New-York tribune., 1906-06-10

Yer, old sport. do you b'leve in witches an
ghosts and magic and them things,"
! said did some; but they'd never paid me
any ready money.
well, l do" says Chopemout. "A witch
once told me ! was never goin to git married;
and ! amt. She said my father would die
and not leave me anything; that came right.
She said d bat four hundred average the next
year: and did that, too. You got to believe
people who can tell YOU them things
l wish one would tell me ! would lead the
league pitchin',' says /.
You chu1np! they would if You really be-
heved IN EN-. Now, look here, ! want TO help
our fellers TO be fast on bases. How'll you
do it,"
give it up" says l very prompt, Dwarf
Duffy kavin' lost me a game the day before
through gettin' caught tryln' TO score from
third on a two-base hit.
IN tell YOU" SAYS he. You'll admit
nothin' physicalI Il do it-no amount o trainin'
down'll make them freight-cars any faster
An science cant do any good-braIns can't
make EN- work them number seventeen shoes
any quicker"
! nodded.
Then" SAYS he, we've got TO 60 TO magic;
and I've been readin' a story OF man IN the
olden times who had a cap, an whenever he
put il on nobody could see him. He'd walk
out in the street bareheaded and put on that
little thng-an snap YOU couldn't see him.
" Now, what's TO prevent gittin one o
them caps for our team. Say m coachln
anu DAdll A,A-4lN Slt9 MS De9S w JUL 81
and we need a run TO win. ! hand Dwarf the
cap as he gets on first, and he puts It on
Hes gone The pitcher dun no where he IS;
the catcher don't know where he Is. They
holler and look under the base-bags, and throw
the ball round-when, snap IN about five min
utes OF as long as il takes him to git 10 second
Dwarf snatcheS the cap OFT, and there he Is,
foot on the bag and ninety feet nearer home.
Same way goin' to third. Theyr dunn
founded were quiet an contented like hodin'
l. Nb.o he ont a third he
puts the cap on and waltzes for home. The
ketcher NAV take the ball, and camps on the
pan: but Duffy just walks up, plants his spikes
IN the rubber an takes of the cap-and we
win Can YOU imagine anything that would
break up game any quicker than that, Won t
that lar EN- when they can't keep Us from
oettirl' runs no way, ! think ! can who i
win the pennant this wear and get all the crlrn-
son glory and undyin fame hereabouts.'
And then ChopemOut Clancy pulled up, an
lit = butt and settled back with the finest
! satisfied look on his face YOU ever saw.
But YOU amt got the cap Yet. Chop
saws l. That al fine; but where's the
cap;" 1,r 40, :,
| \ daV OF so later ChopemOut comes bounding
IN. his face s1niin' ike a manager lookln al Z
crowded grand stand, an says: i got 1t.
got IT.
WHY. the invisible cap"
"Shucksl" saws l. 60 an get your clothe,
o, We cot II beat the Syattburgs this after
noon. an there amt time for any fooin
You see. I was down TO pitch, and ! wanted t(
But Chopemout wouldn't stop, 90 tell YOU
got the thing that's goIn 10 make Us WIN ;,
thousand straight games" says he. Loon
He takes off his hat, and puts little roune
cap on his head-and scat Kighi IN front = .
mT eves he just nelted-taded out Nc
! ChopeInout He was gone,
dropped on my hands and hne5s an an NUM- ~,