The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-12

pired up Sammie Salmon when the Bull
had fnh he'd reading
HUH eneered Slugger Burrows. II
you believe everything you hear you'll
get bee in your ear some day and think
you're the Franco-Prl ian ar
But in spite of this We knew by the
tangled thought bitches on his brow that
the Slugger was sort Of worried hirni oi
We could hardly wait for the fro. 10
get cut Of the ground before We ttarted
For the next five weeks we scanned the
Courier regularly There was no further
nenticn q the. wonderful Hare, and we
teean 10 have hore' that there n at he
nothing in the report after all
But on Friday evening OF the fl1th
week Sammie Salmon bun into the 70 t
Office with the late edition Of the Courier
and began to read exci,edly.
he hingtil RoGrsrs. read Sammia,
are being greatly hindered In their daily
pracii q for the big match with the Ii ght-
foot Lilies by the 6eetuess OF foot of their
lately acquired phenomenon, Nyno ham
Hare We have it from NJ less an authority
than Capt. Cy Priest himsel u that Hare
Rises so much dust when he skirts the
bases that it Is fully fifteen minutes before
the diamond settles sufficiently for play TO
proceed. In spite OF the loss OF practice
thus occasioned however, the ROarer- are
confident OF pulling UP the Lilies by their
roots when the proper time comes,
We'll, sir as you can imagine, that little
item sort OF put a damper on things and
set each man 10 thinking pretty hard on
his way home that night.
The thing that capped the climax,
though, was a letter that the Slugger got
from Cy Priest the week before the game.
My dear Burrows Priest wrote. you
have undoubtedly seen mention in the
public prints Of the incredible speed OF our
new outhelder. Wyndham Hare. The re-
ports OF his raising so much dust that we
have 10 wait fifteen minutes for the diamond
to settle before resuming play err only
on he side Of conserya ism.
Therefore. knowing that you are the
last man TO wish our contest next Saturday
10 terminate prematurely on account OF
darkness | appeal to you 10 have the base
line macadamized and to make arrange
ments with the town watering carr TO
sprinkle the grounds between innings
Should this plan meet with your approval.
as feel sure IL will, the RingttIl Roarers
will gladly bear half the expense. thus in
CURED. Yours for the welfare OF the ma
tional game. Cyrus Priest.
OF course you'll do it, ventured sam
'OT course I won't said the Sugger.
II this Windy Hare guy raises such aust
clouds that the base line gets up in the air.
why. let him 20 ahead and do IL. Unless
the next man up can fly III have him de-
cared out for running out OF base line. Do
you think I'm going 10 have Lily Park ell
torn up and lose the last week Of practice
just to please Cy PriestY
1T was with anything but confidence
that we trotted on the field the day OF IN
big contest.
a'Say, cap whispered Salmon, II he hits
the bail at all | suppose we'd best field
right 10 the plate. There wouldn' be any
hope OF getting it TO third ahead OF him.
would therel'
play the game az you always play It,
vrOyyled the SluRRer.
When the Roarers came out for prelimi-
nary practice there was a great oraning OF
necks 10 see which was the wonderful
Hare. The only new face on the team was
tho left fielder.
Isl gger Burrows won the toss and took
the field. The stranger went to bat first
fer the Roarers.
ON the second ball pitched he tapped a
httls grounder to Braley, and although the
Dean was a bit ratified like the rest Of us,
he shot the ball over in pl nty OF time 10
catch the runner at first
WAS no really outP asked Sammie
Salmon in establishment. Or was that his
second tme aroundP