Bisbee daily review., 1909-09-11
CAUGHI IN PASSING


 In connection with the recent ap- pearance of Tonsorial Artist Kinney as an umpire in the Douglas MucsSer affair of Wednesday. the cause of his supposedly bad sight has been 1n- earthed. after much prying and pom dering, with noses to the ground, by a number of would-be sleuths who took 1t upon themselves to solve the mystery.
 And it comes to pass that 1t wasn't the result of bad eyesight on. Kinney's part. But he was whet you would call fsr-Sway sighted, and the farther and harder he gazed as that Wednesday game progressed, the louder he would bawl strike three !" no matter who was at bat In some instances 1t was "ball three" but Bis bee never got the benefit of those.
 In the grandstand. just back of the pitchers box, sat a number of ac- .tresses from the orpheum theatre. as interested in the game as the players themselves. As Kinney stepped be- hind the pitcher his gaze became riveted upon the face of one of the ladies. and there's the mystery solved. He never removed his gaze.
 As inning after inning rolled by and Kinney found his smiles and amorous looks were tirely wasted, the worse became hss decisions. And finally at the end of the ninth, with Royal at bat, he made one iast, de- spairing effort to win al least one smile of recognition as the ball left the pitchers hand. He failed dis mally and stony glances met his ai. vances. EssS sxskg@ @
 Strike threei" he yelled spitefully, on one of Rube Walters wide ones.
 "oh, you'll" screamed the object of his affection in the grandstand. Woods. get an umpire!" she cried. And his prospects were forever queered.
 Graham should have known better. Wha chance has a mere arbitrator for favors from the fair sex compared with our mighty heroes of the dia- mond, for whose athletic figures only, the ladies have eyes. especially when set of with their trump-cards uni forms?
 Step right up, ladies and gentle men, and witness the performance of Don Carlos and his marvellous trained baboons, lions and dogs. Just from Madrid where Don Carlos performed before his majesty. King Alphonsc. and anyone going away from Seattle without having seen this show shauld be ashamed Come on! You'll have to HURRY! The biz snow starts right away!"
 Anyone sauntering down Pay Str ak at the Seattle fair is greeted by the above announcement from one of the many "bally-hoo"' men. As the spieler says, if he's there to see the whole of the exposition, he'll probably laboriously cough up the necessary fifteen oentavos which entitle him to have a look. If he's Bisbeeite, hell find before he gets out that it's paid him to go in.
 Here's what he sees. First a num- Der of dogs go through evolutions to the accompaniment of cracks of the whip and coaxings from the Don's wife, who's ring misteress for this particular period. Then, We are in- formed by the leather-lungei m nouncer, to prepare for the entrance of the original and only Dor Carlos, decorated for his feats as an animal trainer by King -Alph rlso just be- fore bringing his unparaIled, unequal- ca. stupendous productiol 10 thi5 country"
 There is flourish of trumpets, the animals on the stage move expect antly, and in enters-our old friend Charlie Hall, former Bisbee liquor dispenser, wearing high boots. silk hat, skin tight buff trousers and a coat encrusted with medals. "Don Carlos" make a sweeping bow, plays ball with baboon. makes lion step around with cracks of the whip-and then. shakes hands with any Bisbee friends who may yell Hello, Char lie"