The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-10-09
WAS tallipg over our Texas trir

w 40 tathlng over our Texas trip
J., with Josh Hapgood soHe-nightEan'
- remindin him o. the dirty TALL
playin' an hostile crowds an bought
n'-paid-for umpires- that ne used TO
get up against, an yet win, when Jim
Harrison, who is the good looks o. our
outfit. came up with Pete Brown. They
We're both heated up an ] saw they'd
been arguin' again.
Hag,, says Jim. we want your
decision to let Us know which one o.
usll buy eight shillin's worth o good
cigars for the other
Them long. black cigars in the
right hand case at the Alfalfa House,
the second box from the end. which
you get thirty for eight shillin'g
The same said Jim.
/ like the stakes says i. Now,
tell me what you want ad-judi-cated.'
Josh sot up straight an tried the
little trick of putin cigar in your
mouth hot end first Brownie looked
at me sorry-like an Jim coughed.
Guess you're gittin' bad in slingin'
OF Webster, says he. But this here
is a simple little proposition: l bet
eight shillin's worth o. them Alfalfa
House speckled beauties with Pete
that the longest hit you ever made
was the time you won the game offn
the Poetry Pitcher. Jimm Burrill-the
time. you remember, that they was 2
icehOuse a half a mile away out in
center an the ball cleared the ice
house.
Eyes. breaks in Brownie. an I bet
eight shillias worth o. the same brand
q hemp that the ball went further
that time sou damned out that on
merciful swat in Hammerhurst offn
Eiwood Hanks
Pinch Hobbs had joined the group
an stood pensively muslin an con-
templatin' me an MY bettin' pair
Hold ON; Hag says he. 'Lemms
IN this here bet an make il a sweep
stakes. I'm prepared to put up eight
shillin's worth Of them Alfalfa House
perfectos an name a time that laid
over either o them two
Hold on, says Brownie an Jim
IN breath. We bar the time when
the rain come-the wind biOwed that
one out o. its course.
That amt the time says Pinch.
The instance / refer TO is the time at
Crucible. up i'm the iron mines, Wen
he batted with the steel bat
But says Jim. you can't prove
nothin' on that drive. That ball never
was found. The supposition was that
IL wus burnt up
j kin prove as much out o my
rap as you felIers kin out o your n.
says Pinch. Look at il scientific.
Your ball that went over the icehouse
never came back. did 1t. Jim?'
No says Jim, but people see it
go over.
An your BAH that wen sailn' out
on the Hammerhurst prairie never
came back. did 1t. Pete?'
go No. says Pete. but people see it
go scO0tin for most three mile
That bein' the case. says Pinch.
I think I win. Nobody findin' them
balls an KNOWN just exactly where
they hit. we have to depend on
science. an science tells us that a
crack with steel bat hard enough TO
make the spot on the bat red hot will
lay over any crack that merely clears
an icehouse three miles over a smooth
prairie. That beln' demonstrated, I'm
waftln' FOR the smokes
Not on me- says Brownie. No
body ever saw the BAN that day in
Crucible
Exactly, says Pinch. 1t went so
fast you couldn't. / win
We'll. they went on arEuin like old
wimmen over a girls age. an finally
7 see that Pete'd hurt the others if I
didn't get busy, an 1 says:
Put your cigar money right here
in my hand says !. an I'll make a
decision thatlI please all o you. III
decide this here dispute accordin' to
the evidence submitted an in ju-
dicial manner
so they coughed up eight shiIlin'
ariece an I let out q link in my belt
SOS could put the right emphasis
onto the strong points I'm my decision,
an says:
Them was three mighty raps you
call my attention 30. They were great
IN every sense O. the word-but they
weren't conclusive. The bali was
never found in either one o. them. You
nights well figger out. Pinch Hobbs.
that in the many times I've broke balls
I'm two the ball would a gone six mile
IL it had held together as we'll as 10
try to fiEger how Tar it would gone
n it hadn't burnt up. I guess we'll
have 10 rule your side o. the case out
as beip too dummed theoretical
But says Pinch. them |others is
theoretical. too YOU can't
Don't interrupt this court says !.
7 amt through this decision yet. When
I'm through you'll see that justice has
been melted out An then i leaned
back in my seat an looked at Josh.
Josh SAYS I. how did The old Hay
vile ball grounds lay?
Southeast by west. says Josh.
That is. the grand stand was facin'
the west, sdys josh
'EXactly.' sayssJ, An the middle
o the cCuter field fence pointed direct
in lire 20 Alfalfa. didn't it?'
Right: quite right. says Josh.
Wen GO ] remember says I. the
old Hayvilie ball grounds an the run
we had therein. includin' the time I
doped Jim Barney
Shucks. says Pete Brown. What's
that got to 90 with them two long
homers O yourn? We want de-
ciaion.'
on. yes says T. My memory vas