The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-08-09
III GIRL LISTENED.
But the Sequel Showed h Did Not Need
Information About Baseball.

Information About Baseball.
aGreat kidders. these New York girls.
chr" said a buyer from the West who takes
in the ball game every afternoon OF the SUM
mel month he spends In New York. Il
took one Of 'em TO q game between the
Giants and the Pirates one day last week
She was a pretty and I thought rather
bashful sort of girl.
know anything at all about the game
of ban?' ISasked her when We wore on the
way out to. the park.
"But she suddenly switched the CONVEX
sation to something else. Itook 10 that abe
didn't want to confess her ignorance OF the
game to me for fear that I might start In to
unravel It's kinks for her benefit.
ever been to q game before3' I asked
her as we entered the grounds.
a'Ye-es,' she replied, rather hesitatingly,
and then / doped It that maybe she'd only
seen some bunchsof amateurs play the game
and that she dIda't want to own up that
she'd never seen the stars perform.
a.Well,' said +. after we got settled In our
seats, maybe it'll be just as we'll for me to
tell YOU a little something about the game
before they begin to play. and then / started
off on that usual rigmarole that fellows I'M
coll III EXPLAINING LILO BoiiiO Vi ooh w oAA~1
folks. You know the kind Of stuf-'Now,
there are nine men IN a side-pitcher.
catcher, first. second and third basemen,
shortstop. and so on. and each one has Q
separate piece Of territory to cover n all
~that-right on through the whole spin.
@Now, say, on the level, she listened to
it all with what looked like wide eyed in
terest and never cracked even o symptom
of a smile. Not only that but she said
'Yes2' and Isn't that SINGULAR and What
does the catcher do then3' and Surprising
the man drops the bnllf' and a lot like that
with the most serious face In the world.
while 1 went right along drooling to her
the story of how the game OF baseball ID
played and perforned-gee! 1t a me
blush now to, remember 1t.
81 was still explaining the game to her
at the rate Of about two hundred words O
minute when. the .megaphone man an
nounoed the batteries Tor the two teams
and the umpire busted of the plate and
yelled 'Batter's up!' and the game was on
-Then it occurred. l thought there
seemed to be something critical, not to say
expert. in the gaze with which she regarded
the lineup Of the two teams. but 1t wasn't
until the end Of the inning that I recovered
sufficiently from the shock even to hand
her my best article In the way Of q reproach-
full gaze. So far as I remember 1t, here's
about the way ehe comInonteo on tnaG niss
inning, beginning at the moment that the
ssThomas leads. on for the Smoketowners
now, does her He couldn't hit an airshlp
with a barrel stavel Well, well. he did
lam u a two sanker. didn't he3
s'Oh, well, hat won't get EN- anything.
Leach can't hit himself on the wrist with
his open palm. Ohio. I knew he'd punch
out. o., -.
s'But there's Clarke-Im always. afraid
Of that old man. There. what did I tell
you-a beauty, and Of course Thomas
Clarke on ~seoond-can you beat that, MIL
s.And here comes Honus wagner-and
look at the way Matty 10 lobbing them over;
a rock at a birds nest. Matty hasn't got
a thing but his glove to-day. I wonder
II he thinks those slow ones are going to
There, didn't'I tell you that Wagner
could just eat up that kind, n II 1t isn't
doesn't somebody buy Seymour q metz
Letting the ball 90 through him that wayl
Mighty little pep In the Giants game to-day
anybody can see that.
.'It's q wonder Muggsy doesn't lake
Matty out-he looks like he was at . wake.
Well. they've got the two sign on Us already
and IL we cut that down we'n be going
come and a whole lot more.
Nope, l didn't say anything 9 nor.
that only drew the ripping laugh.
a.Don't get cross she said. 1t seemed
80 funny to hear you explain the game that
couldn't resist the temptation to let you
go on. But, mercy me, I've been a thirty
third degree fan almost since l wore my
hair in pigtails.'
Great lot Of kidders, these New York
girls, and no mistake