The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-09-17
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1t was surely, big day.
THE crowd was estimated by. persons
OF greater or less ability and veracity
at ali, the way from seventeen: to fifty
Thousand. There were lots OF people
there. anyway.
"A young fellow was walking down
Main street last evening with two
girls. Ina very rash moment he was
seized with an idea to distinguish him.
self. He was ina semi-dark spot and
i no suddenly drew one Of the girls to
i him, planting n kiss. squurelyS on her
lips. The other. young lady Immediately
left them tossing her head disdailn.
fully. 7,,Ils Il
I 4, That Major Mnllow Is surely some
i horse.
II any other fair can establish q
State record. bring 1t along. The State
record was broken here last year aud
/ then ngain this year The 2:oe time
Will probably. stand for /. a while,
though.
There were a large number OF au-
tomobiles out yesterday. One big
seven-passenEer car came In from I'm.
iontown In the morning IN deturnal
!, Inst evening.
A great many people spent the after
non on the Main Heading instead CT
watching teh races. You can see the
horses any time. but it is seldom You
get the opportunity of seeing wild
| man, a two-hea,lcd. four-nrmed girl or
nm elephant man. s.s
An arrest for petty thievery caused
the crowds to desert the other attrac'
lions for a time and follow the police
to the gates.
It was hard to get seat In the
stands yesterday. Everybody came In
, early to see the stock parade and stay
ell for the races.
That fourth race had everybody
guessing. 1t was the first raceh OF the
meet to go the full five heats. si.3
sat next an old baseball man In the
grandstand. yesterday. We got to talk
ing. and after ten usual preliminary
discussion of the merits OF the various
league teams. he gave me the follow
ing graphic description OF a, race:
"Yes. l like this racln' game. It fs'
the regular old-fashioned hit an run
! sort. an Just suits me. don't ve.y
often bet on a baseball game. cause !
; know too much about baseball. nor on
a horse race. cause don't know
enough about It. But on day I did
:: sort o. get interested In race an i
/ bet with a Teller. = E
II picked q, team whose captain and
manager was dressed ir blue an'
white jersey, an cap. Well. the jumps
calls 'em out an after warmth up ia
little bit. the teams lines up. The jumps
gives EN- the play sign, an OFF goes
my team 1eadin' of with what looks
like a two Dagger. but the jumps calls
1t foul an they has to try 1t over.
Pretty soon. they get on the bases an ;
the game Is on. My team is palyin'
pretty fast. but is bein sort O. nosel
out. 1t looks to me. like a, hit would IA
won easy, but the cap. was holdIn' his
team In an maxim 'em hunt. seemed
like he's sort o. layin' fer an error on
the other side. But they nre p]ayin' too
fast and clean fer that. Pretty soon
the cap. let's 'em out little an 1t
changed the looks o. the game like a
home run with three on.
"Its the last half O. the ninth an my
team Is still ahead. The red jerseyed
team Is comm up tho the hases Is
full an a little hit or an error means
the game. ling! It's n long fly an It
looks like the games tied UP. anyway.
but my caps out there just watchin'
fer such play. He leans forward.
makes long throw nm catches the
man Mt the plate. Yes. sir. won. but
1t was awful close II I'd been the
other cap. I'd kicked when the ump.
called that out at the plate
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