The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-07-08
AnswERIoH OF HouET



EATAWBA, w. July Some
|ttmesngo W. read piece In the West
|EIrsInian in regard to the game OF
ball with catawba and the Norwood
lGiants. Hans,.of Hoult. claims CataW-
la is too slow for the Giants, Of Hoult
but / think he is out OF his heal
there. Hans claims that Norwood re-
leased Heap Much Talk Tom. but II
think he is mistaken about that for
Tom claims that the Giants sent MIN
worrl to came to R~ivesville one Sun.
day and he said Norwood was too slow
a company for him. He said IL he
couldn't play with any better team
than Norwood Giants he guessed he
wouldn't play ball. Hans stated thai
was the worst game OF ball the Giants
ever played on the Norwood diamond.
whea the Catawbn boys. beat them by
the score Of 4 to 1. Heap Much Talk
was too much for the Norwood Ginnts
or |. looked thnt way. The reason why
tne Giants win SO many GAMES they
are always playing some boys from
the First ward that are just trying to
learn how to play the game. When
ICatnwba won the game from the
Giants they took the ball and Steele
stated 10 Heap Much Talk Tom that
they didn't play by the rules they:
they just played for the fun Of 1t.
Catawha beat Montana the other day
but they don't go around and boast
about 1t like the Norwood Giants.
Hans must of been up to Clnrksblrs
| when he said Cataw,ba was too slow
a company for the Giants. But Ca
tawha claims Norwood has got the
weakest batting team they kno" OF.
| Hans, II the Giants want to give Ca
tnwba the return, game we would like
to gee tiem come down on the Ca
tawbn diamond but we think they are
afraid OF the Catawba boys. Norwood
IL nil right as long as they are ahead.
but when they are not they are all
| wrong. Well. we'll. we'll. Hans. the
boys claim you wanted to bet the Ice
| cream that Catnwba would lose. but
I. think that you are glad you didn't
| bet now. Heap Muck Talk Tom. as
| YOU cali him, was too much for the
Norwood Giants and he is nothing bat
4 kid but we have n far better t1an
he. Harris. the left fielder. who took
the ball. Jim Grow. as you call him.
stated that he heard some of the
| Giants players say that they would
tnke the ball hut I don't guess they
| did. Facenbnker, the s~iheheaver.
| pitched against Catawbl but he sure
ly got mis- bumps. The POOR Giants
only got one hit off Heap Much Talk
from. And II Harris. Dur left fielder.
the one that toole' the ball had of
! pitched. they wouldn't OF got ~. We
heard Norwood Giants broke UP after
our Cntawbn boys took the only ball
they hnd. Michaels. our star first
sacker, wasn't In the game or tho
Giants wouldn't have scored. They
ievc1l got SO mad that they cnsscf!
thei- own players. 1t Is true that
| Norwood has got one very good player
! and that is Hess. the short stop. but
the rest is on the bum. Steele. the
catcher, is stuck on his playing when
he throws to second he runs clear up
TO the pitcher before ne throws the
ball and Hans you know that isn't
pln. Ing bail. is. It? Hans. If yot Will
only get the Norwood Giants to come
down and give us the return game
we will surely send our boys up. Hans
what did you think OF the game Mt
Rivesville when Norwood got their
| river onions 1t surely was n shame.
You. saId something In regards tn
Huffman playing with lis. We couldn't
do any better for we had to have SOME,
one to play IL our other player would
have come We wouldn't nave nsk hirh
but we mad to have some one. HUFF.
man played n right good game of ball
only at the bat he didn't do very well
there the boys claim. We think the
Norwood Giants are surely n joke. We
thought c would. leave our star first
~sac!ser ut nome and not use or star
pitcher either. We thought We would
give Heap Much Talk Tom n chance
and see If they coull do anything with
him and II they did they were going to
put Harris. the ball carrier. In and see
II you could do anything with his de.
livery. But we didn't have to for
| Heap Much Talk Tom was too much
for tine Giants.
Yours very truly.
SLAGLE.