Evening journal., 1907-05-07
#Gorson Bros. mARKE7 f's STREET

game, I think. You know. it's really
funny the way they do-nine men
with suits an the same color go ont
and distribute themselves; then one
man puts a net or wire screen thinE
over his face--lllSe Fido has to wear
In hot weather-it's to keep him from
talking. you see. A man from the OPP
posing side stands just IN front Of him
and the fireman IS back of him, so
they don't want him to talk because
they might hear him and learn the
rules of his side. You see, it's very
complicated Every man picks up
club, caresses Il, then turns his back
on one man and faces another. II
sounds rude. but it's all right in base
ball Oh. you just ought 10 see the
man they call the pitcher wriggle-he
just whirls his arms and legs all
around. That's to friehten the man
with the club. Then he threw the ball
right at him. / screamed and the fire.
man yelled "strlSe!" and everyone was
so pleased. The next time the pitcher
wriggled the fireman yelled ball" and
all the men in the grandstand were
mad, but the fireman didn't seem 10
mind IL. I suppose he's used TO his mis-
takes. I haven't yet found out what
he meant by "balll' and once he said
-four ballsl" when the pitcher had
only used one, for 1 saw it myself
The fireman seemed awfully disap-
pointed. aitd sorry for the man with
the club. for he told him TO go call on
the first sofa-pillow man for awhile
once it was quite thrilling A gray
suit man hit the ball so it went way
up high in the air and the white suits
hurried and ran all around where
they thought IL was going 20 drop then
they waited and let 1t hit the ground
between them; then a white suit pick
ed Il M and threw it az the grand
stand. and the fireman called safe" 3"
so we knew no one was hurt. Then
in a few minutes the ball was smeared
all over the field. and the man way
out in the middle of the field got tired
trying TO stop it, turned his back and
walked away from It.; then another
man hurried up, grabbed il and threw
it as far as he could, hut he wasn't
strong enough 70 hit the grandstand
again. Someone said, Fat head"
think that was rude. One man hit the
ball awful hard and he ran as fast as
he could all the way 10 third sofa
pillow, when the fireman stopped him
and sent him back. / felt sorry for
him, but anyway, It was fun to sec
him run around the bases.
"erays" Got Tired
After the gray suits got tired OF run
ming they changed places with the
white suits and distributed themselves
the same way. The white suits must
have decided they didn't want TO run.
for they soon changed places again.
Then all of a sudden the ball hit the
club Of a gray suit and they all start
{ ed to run. but a white suit snatched up
the ball as it nearly passed him AMI
the grays all stopped running and
distributed themselves. You know
like baseball. It's such a sure gar }.
for you know somebody must win, no
matter what the fireman says You
know, I don't quite understand why
some of the men just wave their club
q few times then walk away and sit
down. I suppose they just change
their minds, that's all, or they don't
/ like the man near the first sofa-pillow.
There's only one immoral thing about
baseball; the players steal sometimes.
| for ] heard a man next to me say so
once when the fireman hadn't any
orders 10 give However. If both sides
steal. I suppose they quit even. There
are only two things I don't know about
baseball but III find them out at TIE
next game I so TO- Going home in the
car a man said. Gee, Jerrey was
! Knocked out of the box in the second, 80
/ and when 1 asked If he was badly
hurt, the man just laughed. Some