The Washington times., 1905-10-15

One day late In the fall, when all our
post-season series was most over. Josh
comes round one day with an envelope
in his hand and he says:
Queer business, this here. O.
course you all heard o. Serrybelium
College"
OF course we all had. That was the
place where they played ball accordin'
TO Ole an wouldn't allow home runs
on the ground cause they were the
product o. brute force.
We'll. chiro up" says Rufe Gibson.
who. you remember, we picked up down
to Serrybeilum an put into a Alfalfa
UNIFORM and way Of maxim easy
money Tell me about me dear old
college chumps- Wot are the heavy
thinkers doin now?"
"Playin' football now" SAYS Josh.
Worse'n that. They've challenged the
famous Alfalfas to come down there
an give 'em game, an they offer us
$500 guarantee to go. That's a nice
bunch o. money"
rs it worth $500 for 'Ieven of us TO
git our faces battered in an our legs
shot off piayin' that brutal gamer" SAYS
Pete Brown. Why, that beats Rittin'
spiked
Had to Play.
You all remember the other foot
ball game we was into" says /. THE
time we got the challenge an thought
IL was baseball, an got to the grounds
an found them gallows up and thought
We was TO be lynched- 1 played center
rush that day. It was a case o. play
football or git mobbed. an we thought
we'd take chance where the odds was
'leven to 'leven stead o. 5000 to IL.
Pinch Hobbs, I believe. won the game
on delayed criss-cross fiyin' wedge
squeeze play in the 1eventh innin'. 1
feel like murderin' somebody, I move
we co.
Yes. lots git slice O. the $780,"
says Josh
Ihats ali you want, just tho
money. You don't have to do no work
nor nuttin'. If one OF US gifts a bat In
the eye or broken leg. though. It
won't be so funny for u.s."
That was Jim Harrison. But we
siienced him. He has a pretty face an,
nice red cheeks. an don't like to run the
risk o gettin' marked up. So we said
we'd buy him a nose guard and some
tire tape TO bind up his ears SOS they
wouldn't be torn OF. an his eyebrows.
SOS they wouldn't be bit of, an we'd
60 up to the Serrybellum College foot
ball field as big as life the next Satur-
day.
Pete Brown say go cc that in
football you NJ n-s Er-l clothes
than IN be' -1 tfer sweater
round eacl 4is rs trous-
ers on over -t-- iool
ruther corp ba
was stee-a hat
means. Some
guess.
Haggerty at Cent
When wo lined I f.s -elt-r
again, an Pete ~as or ana sa- Sam
Merritt was enc othe Khan E
son and aennessy W. anes
tackles. and tho Harri CT err
on the ends. Pinch Holbg e.ar o.
pack. and he stands righ -'r -r
ptnches my leg. Then he .e -r-v
thunder don't you gimme 80 M
tell your And I saws: .-.7r.
nothing to me-" Then he ss.
pinched you. didn't I? TIL a1r
you're TO pass the ball back" So re-
membered that
Reggie waH fullback, cause he
"a ball at college. and Willyum r.
Lamp Hyrnes was halfbacks 1 sa
myself that the Alfalfa outfit voui q
losing three uncommon good pitcher
they wasn't careful. as they were ris
where they'd have TO do all the worl
And Willyum Rice says: Fade away.
We're used TO II. We do ali the work
pIayin' baseball. anyhow II had a tob
~ easy as yours Ia be ashamed to
come in the grounds 'thout payin'."
That's all pitcher knows about the |
sorrers OF ketcher's job. Or cares.
Well. the first half them SerrybeIlum
guys certainly used us rough.
When they handed me the bali an. a |
bloody nose both at the same time an
says: TITS our ball now Here's where |
we gain son2e." i laid it down an lust |
then guy on the other side reaches
through an pinches my leg. I didn't /
see him. though. an ! slams the ball
back. and Pinch don't get II, and they
got about forty yards gain on us. And
then began 10 get wise, after they'd
called me down for that, and the next
feiier that reached through to pinch me
i stepped on his hand. When I got
game ' oU' 'H'
"e got breathin' spell when the first