The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-16
New York Thespian Player Is
STEALING Home at Proc
tors Theatre.

Mike Donlin, wonderful baseball
thespian, is playing the sun-garden this
week at Proctor's, and he is spearine
hot stage drives in the approved man
ner which has made him one of the
idols of baseball. He is more than
ABLY assisted by his wife, Mabel Hite.
the couple appearing in a sketch called
stealing Home Mike does steal
nome after Hank O'Day puts him out
OF the game, and he receives a severe
call from his WHEY" who cannot be
to the fact that Hans Wag-
ner garnered four Societies and her re-
doubtable husband, the pride of Erie.
"a, n one of the most consistent bats
men that ever came over the precipice.
failed to get one past the inheld.
innings do sure look bad for Sir
Michael, but he is there in the pinch,
and matters come out all right.
: Newark far fiocked to the theatre
In goodly numbers yesterday afternoon
and last night, so much so that they
conveyed the impression that Others
on the excellent bill were selling
platers- They cheered long and loud
for Mike Donlin, and showed tina they
appreciated the fact that the star
Giant out1elder has a wife who will
aid him materially in burning up the
theatrical sacks.
The act opens with the orchestra
playing take Me Out to the Ball
Game" Mrs. Donlin's maid gets away
from the plate first, followed by Mrs.
D., who decries the fact that she had
to sacrifice going to the game. She
is a bit worried and p~etulantly asks
for her hair. After she had her puffs
all on she falls asleep at the switch.
OOidst get the jokeD OF course Mrs.
Donlin wanted TO now the result of
the game and has her maid call up the
Polo grounds. She explains hat she
is Mrs. Donlin, but no one apparently
understands her until she says Mikes
wife. Mikes wife The score is 3 to
WHEY is told that her Mike was
shooed away from the game by I'm
pire Hank O'Day, w~hereupon Mrs. on
lin declares that Mike is up to his old
tricks again. At this juncture the
irrepressible Michael Angelo enters and
is confronted with applause from the
and bleachers, but like the
mighty Casey Donlin is calm and tells
the fellows who are roofing for him to
look put or you'll make her jealous"
What was you trying to do, steal
homer asks Mrs, D: How dare you?
You probably said darn IT to the UNI
pire. Where did you learn TO swear?
/ suppose from Dummy Taylor. Don't
call me dearie; you're not talking to
any weak-kneed umpire like O'Day."
Naturally Mike feels like a fellow
who has dabbled with the ozone with
the bases s%trangled and he says: II
was safe at first by q mile and he
called me out. l was safe by six inches
anyway"
80 that is the kind of a man you
are? You let them all pick on YOU"
After some more dialogue Mike ex-
plains that all he said to ODay was:
you robber. Why can't you get the
dust out of your eyes? Do you want
TO give the game to Barney D~reyfuss?
You big stiff, you ought to be back in
the bush league, where you belong."
II told him that If ever he gave us a
square deal I would give 1t back TO
him
Mabel Hite Donlin then volunteers
the information that he must have said
more than that to oDay or he never
would have been chased. How many
hits did YOU get?' she asked. How
many hits did thou gettest?'
Nearly one answered Mike meekly.
'TIow many did Wagner get?'
-Four"
four hits. and you only get oneY" Mike
looks threatening, and Mabel tells him in
accents bold that he cannot scare her,
and remarks that It is 80 hard to train