The Washington times., 1905-08-06

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| place the Alfalfas ever struck, an we've
| played In Texas, Arizona and ont among
| the South Sea islands, I cant begin to
describe how fierce it Is, an usually en-
describe anything. But you'd think I'd
| be stretchin 1t If I told you how hot 1t is
| in Mars an how we suffered an sweat.
| Why, if you went out o. the shade in a
| ball suit IN two minutes you was soak
| in wet an the water sIoppin' IN your
shoes at every step. Johnny Harrison,
our second base. had kind O. pipe
| sten1nay eyes. an the first day in the
/ field in Mars the perspiratisn rolled off n
| him so fast Il washed his stockin's
down over his shoes an was like to
wash his shoes off. TOO, only ne ketehed
en-. After shat he had to pin his stock
ms to the bottom of his britches with
shingIe nails stead o dependIn' on gar
ters.
To make matters worse an more gal
lin. the Mars people nd just walk
around. cool as peaches, an pity US.
They didn't dress any cooler than lis.
an they didn't carry cakes o ice around
with EN-. but the fact sure was that
where we poured off sweat by the gallon
they never turned a hair An then one
of en- nd say:
Terrible the way you sweat Must
be somethin the matter with you, sure
You don't drink enough. Come an have
one"
Contradictory Advice.
That was very nice But the next
minute another cool guy 'ud walk up
with an alarmed lock an grab your
half-emptied glass an tell you're flyin
in the face o Providence.
mo Won
''gulpin' down this stuff You'll have
Marsiphobia the first you know
Now Marsiphobia Is a disease where
you sweat so fast it rises up over your
nose an mouth an drownds you. AS
you go down for the third an last time
you are sorry you ever drunk a drop /
never had It,
After the first game in Mars even the
dimend boiled over count O one O. my
hot drives we was ready for anything.
We seen it was a pecuIiar place. Coin
up against the good bali playin o fell
lers that ketch only one-handed was
enough in itself. but Wen you came to
add to that the natural heat O the
place it made even the famous Alfalfas
wake up an stretch themselves.
1T sure is the fact says Pinch Hobbs
TO me in the mOrnin of the second game
/
sugar we'd melt. Die hear about Rufe
Gibson?'
Rufe was our right fielder He was a
sIashin' free hitter an hadn't made a
error In the outfield in three seasons. I
hadn't heard nothin about him.
Lava Was Hot.
wy" says Pinch. ''w'en Rufe comes
in I'm the outfeld last night he finds
shoes an the leather all scorched. That
lavcr must be hot"
I allowed ii was. an we went out by
enc O the Mars canals to git breath
O. fresh air 1t would a-been a nice
place-in winter-but with the sun pour
in down like to burn your hair off there
vas nothin' In il for Us. So We went
back en- killed time riskin Marsiphobia
till it was time for the game.
Now says Pinch 10 me as we set
there. II been thinl1in' up a scheme.
We don't want to be pourin of gallons
G perspiration all afternoon, do We?
We want to be cool, Ike these Mars
gaioots. don't we?''
! allowed we did. Pinch went on.
Fore we go in the game" says he,
well grease ourselves all over with
some stuff I've made. It's a conbina-
II.
dered alum, an ammonia. 1t spreads
all over you an you can't sweat. cause
it coriIs up your pores an you keep
cool"
'.Pores?" says I. Were the sweat
yours out?''
Then little noles in your skim says
Pinch. ''Thems pores You're full O
little holes like that"
You're full o little prunes. you
mean says I They amt no holes In
my skin"
Pinch Proved It.
But he got book, an a microscope.
an he showed me the sure enough
pores, an then he explained how easy
it'd be to stop their worlin'. Him an
me said we'd try It. an the next day
Iut the fellers wise if It was success.
II it wasn't we'd lay low. That was
Pinch ali over. He always tried things
on me. his best friend, stead o sop1e
other guys. Oh, / was a easy mark.
Anyway. we CREASED up an felt cool.
The news O the tie game the day befo'
had spread all over and there was d
bigger and more enthusiastic audience
that afternoon than Plantville had ever
seen. We were used 10 big crowds. but
this was enormous Somebody said there
was OD4VUu people ll4t.It, put uOl4 De-
lieye there was as many as that
1t was Lamp Hymes' turn 10 pitch, an
he took q leaf out O. Reggie's book an
used the sweat ball right I'm the start
1t was a shame to see the way he famed
them Plantvilles. an he put it all over
Pleiades Pcterkin every time he came
up. At the bat we couldn't do much, the
PlantyIllos supported their pitcher so I
good. but in the fourth we got Pinch /
round TO third with only one out an. 7
Merritt up. / slsnaled for the squeeze !
an Pinch came tearin' in rs the pitcher
started TO throw. Seem Pinch runnin' in i
got the pitchers nerve, an he threw so /
wide that Merritt couldn't a hit It with
a bean pole. But Josh Hapgood. settin' /
on the bench. had been helpin' along
the squeeze. by focustn' his watch /
crystal on the back o the catcher's neck
an THROWN piercin' ray O sunlight
there; an just as he jumped for that |
vide one to get ii an nail Pinch as he +!
slid in the sunlight pierced lest far
enough, an he give screech an Sian /
ped his hands 10 the back of his neck an. |
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