Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-05
FUNNY BASE BALL
YARNS FROM THE WEST
From the Detroit Free Press.
Tale No. T.

Tale No. 1.
Down in one of the bush leagues. where
L used to pitch before my name had ap-
peared In the papers more than half a dozen
times. big, broad-shouldered athletic lap
pearing fellow appeared one day and asked
to be allowed to play" says wild UiIp'
Donovan.
He was so big and 20 powerful we de-
cided to give him chance
When he came to bat the pitcher shot
the ball straight across
One strike! yelled the umpire
Why Is 1t one strike? asked the man.
comes another
=" Two strikes,' the umpire howled.
Here. explain this thing to me- the fell
low said. Why do you say two strikes
when haven't struck at the ball at ALP
Before the umpire could reply. up came
another-a straight one-waist-high Mr.
Amateur let go with all his might and away
went the oaii-faster and faster, higher and
mgher. as 1t sailed away. Just as the ball
was passing over the fence looked toward
the plate. and there was that numbskul
standing stock still
2" Run! l shouted with all my might. for
we needed the tally. Rum Don't you see
the pail has gone over the fence?
Rum he howled back Not on your
life I've done nothing to run for. / didn't
mean TO lose the ball. but I've got the
money to pay for it. How much is the
damage?"
Tale No. g.
one night after a game in Boston a
young man. with his right hand in a sling.
came down to the hotel and asked for me-
says Cupid" OLeary. He bought the
cigars and wanted to buy other things
man. he said. l couldn't think of any
thing l had done. but let him rattle on
Remember that line foul you batted
into the grand stand? he asked
ms r1oh cd
!" See that hand?' pointing to the dis
abled member.
Il saw
Wen: my boy, that foul was within
about foot of my girls nose when | man
aged to get my hand in the way The girl
hadn't hardly spoken to me for week,
but you bet she did then and she did
again tonight"
Tale No. g.
II saw a girl help well-known Ameri-
can League pitcher win a game last sea-
son." says Matty Mcintyre. 1.-THE girl was
a fan of fans and occupied the same seat
daily when the team was in town. And she
knew the game from A to q.
I'm this particular game the score was
81 In favor of the visitors who were in
the field. 1t was the last inning and two
men We're out. and a man was on second
when the manager sent up a big, husky
substitute none of US had ever seen before.
The pitcher looked at the catcher and
got the signal: Pitch whatever you like
Just then handkerchief fiuttered In the
stand back of the catcher, and the GIRL in
an unconcerned way, drew her hand across
her throat several times.
THE pitcher was on in a minute He
pulled his cap down and wound a fast one
around the substitutes neck. 1t was square
over and the big fellow whaled away, miss
ing the ball a foot. Two more In the same
place and the game was over.
Just as we walked to the bus / heard
the mana ger the home team veil. syoyt'ra
lucky boy. II you had pitched a low ball
that fellow would have lifted it out of
the lot
Tale No. A.
For some time on the training trip Man
ager "Bill' Armour feared that ''Wahoo
Sam" Crawford. the big first baseman. was
Ill. Crawford's appetite has always been
something that cut into hotel proprietors'
profits for he went through the menu from
soup to nuts and then gazed at the back of
the card to see If any more was there.
But on this springs trip, Sam cut out the
Armour pondered. Questioning Crawford
did no good, and Ii appeared that the mys-
terry would never be solved until one night
just before the Tigers were ready to leave
the hotel. when 1t all came out. A colored
boy, bearing note. wandered In and asked
for 'Mistah Crawford" Jack Warner did
not mean to listen. but he swears he could
not helping hearing "Wahoo Sam" read:
IS. Crawford, Albion Hotel-For dinners
for week ended March 49, &c. ]. Stubb.
prop"
That was all. but It let the gang onto the
fact that Sam had found place where he
got bigger dinner for his money than he
did at the hotel where. the team put up
And Armour did not worry any more about
the condition of his big first baseman-slug-
gers bread basket
Meeting Of Professional Golfers.
NEW YORK, June 5.-The first annual
meeting of the Eastern Professional Golf
ers Association was held yesterday in the