The Washington times., 1904-08-14

AIDS an -aAS / he NOIlu II lilllt.
feel Just like him. for now the hull base
ball world is mlne-lock, stock an bar'L
Strike-Out Record.
we let him run on an then took the
bali an bat out into the gard an tried
EN- an they worked. Sayin' nothin' 10
nobody. We determined to use EN- in the
game that mUrnin'.
Lamp Hymes made Strike-Out rec
ord in that game-StruCk out twenty
seven HayvilieS an never pitched
cure. He didn't have TO. He'd swing
The elusive bail up TO the plate an the
Hayyii.c SlugGerd pound away with
their hickory IN ash an willow ciuD
an the ball I'D CIude EN- ell an i'd he
strike right mao my init. And then
us Alfaifas come Up with the attTdc-
tive bat an nd land on every ball pitch
co, an most OF ON went safe, an the
final score was Il to 0. An we ct our
pork an cabbage for dinner with glad
hearts an vas ready 10 repeat the dose
N the afternoon. We VOted that Con
Talon Kelly was the best ever an MS
ball and bat was winners.
Attractor Works.
The afternoon game was in the sixth
innin' an we had scored six runs an
the Hayvilles none when they came up
for their bat; an TO OUT whoOpin' sur
prise, Tom Bright. their first batter,
had our black bat
Yes, tho had sneaked the old All
, tractor out when We Wasn lOokin' an,
O course we couldn't raise q holler
without glvin the snap dead away.
Bright he laid up against the first
| bail pitched for three-bagger. an the
next man grabbed the attractor. too,
an hammered out double, sendin IN
run; an just as he run to frst he
pitched the bat to VIII Hicks. their
Z N Ra a N
another run with n long single.
Well, il was about time to stop that
so / bbed the attractOT when Wtcks
slung il down an heaVed IL over to our
bench, where the fellers hid IL In the bat
I bag. Then their next three men struck
out with the common bat. though they
were ordinarily better hittcrs than the
three that had just killed the ball.
Scrap for Bat.
In our half our three drives went
! straight at feeders. so we didn't increase
our lead any AS Pete Brown, our last
man up, tossed the black bat over 70
our bench. where Lamp Hymes an Josh
an Jim Harrison was sittin'. Bright
rushed up on his way from third an
cahbaged IL before any Of the -fellers
could jump up. an IL was in the hands
OF his batter before We could say a
word.
There was a scrap right there; but
we were ordered back to our places be-
cause the umpire wanted the game to 20
on an couldn't see the sense o. scrap
pin over an old black bat II he d
! only know'd, They got six runs that
! lnnin', putting EN- two ahead. We got
/ the bat back. an got four in our half
maxim II 10 TO s. They made another
scrap In the first half of the eighth an
! got the bat, because our fellers were all
I In the field an were ordered to pIav
when they came in TO fight They got
/ hVe runs, making II g TO 10 in their
/ favor.
Fatal Double Play.
A double play killed US in our half
of the eighth. an they began the ninth
4 without the black attractor. for we
/ pushed it under the grand stand. Three
! OF EN- struck out, an We come up. Reg
gle was thrown out. short TO first. Pinch,
/ Sam Merritt an Pete Brown made hits
an Hennessy hit short fly. was up
/ II was the old situation I loved so we'll
/ three on bases, TWO out, an four runs
! needed 10 win.
With a bat attracJin' the ball an a
| pitcher / wasn't afraid of anyhow, ]
didn't waste any good time iOOkin' for
| q good ball l swung ont on an out
! curve that come down. and maybe II
was because / knew about the love be-
| tween the ball an the bat but I swung
! desperate hard There WAS a terrific
| crack, the ball went out over the CEN
! tertielder's head, an ! dropped the bat
an went round the bases, the crowd
yellin' Ike mad, an won the game, Il
| 10 70.
AS I dashed in. amid the cheers,
| see a bunch o players standin near the
plate. Oendin' over q PROSTATE form. II
| was Gonfalou Kelly. and clasped in his
! nerveless hands. for he had fainted-was
/ the Kelly Attractive Bat-busted,
! The bat was busted, the Elusive Bal
/ was lost. Gonfalon went wrong. an
| never heard the last Of II for bein' SC
careless. 1t seems GOnfalon had intend
/ ed sellin his bali an bat 10 the Phllies
an / made him lose big money. / was
/ always sorry FOR Il.
! GEORGE WILLIAM DALEY.
| Copyright, 1904, by George William
DaleyD