The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-06-18

that their thrain might mercifuily he
permitted to jump into ditch on
their way UP on their neefaryous mis-
sion iv humilyatin' our gallant team
captained be a loyal son iv Chicago
firm Ioway, with star players firm
Jersey City am Yonkers. I dtdnt
want him kilt. dye mind? 7 wasn't
that bad. befure tn game. But l
wanted thin shaken up a little so that
the pitcher wud have pain in his
back ivry time he thried to sind over
an in-shoot. An while l was feelin'
this way about tn foreign scum fr' m
Saint Looey, tn pitcher iv tn Browns
owned a shoe store in Madison Sthreet,
an cud be seen amy Winters day on
wan knee with button-hook in his
hand, an tn father iv tn Captain iv
tn Browns was an old frind iv mine
an held a job in tn City Hall.
It's scand'lous tn way tn games
ar-re wrote up in tn papers l agree
with me frind iy tn North Westhren
Christyan Advocate that thin young
fellows that write about baseball ar-re
mutylatin' tn language. In my day
twas diff'rent. TIL iditors wud not
disgrace their calm be speakin' iv
a pitchers arm as his port propeller
They were more dignif1ed, an always
alluded to it as tn south JOist They
nfver roasted tn empire in tn langu-
age now employed. But Whln he was
radically wrong, an 1t cud be alSlIy
seen that he was purchased, they sim
ply remarked that tn aujience showed
great restraint in merely chokin' him:
in less cultivated communities they
wud've made his map look as though
Napolyeon Bonypart had been workin'
on it.
Thin were the days iv baseball
I'm an old vethren spoots lover III
bet I've ct more bags iv peanuts an
emptied an threw more bottles iv pop
than amy man at tn game ylsterdah-
Why, me bboy, can raymlmber Whln
Al Spalding pitched FIR tn Rockfords.
Will ye think " tn 1t? | raymlm per
Why, me boy l can raymimber Whln
Worcester an Providence were in tn
league: l raymimber Will White play
in with spectacleS on; | see SILVER
Flint get his first bad finger; l was
atm popcorn in tn grand stand Whln
Cap Anson was thried out at third
base. an l lived to see him called
pop and thin 'Grandpop' an fin lily
become wan tn Elder Statesmen iv
chicago. I'm tn Oldest livtn' survivor
iy tn game, an wan iv tn things IKE
about it is 1t amt lawn tennis, and 1t
amt cut-ous fr'rom tn sunday sup
pHment it amt cricket.
It's baseball, that's what 1t is Ye
bet We Did ye liver see a game "
cricket? They tell me 1t lasts tnree
days, or ontil tn tea gives out. lVry
+ima q man hits tn ball he gets a
land last year that had score Nv Two
hundherd an fifty basins iv bonea' an
was not declared out ayether be IN
empire orth doctor. Think " IN
whole baseball nine goin' down TO
tent afther What's -his-name hao
soak ed tn spit-ba1 out iv tn lot an
gatherin' around tn tea table. That
was an excellent slap ye gave, Nike
Thank We, Terry; will ye have
sancer of Young Hyson?' I will,
with pleasure. Will ye take jam or
marmvlade. Oh, dear. I've made me
fingers all sticky. Is that a speck 1v
dirt on me pants? Well annyhoW,
T don't go to bat till next Thursdah.'
No. sir; not for me.
"Baseball's all right, with tn
nitcher rollin' tn ball in tn mud an
thin on his pants, an putin up ms
foot an his hands to tn same atty
tude an thryin' to sind tn ball SO
near th' batter's head that it'll scare
hin, to death without hittin him; an
~, batter hayin' tn alternytive iv
hittin. tn ball with his club or lettln
II hit him on tn chin; his eye not
helm, in he chooses to be hit, an fallS
down unconscious till tn empire says:
Take ye'er base an thin gets up
an, ,a,ns down to first at a pace that
wud've sint Barney Wefer's hands
above his head; an tn catcher is
iumnin' around lookin' like sub
marine monster: an livery man that
goes down to sicond base leaps into
tn lap 1v tn shortstop with ms spikes
on: an a fellow is behind thlrd base
tbrvin' to rattle tn pitcher be tellin'
hir3 tr all about his father! an tn
catcher walks down an whispers
eomathine in tn pitchers ear to
steady him, an comes back an has