The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-09-17


fan you this time an I'll call it
twenty-five"
fan me.
An the second time 1 come up he
says: You still owe me twenty-five on
mat last game O drawn Lemme fan
you this time an I'll call it twelve an
a half"
An says: You're on" An he did
Ian me again.
An the third time I come up he says:
You still owe me twelve an a half ON
mat last game o drawn. Lemme fan
you this time an Wen call il square"
An 1 says: You're on" An he did
ian me four times.
But TO so back to before the first in
ming. 1t was the great game for the
championship o Showme County. Mis-
soury, an 1 was in the middle of it.
A few days before u guy had come to
tne Alfalfa House an got himself
shown 10 my room. an set down very
confidential an unfolded a nefarious
scheme. At least that's what Reggie
called IL afIerWard-
My name" says the guy ais }.
Frameitup Francis, and I'm the man
ager OF the FraZzlehurst team down III
ShoWme County. We're TO play
game next Tuesday for the champeen-
ship, an we want you TO ketch. VIII
you! Are You on the jon
Fer how much money! says 1.
Fifty bucks" says his nibs. Sames
I'm givin' Amesy an Dahlen an then"
Explain yourself" says ]. "Wot
names is them you're siippin' out 50
careless like2"
''They's just a little story behind
them names" says the manager o. the
Frazzlehurst bunch. "A year ago our
opponents in this comm game, the
Beltemville Stars. they come up 70 play
US q game. an when they trotted out
on the field they had every star player
ia the Three j League in their lineup.
Wot they did 20 ugd make strong
man weep. Us poor, detenceless anna
chOOrs got nothin' but the red box an
the tin foil the new bali came IN. We
went home without money, an with
out price, an sadder an wiser men, an
all that"
'An' wot then" says I, as he
paused, an seemed to be gulpin' down
sorrer.
AN then, says he, when this years
game was arranged we made I'D our
minds that we wouldn't be stung again.
No dern Three I League talent for us.
We been saVin' up terDacker money an
dom odd jobs around, an saVin' our
pennies gently, as the kids say, an
now were goin' To do the job az
brown. If they get talent We'll be
up American League talent this year
we're goin' the hull hog, an we got
National League artists, and cham
poems, at that
''Hag." says ne 10 me- as though he'd
hnOw'd me forty years, "Hag, Wen you
git ringers, sit good ringers An THAT'S
WOt / got"
who are they?" says I.
The Frazzlehurst team for tins
memorable game says he, viii bt
made up OF you, ketcher; Red Ames
of the New York Giants, an CHAM
peen strike-out pitcher o the universe
i'm the box; Husk Chance, first base
sammy Strang, second; BIZ Dahhn
short. Dave Brain, third; an Mike
DonIin. Billy Maloney an your humble
servant in the Outheld. l got 10 play
cause Hans Wagner couldn't come e
play second, an had TO sit Strang' II
en- the Outheld. I'd got Larry, Only
he's laid UD. If Beltemville en- bea
that aggregation they en- nave MY
money az he championship o. Show
me County. an all the honor an glory
that goes with it
sounds good" says 1. "IH be on
deck.
An I was. An the very first thing
] spied as / come out o the home clup' $
dressin' room with my toss on was
Reggie Van Rensselaer,, the AlfaiIa
best pitcher warmin' up in a BelteE-
Vile uniform, an Frank BOWerman
% the n YorlIs, was ketchin him!
1 wasn't surprised. ] lmOWed VIVA
these amachOOr championship games
was. YOU know, an 1 seen that Jh'
BelLemVille manager had TOOK a lea
% J. Frameitup Francis book of ad
vice about goin out an Setth goo'
ringers wen you get EN-.
He had Jake Bechley on tirst, an
half a dozen 'Merican association boys
ia the field. But 1 cd see they expect
ed their battery 10 do the work.
% course. / said nothiu' -thatd SHOW
knew Reg I'm a side . sole leather
an Reg stared through me as though
his old ketcher. who had teached hin
all his tricks, wasa hundred miles Daci
I'm Alfalfa playin' bottle pool with Plncl
Hobbs Cor the drinks.
never knew there was as mucl
money IN the world as was bet on tEa
game The sports i'm each town ha'
been put wise To the fact that oil
league talent was goin' to help GU
the home team, and they brought IN
money around In WheelOarrOWs.
7 didn't bet, for 7 kue WHOM good Re;
was, an wanted to see how he'd MAX
out with them slusgers Ike Donlin an
Chance before ! bet We'd win.
Now, I know Reg wasn't afraid
them himself / was the only one h
feared. He knew I Cd read his ever,
curve like book, havin' ketched hin
Tor four seasons. an SO I wasn't su'
prised when he passed me goin' out Z
the box In the first innin' an said
You owe me fifty on that last gam
o. draw. Lemme faa you this time an
IN call IL Twenty-Five
An ! says, You're en-" An he dl
fan me.
An the second time come IN h
SAYS: "You still owe me twenty -hye Oh
that last game o draw. Lemme IA
you this time an I'll call it twelve ar
a half"
An / SAYS. You're on" An he di
fan me again.
An the third time I come up he says
You still owe me twelve an a hall
Lemme ian you this time an We
call Il twenty shillin'."
An I says: You're on" An he iii
can me three times.
An the fourth time I come I'D b
says: Were down to irreducibl
minimum a. twenty shillin'. Lemm
fam YOU this time ans Wen call
square.
An ! says: You're on" An he Iii
ian me four times.
Now YOU en- imagine the indignitles
an yellin' an insults that had bee
heaped on me for strikn' out then
four times. Every time I had gone u
10 the plate there'd been men on IN
bags, an I could a busted up the gam
with one little chop out o the intelC
Four times had Mike Donlin single
an worked his way round TO third. JUS
10 stand there am watch me thrash tn
air a foot over three o Reggie's fas
ones.
"oh. you big mutt" says he. as