Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-05-16

what figure that little word cuts
in the every day events of this
world of our. Ask the Kids, or
the Weiser ball team what would
have happened to them if-but this
is our story, not theirs, so we will
eliminate them and have all the ifs
on our side. Ii that sand storm
could have held off for about steen
minutes longer, the Kids crack
pitcher, MIR. Johnston would have
some things to remember for long
time. While our boys were not
doing such awful things to him,
he evidently was not at his best
or else Manager Goddard has col
lected a bunch of swatters that
will make the rest of the teams in
this league sit up and take notice
Mr.. Johnston has had the habit
of tanning from IA to 20 batters in
every game he has pitched so far
this season, but how different in
this game. If you were not there,
it happened thusly.
Mr.. Green, who heads the Kids
batting list ambled up to the plate,
took two swipcs at the sphere and
stood and looked at the third go by,
then amidst the plaudits OF the To-
cal rooters took his seat on the
bench. Patterson, who has a rep
utation of being one of the best bat
ters in the league proved it by mis-
sing two and then bounced
20
an easy out at the initial sack.
Meats did manage to hit one but
had the good taste to hit it near
Martin who did what a good ball
player ought to do and threw him
out at first. The Dudes then faced
the terrible Mr.. Johnston. Parker
the first man up stung the first ball
pitched for a questionable single,
the short stop got his hands on it
but it was goirg some and he fum-
bled it; then to help matters along
made late throw to first and put
it about a mile over the first base
mans head, Parker taking second.
Kirker then punched up high one
that Elwell had the good grace to
muff which put man to each of
the first and second sacks. Pcllcn,
with his 400 pounds of atheletic
looking averdupoise shouldorcd his
war club and strode up TO the plate.
Johnston evidently did not like his
looks and immediately proceeded to
try to put him out of the running
by planting a swift inshoot in the
road Of his back. Three men on
bases, nobody out and the rooters
doing things White, in his eager
ness To break up the game went
after q wide one and hit il to the
second baseman, who threw Parker
out at home. Martin then hit .
little one in front OF the plate, the
pitcher made bad pass to the
catcher but Kirker, who was ON
third, gave q tired exhibition of
base running and saved him an
egror AZ the catcher got the ball in
time 10 get Kirker at the plate. To
be sure this locked like a sure
out, but a hsn player knows that
even the easy ouea are muffed
sometimes and has no business to
take anything for granted.
An inning that had started so
suspiciousiy seemed doorued to end
in disappointment for he fans as
Mr.. Grayson, the ne y pitcher,
was the next batter u. While it
was hcraldcd that he .Nas a good
pitcher and Manager oddard got
him for that purpose Il was not
expected that he was hitter in
the bargain, but If will ask
Johnston if he can hit re answer
is easily guessed. first bail
pitched he let go as il yas on the
inside, but the sccoI Say, for
the next five minutes 1u couldn't
find Mountain Home that had
ever heard of a sand sto N, as Gray J
son, Mr. Grayson, dear Mr. Grayson
had met one of Johnston's fast
ones right on the trail mark and
the time that bali msde going to
the out field war q caution and
then. just to give the rooters
aaancs to knock the block off OF the
e~aszA 20 him. tho right fielder