis Wagner. d.
D.. Ii. d. played short, an the Rev
crend Samuel Strange played third. In
the outfield We're the Reverends Beau
champ, Bodwell. an Wertz.
Z We didn't know anybody on the
seminary nine. except the pitcher. He
was a tall. good-loolEin' guy. named
the Reverend Christopher Mathews. 1t
seems he was teacher IN the school.
HIS hair must a-hurt him. for his head
was swelled somethin' terrible over his
Yitchin' ability. But he wasn't slayer.
he was the kind that chuck IL up after
they've been hit little an the chance
o maxim fine strike-out average Is
gone.
Done With Ministers.
"Oh. that game was awful Outside
| O. never playin In a minister game
again. 1 never want to umpire a game
| where they're playin'--not for 800 a
game. They made life miserable for
the poor Teller we had. Let 4 decision
be any way close an the gang o.
/ preachers an would-be preachers
which was the seminary bunch-was
down on him like a lot o. wolves.
They didn't cuss, but they came peril
| Gus near IT a number OF times: an
then the white-whiskered Teller they
called Bishop. he'd shake his finger
an say Fie. fie. brother an it'd be
all off.
The game was hard fought. Lamp
let the seminary fellers hit it hard
each innia' till they had couple o.
runs an she bases full an then he'd
make 'em pop up fouls or fan 'em.
The first seminary Teller that tried to
steal I lined one down hard to Rev
erend Dr. Hunnis Wagner, ID. D..
Ii. D.. who covered the bag. IL near
took his wing of an went through the
Reverend Beauchamps legs r. center.
/ an the Teller that tried TO steal went
right around After that / threw them
| TO bases on the bounce.
AT the bat we had a cinch We'd
coach the dominies to get hit or take
first on balls. an then me or Lamp
would git up an clear the bases.
Score Shoots Ahead.
''I didn't try to knock any home runs
just placed liners so they could git
| en- When the ninth inning began we
had IS runs 10 their Is. We fooled
with EN- till they got three on bases.
an then after Lamp had famed two of
'em. one o. the seminary fellers acct
/ dentaIiy hit one O. his swift ones down
/ to third base. The Reverend Samuel