The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-10-02
By
George William Daley.

the mouth. An this is where his beiH'
small came in. for the ball jammed out
two O his front teeth an caught firmly
in his mouth an stayed there an he
couldn't get it out. Then there was a
riOtl
Picture the situation Ne runnin'
round their half-mile trace as fast as
could run, our feIers all jumpin UP
an down an wavin' bats an things,
an tellin' me TO so on; the third base
man spinnin round like top an
yankin' at the ball with his big paws.
an the giants and giantesses gOin'
fairly frantic with surprise an rage
an fear an all hOllerin' at once 1t
was the luckiest rap I ever hit
Il had Just rounded first when they
got the third baseman down an the
big captain rammed bat into the cor
ner o. his jaw an tried TO pry the ball
out He only got a couple o. more teeth
an huh lot o cuSS words out O. the
poor guy on the ground, an when L
was roundin' second they let him up
and hOllered 10 him TO chase me an
ketch me an touch me out with the
ball He started down 10 meet me on
the line to third base, an as he stopped
I dived under him an got away an
made third. An then ] saw that | had
a little start an I set sail for home
faster than I ever did in my life He
ketched me half way from home an
reached down his head. l saw what he
wanted an ducked an ran away from
him, an then he took a big jump an
bobbed his head down again an
lodged him again. 1t went on that
way for the last thirty yards o. the
run. He couldn't stoOp down low
enough to touch me without losin his
Roadway. though he could run faster
than j could. Finally he got disguised
With one SwOOpin' jump he went clean
over my head landed on the plate an
got down on his hands an knees an
held his big ugly face, with the bail
half out of it. right where I'd have TO
slide and get touched.
Then they thought they had me-
The giants an giantesses roared again
an clapped like thunder. an the giant
ball nine began to laugh But L didn't
slide. I just stood about fifteen feet
away from the plate an watched his
nibs
come on an touch me out. you
big stuff says l.
Come an slide in said he, through
lis nose. He couldn't talk through
mis- mOuth-there was too much ball
in it,
WI o4A SoHA nv says l. ~11A~
an set me-
Hurry upr says he, you're de-
layin the game
Put the BAH in play an III slide.
says l.
1T is in play says he.
" Well, chase me back to third
says l.
a" I don't have to- says he.
Just then Josh Hapgood's bulgin
brain had an Inspiration Everybody
was crowded around the plate watch
in tke duel o. wits, when Josh pulled
out his snuff box. Quite accidentally
ne leaned over the giant and he took
a pinch an some O. it dropped down
on the giants red nose, an rolled
down an rested for minute on the
big ball / seen a funny look come
i'm his, eyes; I seen his nose wrinkle
up am his hair come, down most to
his eyebrows. an then,
'KER-CHOO = That WAS a
sneeze that shook TIE earth. Along
with some more teeth. the ball shot
out o his mouth an down towards
third base. Josh HapgOod turned a
couple o. fliphOps from the force o
the gale. an the rest o. the crowd
scattered, an I dashed in through tie
sand an dust an threw myself onto
the plate an the game was won.
The giants took it good naturedly,
because they didn't know what had
made their man sneeze at the wrong
time They were too big to get mad
over anything. That was what we
liked about them
(Copyright, 1894. By George William
Daley.