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

And every time Calamity Kelly come
round, we'd say:
Now, don't worry. Wen fix it"
You see We was dom the worryin'.
Along about bedtime Cal came in with
couple Of hackers of the team, ana
they asked him what the prospects was
for winning a little bet on the next
days game.
Fine" says Cal Capital. Why
were goin' TO have a pitcher who sends
EN- in so fast the oatteTs can't SCI
them and the empire has to guess"
"Whoop!" says I. 81 got it,"
No" yeIIs Pincn. II beat YOU to it,
We capered around ike a pair O. Co
manChGs, but wouldn't talk. Then We
went to bed.
KEEL says I, in the mornin', Gin or
der to Oblige you an make your bets
safe an keep you from wOrryin' 1 have
prevailed on my old side partner here
the famous Pinch Hobbs, TO go into the
box today He was q pitcher years ago
but give it up because he felt he could
be Of more use to a nine at short. What
1 want to caution YOU on is this; He
pitches such a remarkable straight
swift ball, havin' no curves to speak Of
that it takes a empire with remarka bic
keen eyesight TO see the ball zip over
the plate. Is there such a man on the
job tOday2"
"OId Hank Tibbets.v SAYS Calamity.
There amt no better judge of play
gOin'- I'll interduce him"
So he did, and I looked old Hank right
in the eye, and says:
Excuse me, but amt your eyesight
a little wOTse'n II was a year ago?
Amt il faiIin' a bit? Ny partner sings
EN- in so fast I'm afeared nobody but
them with the very keenest ewes will
see the ball as il flashes over the pan
OF course he huffed right up. an
says: Let me alone for seem 'ern
when they flash over, young man." and
lot more about his elm in the bust
ness twenty-three years.
So the great game started and the
Cheerups' first batter come forth. ready
10 SWipe the ball of the map Of Anx-
iety township.
Pinch had the ball in his hands. a
brand new ball. And then the old Teller
wound up just like Dummy TAYLOR and
contorted and twisted and spun around
on one leg, and, all Of a sudden he let
his arm come down and made the most
terrific huTl you ever seen.
'Biff.'' I soaked my first into my mitt
and threw back a brand new ball to
Pinch.
-St-r-rrike," yeTs the empire.
Their there was a riot. The Cheerups
Pinch never threw the ball
of course YOU thought ne never
threw it, says the empire. He threw
it so fast nobody but me and the ketch-
CT seen it. II went directly over the
middle o the plate-just a tTifle to the
outside"
He marked with the bat just where L
came across, and the Anxiety Center
people CheeTed him.
Keep your eyes peeled. now says
he, AN you'll see this one.
Again Pinch ContOrted and swung
and pivoted one leg. and again they
heard a tremenjus thUmp in my mitt
and I chucked back a ball This time
they made half-hearted kick when the
empire called two strikes, and backed
up when he says:
That was beauty, Waist high an
straight over, When 7 was young we
made homers off them"
The first man struck out, and the sec
Ond and the third. and whenever a bat
ter kicked the empire would laugh al
him and say his eyes was gettin' bad
and that the ball went over four feet
from the ground.
'Gosh,' he says TO me, after the In
min How you can ketch them I don't
see; they go like lightning"
1 allowed they did, and went and sat