The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-10-08

III the pttch-bCN must come that
or Claude Clessdale of the old Hay
vile team in the C0rndroppers' league.
When all the other tales of mighty
achievements by the country's great
twirlers have been told 1 must tell the
story of Claude and his 500 reward,
his three lady friends and his best girl,
and every one is snenced. It is all OFF,
so to speak.
1t was the year Russetvile. Alfalfa
and HayYilIe made their desperate
three-cornered fight for the pennant
that Claude ClessdaIe broke into fast
company. He had pitched good ball
for his college team. and that served
TO make him pretty well known when
Tim McGinnis signed him TO a Hay
Vile contract.
1t was the old story. The pink
skinned. long-hajred college boy be-
came the star pitcher Of the team. and
the old. sunburned, freckled and to-
bacco-chewiAg curvers thad to take a
back seat. Claude Clessdale got all
the new suits OF clothes. all the new
straw hats, all the applause and all
the credit when the team won, and ne
was held up as a shining example to
old stars that had pitched bail when
Van Haltren and BeCkley were just
breaking in
And, of course, all this adulation. this
bach-slapping. this clap-till-yOu-make-
him tdke-Oft- his-cap business didn't
put Claude i'm "a position where he'd
lake any medals Tor mOdesty- lie was
big, gOOd-lOOkiug, Il pretty gOOu pitch
eF, ANA after he had won four or five
games he came 10 believe that it was
all 50, just as the papers had 1t. and
his chest sWelled out ana ne had 10 let
out reef IA the sWeat5aud of his
hat
But he did help the HlyvHles He
pitched three games a Week right along,
which i'm itself was big achievement,
ana Inc would 80 in ana save a game
iu the ninth nearly every other day
lH the week. The result was that when
The last week began, the HayVllIes had
Co win six straight games TO give them
the championship. We were ahead
dt the time. but they had lost one less
game than we had. II they finished
their schedule without a defeat they
could win. no matter what we did. If
we lost. then they could afford to lose
10. But We couldn't be expected to lose
anything just then, so McGinnis made
mp his mind to win six straight. And
this is how he went about it,
IL Was Claude's turn to pitch on
Monday, and he beat the RussetViiles
10 ]. ON Monday night a sporty look
ing chap- come to him and said:
Claude, I've bet fellow $500 that
the HayVilles win tomorrow. ana [
want 10 win il bad. If / give Won q
hundred Of IA
i'm ana pitch?
tless wanted 10 know why the fellow
didn't bet on the Wednesday game and
me said he had to leave town, and, be-
sides. the money was up. There didH'
come many chances for Cless to be
slipped a hundred for winning a single
same. so he'd ask the manager. Tim
seemed very anxious about Claude $
arm, hut iu the end he consented.
So Claude dug his spikes iu the slab
again 0n Tuesday afternoon. and won
his game. 10 %.
ON Thursday night he was pretty
tired, but he Went To a show that was
Ht the op'ry house lie met a ucCtarme
ut aH actress named tmelie Smythe
waited for her al the stage door. and
blew her 10 a. supper al Hayville's best
hotel While they were at supper and
claude was getting more and more i'm
love ln every minute, Miss Emelie
Smythe suIgiad.
$50 Yen are a baseball pitcher. are
YOU You ought 90 see my friend, Mr.
>. Bentley SEYMOUR Who pitches for
the New Norks Ghis was some time
usul perform. i hate 10 DE- slansy, but
he has got them an beat mile"
Has me- uuDTlcd Claude. his eyes
huleiug out. He was thinking that If
}. Bentley Travelled far with Miss
Smythe he must be a wonder.
Yes said the girl, slipping the stuff
that was fiatteuiuE out Ciaude's hun
dred. He don't think anything of
pitching day i'm and day out If il
wasn't for him the New Yorks vouid
never be so far up. He can pitch three
games a Week"
"Claudc's arm was tired, but he was
game, and he told Miss Smythe that If
she would let him take her to the bail
park on Thursday she could watch him
pitch his third game that week. and see
how he shaped uD alongside the Ma
uonai League artist.
IN be miles away from here Thurs
day said she cant YOU make il to-
morrow / would SO much like to see
YOU pitch. Such broad shoulders. !
think You may be a second Seymour"
Then she threw Claude a glance that
made him criuhle all over and he prom
Used he'd pitch the Wednesday game
To make "a long story short, he did It,
and Miss Emelie Smythe sat i'm the
grand stand and told him between i'm
uiuPs that Seymour would be eroveliug
at his feet i'm "a year and that all he
needed was hard work The HayNilles
won again, 3 10 ..
That night as he was leaving the sup
per table az the hotel Claude was ina
PRODUCED Co a dream iu pink. She was
advertised around as AN heiress. who
had nothing 20 do but travel Tor her
health. She was called Ellie Ehing-
ham. She Was one of these sweet
dropping creatures, who need prutec-
ton, and Claude started I'm TO protect
her. She told him long stories of hey
uHeVeuttul past life, and among other
things mentioned that she'd never seen
a bail game.
81 wouldn't Know the pitchers box
from the right field foul flag says she
Claude told her thered bee game the
next day, and he'd take her.
"But 1 want TO see real good pitch
err said Ellie My uncle told me you
were one of the stars of the diamond.
and 1 do SO want To See YOU play"
Then she gave him lot more talk
about his fine broad shoulders and
manly form and although Claude
would much rather have held her hand
in the grand stand through nine hot in
IiN59r nc liiidli1 AaNf I'D anu asked II O.
Ginniss 20 let him pitch the Thursday
game. Tim gave him some fathcIly
advice about outstanding his strength
and then went around The corner and
patted himself ON the back. His plans
were going good.
Efie Dillingham; sat in the grundstand
and rooted for Claude that afternoon.
and he won again. Q to 8, after ten
fierce innings. Clautg's shirt was we.
ulirhf have lost