The Washington times., 1904-07-31

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n vantage O. uustin' hu-
L \ mainly an then soaks
him. says Pete Brown to me one night,
he amt no good. an he'd ought 20 set
soaked back. good an hard.
IL was pay day, an Pete had just
go: his little envelope from the Alfalfa
Baseball Club with two weeks wages
into II. an he found that Josh had
fined him 81 for not appearin' for morn
in practice on two days senee the last
pay day.
An then Pete went on to tell how
he. bein' little hard 10 wake up. had
asked Josh to call him at . O'Clock SOS
he could git TO the grounds by 10. an
Josh hadn't done 1t. an he had slep'
till noon, an he seemed 10 think the
fines shouldn't CO. an that Josh was all
10 blame for him bein late. an re-
peated. in solemn an emphatic tones:
Promptly Soaks Him.
Yes. a Teller that takes advantage
o. trustin humanity an then soaks him
had ought TO git soaked himself--an'
by links. III do it
Now. while he had been talSin my
mind had been revertin' back. an when
il had reverted back as far as Pitcher
Morphus Wyatt. why held up my hand
S'No you won't Peter. You won't
soak him at all. Josh amt took advan-
tage O. trustin' humanity one-half a
circumstance as much as Tim McGinnis
had done TO him once. Did you ever
hear tell O. Morpheus Wyatt. the
p!tcher?'
Pete he shook his head an says he
never did. an I took a good chew of a
plug o tobacco an he lit a butt an
says
JOSH Hapgood is a honest an hon
orable gentleman alongside o. Tim Nc
Ginnis. SAYS l. An when you talk o.
takin' advantage o. trustin' humanity.
why I got TO Jump in an defend him.
just TO explain what 1 meant told him
about Morphus Wyatt 1t was this
way:
MoIph a Peach.
''The first year ! played with McGin-
MS on the Russetvilles there WASH I
nothin' could touch Morph. He was a
McGinnity an Chesbro. an Cy Young
all boiled into one He had everything
speed an control an reg-iar summerset
curves. an slow bah that looked like
balloon til IL go 70 the plate, an
then IL would shrink 20 about the size O.
2 double 3 shot. He cd field hunts like
Jimmy Collins. an he was the best bat
tin pitcher / ever see.
'Morphus only had one drawback-he
was sleepy. No matter where he was.
nor what was the time an place. he
was willin' 10 curl up, lay his head
down on his arm an take a nap. Why,
he'd sncoze between innings. while he
was on the bench. an you'd have 10
poke him with Il bat TO Kit him ND an
started mowin' down the enemy when
three men was out.
He was supposed 20 pitch every third
day. an when the game was over he'd
start for the hotel an have a big meal
sent up TO him. an sleep right through
TIL dinner time the next day. layin
sprawled out like dead man.
McGinnis a Twirler.
Anthem he'd git up an gi; his dinner
an then 60 back 10 bed an sleep an
other tBenty-four hours. an get up an
eat an then go TO bed an sleep till the
day he pitched again. He was such q
good pitcher that McGinnis iet him d
Il. for no matter what his other pitchers
did. he was sure o. winning n game
every third day when MoIphus was II
the box
An then Morphus began 70 ge
worse He got so he'd sleep through
two days without eatin. and theT
pretty soon he'd go the hull stretch be
tween the games-goin' 20 sleep az
O'Clock on Monday night say, an nevel
lietln' a foot nor movin' a muscle I'll
Thursday at DOOn-just snorin' away L
beat the band An when the fellers'C
laugh AZ him. he'd say:
'Wotinen f. I do sleep all the time
amt bOozin' nor playin' cards o.
chuckin' dice. or wearin out shoe
leather walkin' round pool table
Sleep IS great rejuvenator an beau
tfaer ] wouldn't be able TO pitch sUcl
good ball or look so good as ] do i
didn't sleep. An as fer saorin' m,
young life away. as you fellers say
why figger that the longer I sleep tn
longer III live. II I sleep two-thirds 0
the time I'll live that much longer thar
you guys. I admit that I'm the same al
a deed one when I'm asleep. but wha
Of that? Some O. you fellers are dea'
all the :ime-'
Would Always Snore.
AN then they'd let him alone. an
he'd tu-n over an snore an be aslecl
IN a half a minute
We'll. everything would a-gon
swimmingiy only one Tuesday morn
ing after Morpheus had pitched on In
day before. Jim Hughes an Billy Avery
McGinnis' two other pitchers, they RAJ
into each other runnin' for a ball ar
Tim got a broken colarbone an Billy
busted rib. An Sammy Smelzer. III
shOrtstop who was sometimes put y
20 pitch he feI of the springlin' cart y
was ali ridin' on 70 the hcte. and wa
In no condition 10 go into the box g
McGinnis was in a hole. Comm 70 N
he says:
" 'Hag. says he, 'what'n I do? "
time 20 get no pitcher here, no club
/ can borry one from. Two pitchers f
the hospital an another gittin' -cad
70 20 there. What'n do? says he
~ says they was nothin' % do bu
wake Morphus up an make him pitch
Tim shook his head.
He's only been asleep one day now
says he. You couldn't wake him Wit
shlnglin' Ratchet, says he. i knos
him.
Dead to the World.
However, about O'Clock. after we,
had our dinner. Tim an me went int
Morpheus raom-not on tiptoes either
an shool, him an pinched him. an
batted him over the head, an we neve
got q grunt out O. him An then bi