The San Francisco call., 1906-06-24

The Hon. Bill Sanger, Sheriff of Ar
MIN. Tex. wiped his mouth carefully
on his coat sleeve, turned his glass up
side down with considerable reluct-
ance and sighed.
7 observe by the papers" he re-
marked. diseoursively, that the base
ball season has hit the trail
Nobody contradicting. the Sheriff ran
his eye regretfully along the row OF
bottles behind the bar. turned his glass
right side up again and resumed
Baseball he remarked reminiscent
~. lis plumb grand game. If ! was
young and frivolous and sort of care
less-like about my person, don't know
anything I'd rather DO than trife with
this here baseball proposition. But be-
ing some middle-aged and settled, /
5nst puts ip my time chasing greasers
and such aAo reading about this here
baseball mix-up in the papers. Which
is some safer.
Il don't know as 1 mentioned it pre-
vious and explaining, but this here
town once had a real bang-up baseball
team, the same being called nine from
the number which performs on q side
Tn admitting free and sincere that II
don't sound reasonable TO say that
lot of c0wpUnchers which don't run
around much except on a cayuse could
~
tionaT sport. But Ina talking straight
and I don't hear no protests. This here
team I'm mentioning-the same being
composed OF COW gentlemen from these
parts-was real champions. They WASH
-, yer beaten. 1t come about this way
I'VE wasn't none of US plumb famil-
lar with this here game. I'm fair to
say some of the boys hadn't never heard
of it, and those that had wasn't rightly
familiar with the way il was done. But
one day the Mayor and me and some OF
Of the BOYS. not including a lUnger
named Norton. which had come to Ar
niIn TO pass out, was sSting in Sam S
place nQuoring, when the Mayor ne
pulls a paper out of his pocket.
I'm right puzzled about something,
he says tasting his liquor critical and
observing-the same being plumb un-
usual with him-and I'd like to have
some light shed on it. 1 picked up this
here. paper this morning-the same be-
ing about a year old-and I finds in it
something about baseball. This is the
way this here piece lopes along:
d" THE Nationals lashed the Yanks to
the mast Yesterday afternoon and
skinned them alive TO the tune Of 10 to
J. Smith was in the box for the home
team. and his corkscrews made the
Yanks. swat the ambient until their
teeth chattered. Brown was handy with
the ash, getting a couple of bingles
into right garden, a grass cutter
through short and a pop-up that, If
Jones hadn't died at the plate, would
have been the goods.
There's more TO it, says the Mayor
drawing along breath. but that's me-
dium sample. I'm fair OF say that I'm
familiar with considerable language,
common and fancy, but that there line
of conversation amt known in these
parts. But it sounds good TO me. There
must be lots of action in that there
baseball proposition. I'm for il. Lead
me to it. / want TO die at swat the
ambient. I'm pining TO die at the
plate. I'm yearning TO skin 'em alive
Well sir, there wasn't anybody
speaks up except Norton-which was
grinning some prominent-and he
translates the language.
And, he says, or words to that ef
feet. You boys can learn all about this
baseball proposition, because the team
from where I live is coming down here
20 train. I thought il would liven
things up TO have 'em come here. They
got 10 so south. and they might as well
land in Arnim.'
Gentlemen. prancei Gentlemen,
hush, We was all fair pleased TO death
and we makes preparations
Wen show en-. says the Mayor,
some liquored and enthusiastic, that
there amt nothing about baseball we
don't know. Well demonstrate a few.
Wen skin ~sem alive