The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-09-04
4 BASE BALL HOO DOC:
THE LAST or THE BALL BUSTERS"
by Jumbo

En3| building Z Knew ! rad made
;he his oE Dy life. and started
around chat diamond 10 tho une Of
i mile q minute landed an the
/ home plate amid The cheers or taa.
+ 00D voices, old center field was
standing on tba mills fFanticly way
ing the bali, and The umpire yelled
/ Out ON home lost ball Then
i pandemunium and the rough house
of hade8 turned loose Now whom gHe
bail entered tbs wood chuck hole
IL was not lost. and the center field
standsn& with Il In his hand II was
not lost The women went In 10
mysteries and the men had hydro-
phohla. but the umpire calmly an
pouneed that unless the bali touch
ed the ground IL would be lost
ball
The next day we went TO Union
City 10 play our third and last game
/ had pet crow that had caused
me no end Of trouble Two colleges
/ had very nearly expelled ME ou Sc
count Of my eroW S being such q
/ topper lie could drink a half ptnG Of
pure Robertson county The boss
( had taught him to say the rago words
Robertson county" Three teams 5n
Purchase League had pointedly re-
fused to play against us on ac-
count Of Robertson county" deelar-
ing be was a Hoo boo to an opposing
team Two captains had given me
my choice Of quitting or abanaonine
the bird ] quit They hired ma
back and raised my salary. Daring
the game the bird would st. aa
: rRE "a a vs=1s
We made q good pIay he woH}d hob
lew Robertson county.'
We eot TO Ualon City oa the mora
Ing train HaIt eff Tennessee
beauty. n4ost uI tBe gallant men
and all the gamblers were there
/ Bob TAYLOR was there. hut foy ons
time his funny Jokes dtdn't take
The only Way u man could bo heard
Was 60 Snow his pocheg book Old
bentuek, as 10 The days of wore. So Aa
there backing her ehamwoas &
ecut TO the grounds wHa my po on
nay bar, toaf qgart OF VhisAcy
aaa t3u CBn and pHf ar on gate
s0at ha}f m5'e s08tA rE tne dia~
mun6. gave btm feW Instructions
As the same p~uwrs .s8 'c waa2t
take q drluk aaG ao}ov Robert saa
county Fla drana UN he wat zn
be hoiiawel Robertson county"
every time either side made "a sgoat
play NY heart aaHk within ms
thought wn were gone. fheHrh ufl-
Their side aad scored ap 10 fhe lHst
half ni the fourteenth inning
We had two msu nui three gn
be bases and was ap to the bat
! whlrled The bat over wv head
caught the bali un the center of per-
QUESTION and yelled Look ont. old
Robertson COUNT 0i8 Hon boo was
taking q dram de dropped tar he
tie and enn. cleared hts throat aud
eawed back Robertson county and
turned his eYe % She aal 8he
dngk looking for rain.
That bali started 70 he sun then
curved over the Hoo boo. The old
grey hound center field Waa settling
under il the people ~ nine states
we're holding their breath, and
was standing on the home plafe fan.
ming myself and singing There's No
Place Like Home When the bali
amA Althin ten feet ~ ihe PLAYER old
Robertson county made q dart for
Il Ike tom "a ~ June bug
caught II I'd his talIons. swonpea with
ia slx feet III The abort stop and with
ia two inches az the ground dropped
4 aud reese with the asKnfsY If an
sle The last ww eaw ag heard
IT him eaa Robertson county
TA# asafs - announced ssosAd I
III favor II tie Pour smmweFe And
aia keatuekY that waa mwYeF shipped
~ anything again MtuoA skinner
rhat @ms me last ~ the Bagi samHt
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