The Washington times., 1904-10-02

averages this afternoon IL won't be my
fault. Talk about hittin' balloons an
thiugsl Why, even the Fnilies or
BrOOkiyns would be able TO hit a ball
like that, An then them giants. The
slices o. air thaTu be cut ont around
home plate when they get to slashiE
border on the sublime. / think this
here gameu be worth a prominent place
in the Poettcal History o. the Corn
troopers League
Slices Of Corned Beef.
so after we had our dinner. which
was mostly made up o. slices o corned
beef an served on plates that was big
enough for four OF as to eat on at once,
why we went out TO the ball grounds. all
laid out level an nice. an the FIRST lhing
that struck our eyes was the fact that
the home plate was about as big around
as a top OF a water hOgshead.
Holy smoker' says Josh. Took at
this here base. / don't think youU give
many bases on balls this afternoon, Reg
You'd ought to be able TO git IL over
this
1t is rather hard Ola me- says Reg.
But where's the pitchers box?'
90 Just one hundred an fifty feet
back out that way says one o. the
giants IN uniform, who had just come
cut You see when We got the book
o. rules from the States We recognized
the fact that bein' as we were three
times as big as the people that played
the great game out there we'd have 90
lengthen things accordingly here. so the
ground is laid out on that scale. The
pitchers box Is 80 feet away, an it's go
feet TO first base, an 90 feet further 10
second an so on around. That left
held foul flag out there is just O half
mile from the home plate, We hit it
beyond that sometimes
Diamond for Giants.
Hold on says Josh We didn't
sign TO 90 up against any such Brob-
uygagian layout as this. What do YOU
thiuk2 Ny pitcher amt got no steel
wing 70 be THROWN the ball a hundred
an fifty feet each throw. Besides, we
need TO knock the ball past that foul
flag every time TO get 10 first base. You
made a mistake IA calm this a base
ball diamond You mean this Is a run
min track. an them IS the furIong
poles. Now II We had Hermis an Nc
Chesuey an Irish Lad here we'd give
you a Futurity or a BrObnygagian han
dicap But no man could run them bases
an ever expect to get home. / move We
make II "a siz-day race
Well the guy carried Josh's objec-
ti0ns 20 the captain an he said they'd
given in enough TO US already 20 make
Il a even game.
90 why says he. we cant hit that
ball o. yours. am If you can't git around
the bases I'm this here diamond %. mag
nihcent distances i'm be an even game
In that case inside play an strategy
VIII be the things 10 win
Es-Fr Vsr-s.t.-z n
Wei. about a thousand old giants
with whiskers an young giants with
their giantesses were gatherin' 20 see
the game. so Josh gave in ruther than
EN-. And them giantessesI
I'd hate 20 make love 10 one o. 'em.
cause il shed give you a playful box
on the ear they'd have TO send for the
ambulance. An as fer hoIdin' 'em on
your lap-thers'd be uOthin' dom! They
weighed a ton on the hoof an seemed
10 be interested in baseball.
well. DO as just as we had Eggered
% 0ut-the ball was so little an even
1t the long distance Reggie got such
good curves on 10. that they weren't able
20 hils an their back-breakin' efforts to
put The bah out o the lot made the
giantesEes laugh. an when that gang all
laughed an clapped their hands the gale
o. wind blew our hats on ana made as
feel cold.
An then we'd get up 20 bat an belt
the big bail Tor all we were worth. an
sometimes it'd go TO the pitchers box
an other times IL might yet ar far as
second base, an Il it wasn't caught be-
fore IL reached the ground, why the
first basemaH always had It ia his hands
before We had covered the go feet down
10 first.
80 the outlook didn't look very bril-
liant for AS TO get run around. an as
fer them, IT only seemed a question o.
time when one O. 'em would accidentally
would bring en- victory an "a home run.
Down to Third Base.
when ] came 20 bat in the twelfth
f.. in made mp my mind 70 stop drivin'
out flies an thought I'd try hittu' "a
srOuuder, so I soaked the bio bali an 10
went right down at the third bazemau
This Teller was one o. the smallest
giants on the team; iu fact, he wasn't
m0re'n about twice as big as me. where
the rest OF 'em was three times as big.
The giants an Eiautesses ia the grand
stand called him their Tommy Leach
he was so little. Well, he jumped for
his ball that / drove at him, an just as
s gOt IN front o. him an he was about
10 PICK % up lt took an. ugly bound an
shot up from the top Of his hand an hit
him square in the mouth An this is
here hiz bein' small came in. for the
ball jammed out Two o. his front teeth
ana caught firmly Ia iils mouth an stay
sd there an he couldn't get Il out Then
there was a riot!
Picture the situation Ne runniu'
round their half-mile track as fast as i
could run, cur felIers all iuu1f,fri an, an
down an wayiu' bats an things. an
tellin' me TO 90 GA. the third baseman
spinnln' round Ike q tcp an yankiu' al
the bail with his big paws. an the giants
and glantessss goin' fairly frantic with
rAIpFlse an rage an fear an all hoI-
leFin az once IL was the Iuckiest nan
/ ever hit. F
Got 1t BY a Dive.
~ had just rounded the first when
they got the third basemau down an,
the big captain rammed bat into tbe