The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-07

the home run an y the pitcher an
the power O. resistance o. the atmos
phere.'
- Who's Exekel?' says l. What's he
go TO do with homers? I thought ! was
goin' to knock 'emT
Josh laughed like a horse an says
7 was a big mark. That's the law o
cause an effect. he says. I kin fEg@r
out by algiberay that you're goin' 20
knock the everlastin' atmosphere out o.
this here ball this afternoon an make
a homer. I got It all fggered. Now
/ it's this way: Let the letter Git amt
no mani represent the home run, which
| Is the unknown quantity. Then 3 the
/ pitcher
Why IS that?' says !.
Naturally Quiet.
| ~ RELY didn't mean no joke but Josh
/ looked at me 30 I knew it'd mean a
| fine If ! did It again. so ! quit
"'Y is the pitcher says he u is the
atmospheric resistance. A, b, an are
one, two. an three baggers, respective
". Now 10 find out II home run is
comm from your bat today you divide
the pitcher plus the atmospheric resist
ance into the one, two. an three baggers
,
mean you'll be able 10 rap the ball So
much further an maybe git the next
base. See?
Il nodded. though there wasn't any
lawful bright lights hittin' me.
Well, IN this case I've fEgered il W
Ian l find that there's a great big re
rnainder left over in your case an you'll
git a home run easy. In fact. the re-
mainder is so big it looks Ike a lost ball
So go ahead an don't let these fellerl
scare YOU
After them cheerful words an tn,
careful fggerin' Of Josh, who is the clev
crest man that ever wore shirt, / fell
better l knew then that everything {
be all right.
Reggie's Bad Time.
''Windham had a bunch o. Teller.
playin' ball on the ball grounds when W.
got there after dinner, an they seemed
a pretty lively bunch. We noticed tina
whenever a grounder was knocked ]
seemed 20 go fast enough, but liners an
. flies Just stopped in the air. as we ha'
, been told that they would. The Teasol
for that was that IN the grounders IN
resistance didn't get IN its good worI
on every side o the ball, while In file
r an liners It did.
Somewhere in his 'PoctcaI History {
the Corndroppers' League Josh has 90
, this game all down IN verse. II wa
worth II. A more exciting. heart-break
" ing game I fail 10 remember. II was
game fun o. hittin' an errors an kickiT
and fghtin'. We didn't get onto the AZ
naosphertc resistance idea right away
u an several easy flies went for hits be
e cause the feIlers I'D stand with hand
? outstretchcd an the balls'd drop ava
in front O. EN-. In that way the Silver
I sand outfit got a load o. five runs In IN
1 first two irnin's.
Reggie was havin' an awful tim
I pitchin He'd put all the strength
o his big shoulders into the ball an IT.
/ come up 10 the plate as slow as a II
e dlshpan an lookin' near as big. The
g they'd soak It along the ground al
3 make Pinch an Jim an Johnny HaTr
il son an Pete Brown scoop up sand.
?. After awhile Reggie got 70 givi,
them an inshoot close 20 the handle al
they couldn't hit II, an Pinch an Pr
a Billings took TO buntin AS soon as the
, got 10 first they could run to third. 10
y the Silversand ketcher couldn't thro'
. 20 second as quick as me. who wasa
- used TO the air. They'd only steal OF
- base on me. Our fellers stole two Q
him. an then got home when he thre
:. back 70 the pitcher on the next ball.
The game near broke up In the SCI
III enth. when they caught Reg putu
L butter on the bail SOS the air wouldn
~ have a chance 10 resist Il so. an so
- he could put a lot o. speed on.
g Three times I had got up that da
0 an hit the ball a welt on the nose thu
Ell started the seams. an had started