The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-05-29
By George william Daley

They got after him that night and
oHered him all sorts OF inducements.
Money was like water with them.
They Offered him the biggest salary
any BAH player in those parts ever had.
p0t ne wouldn't quit us. He had a con-
tract with the Alfalfas. of course. but
also had "a special agreement with Josh
that he was 70 have his release when
ever me wanted il. He was suCh d good
player that Josh had to Civ in to this,
though IL was Irregular.
Seem they couldn't get him one
Way the Cloverdale people tried anoth-
er- About s O'Clock that night. while
we were watching a game of billiards
81 the hotel. Pinch received a heavily
scented little note on blue paper and
wrote ia ink and all that, and il said:
My Dear Mr.. Hobbs-Would you
delight who has long watched your
INDUSTRIOUS career. and Is deeply inter-
esled ln your future, with a CaIl this
evening at eight-thirty ar number
ulnety-siE Barnes aVenue2 Believe me.
GA SINCERE ADMIRER'
pinch Hobbs. as + have said. has
few lady friends. He Is r~ed-haifed to
begin with. bOW-legged in the second
place, n thirdly, his skin doesn't take
20 the exposure of the air incidental 90
baseball ana the freckles Just crowd
one another for a chance TO get ON his
face Fourthiy, ffthly, sixthly and
s~eNentnly. he's got a big scar over one
eye. ana half his left ear fs gona-the
result OF his being ii brakeman on the
rear car of a freight i'm a collision
and one Of his hands is an red from
beln' scalded when an milne blew up.
ana his teeth are very crowded in
front.
Hes TO ladies' man.. Married wo-
men call their children I'm and lock the
doors when he walks down a street
where ne amt known as the prince Of
shortstops, ne looks so like a prize
tighter; and the unmarried ones just
grab their skirts and run. But his
note took him right or his pins.
The dear thing" says Pinch. Won
der who IT. can be. Leave the light lit,
Hag, said he. III be back early and
with that he trotted out for No. SO
Barnes avenue, which is the Cloverdale
Fifth avenue.
Then there is a break in this mar
rauve- / wake up at 4,30 the next
morning with the sunlight just strug-
Gin In the window u somebody
creepin' on his hands and knees i'm the
door. tt was Pinch Hobbs.
Where ia - / broke cut, but he
stopped me.
Water Quick he said. I'm a voice
that sounded just like Pete Browns
does when he comes in from a ten
days toOt and feels sorry.
u got the water, gave him a drink.
got some ice ON his head Crust me for
KNOWN my little book and then start
ed in:
Pinch Hobbs says /. You don't
mean to tell me that the lifelong
teaching Of a devoted mother and
grandmother and four aunts has gone
TO smash just through a sWeet-scented
nOIcl Tell me, now where have you
beeu2'
pinch sat up. He looked better.
though his tongue was thick yet.
Hag, said he. 's'heIp me. I only
took one drink, and she said it was
cordial water. but i went of my head
and acted looney. and au that j re-
member is that I signed a subscription
TO some church fair OF something and
the girl IS a dream, and she was
ashaned at nay getting affected so by
the stuf and had TO send me home. Do
you sDose she'll hold 30 against me2'
II laughed at him, told him he was
a soft guy and put him to bed. I told
the Ieli9Ws or the good joke on Pinch.
ana Lhey laughed, and we went to
morning practice and left him snoring.
hut "a sad awakening awaited us.
when we came on the diamond
10 practice That afternoon before the
same there was the president of the
tloFeruales N all his cohorts waiting
Ior us Josh Hapg0Od was immediately
SHOWN a paper which said that Pinch
Hobbs thereby agreed to play ball for
the ClOyerdale club for the c~onsidera-
li0l1 and SO FORTH. and ,TOsh was fab
nel 2asted he asked Pinch how about
that.