The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-05-20
ONE RUN HAG GERTY

Yes, I been worryin' for fear YOU
wouldn't get here" says Calamity KeI-
L, manager and left fielder of the Anx-
Aaty Center team, when we blew into
Bhat town a day OF two after leaving
Mesquite. in our search for the rubber
armed shortstop and Ieather-handed
ketcher- Home Run Raggerty and
Pinch Hobbs" he says. The two IA
nous players from the COrndroppers'
league. Calkins of the Mosquitoes tele-
graphed ahead that you would be here,
an I'm glad you came. for L was wor-
ried."
Calamity Kelly led US into the cafe
and we refreshed, and then he says:
Why don't you ask me why I'm
worryin'2' '
We did.
Because" says he. 'worryin' is the
life o Anxiety Center. The people
round here are always feelin' they're
goin' 10 get the worst Of it. They wor-
~ when there amt goin' to be a game
for fear ball is dyin' out: they worry
when there IS gOin' to be q game for
fear they'll lose it. They worry when
they lose for fear they won't win the
pennant and they worry when they
win for fear they won't win the next
day They claim I'm the chief worrfer
in the town, but I got a fine bunch O.
deputies. What's worryiu' me now Is.
how're we goin' to beat the Cheerup
team tomorrow, when we amt got no
pitcher?''
no pitcher" says Pinch. Amt
you got q. nine here"
Yes" says Calamity. and that's
just f. I got plenty O. ketcheTs and
basemen and shortstops and felders-
any amount Of 'em-but no pitchers Nv
80
second best ones got diphtheria, and
my worst one is down with pneumonia.
That's why I'm worried. -
Don't worry" SAYS T. Pitchers
amt the whole team. If II was a ketCn-
er you was shy now, or a shortstOp. it'd
be another matter. Then you'd RELY
be guessin'- But pitchers Wy, any
body can pitch. They're only put in
the game TO be batted."
''Stiu," says Calamity. "a good pitch
er is mighty handy 10 have around
Yes, but then he amt indispensa-
BILE" says T A poor pitcher th8t'U do
what you say is a heap better than a
good one who's stuck on himself and
won't mind. I dunno where we'd get OF
IN the COrndroppers' league II we de-
pended on the pitchers TO win our
games. Do you Pinch2'
ST should say not" says he. Ele--
trio fieldin', fast THROWN. tremenjUs
battin' rallies when all seems lost
them's the things which win games
I could see Calamity didn't believe
much of IL. so I says.
KEEL can pitcher. no matter how
good he is, make a run for his side n
the pitchers b0x2''
Kel had to admit he couldn't
mo, he can't 7 went on But he
can do a whole lot Of harm If he don Z
tend TO business. He can give the other
side runs on a plate and most OF EN-
DO it. But The man who deserves the
credit in baseball IS them that makes
rHns-the batters. the producers, you
Night say A pitcher can't make a run
TIA he gets Up as a batter. and there
so feN Of EN- can bat that they make
mighty few runs"
Still Kel kept Worrvin', so me and
Pinch said we'd see what we could do,
'I know the theory O. twirling," says
says Pinch. when we were all alone,
but it's the pitchin that gets me. IN
my head I can work out every curve
that mans fingers ever produced, but
can't pitch EN-. I've played short so
much I've got that long snap. and if I
did it in the box they'd all go to the
grandstand." o..
We just thought all during supper,
and all evening, and nuthin' come Of It.