The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-07-10
S4FTER HANS AGAIN..

i wen, Hans. : cannot fohpf eisnd'
il yon- meaning when you say that Ca
itaRba did not win; from the z iantsss
| OF 4onlt. II you do not call them
-Giants'' would Ike 10 see the ones IS
you Gull Giants that you c1n-
Tess that we won from Norwood and
that they had Giant players. Ycl
could not help confesslng to that by
their size. l hear that the !" Farner-s..
ihayo gone bankrupt since we won
their ball. and took 1t on our muEcl..
from the .tGIants." What do yoH
think zof Giants that would allow a
team OF light-weignts to take their
ball out OF n field that was enclos,.l
with ragweed? / am sorry to hear
tnnt the Norwood team has gone un.
der. and all on account of Toe ball.
But there is not n doubt that we Will
see the Farmers. from Steele Town
with n smile on their faces when thew
get their brick wheat frailed out
enone; to get another ball. ~. -
Now. Hans. you Surely would nave
had to smile II You had followed the
i."Giants- up the hill when they start
ell to take the ball from the little LETT
fielder. when he was going home with
It safely tucked In his hip pocket. ami
when the Giants" caught UP with
the little fellow you should lave seen
Rain in-tne-Face plead for that ball.
1t was worse thnn niger" at the
stake pleading for his life. That wns
the first time that ever saw thee
"Giants" plead to n dwarf, compared
i'm size to "Ginnt," when all Rain-iE-
the Face would have had to do, was
TO set mis- Giants braves on the 1T
tie fellow and took the ball by force.
But instead of that he just nrancel
around like Gnme.cock. and showed
his teeth like n mad dog. and afte:
he had put up n loud talk he was last
seen with an axe looking for frail
TO go after that bucllwheat. with the
object of enrning another, ball by the
sweat of his brow. Now. Hans. you
mentioned the fact that we used two
of your "Glants" in our lineup. That
was fact, hut 1t was caused by on-
Inability to get full team ut the conf
mcncemcnt of the game. You vii!
note that the only score that tho
Farmers" were able to obtain was By
an error of /: our first baseman. Mr.
Huffman. Not throwing any insinun-
lions. on Mr.. Hurfman's playing. fer
that Is one tlfng any player is Liable
to do. just mentioned the fact, tc
call your attention to 1t.
And again, Mr.. Hans. about tia:
side bet you mentioned. We are not
afraid OF anything you could muster
mp in Hoult that. looks like ball
team. but If you will publish your
lineup in the paper, we will consider
your offer of n $500 bet. And about
the ball that Is in play mt the last o.
the game. I guess that little lef.
fielder will take care OF that as sit IL
mis- customary rule to get the bail
whether he wins 1t or not. "And as tn
the bats, gloves" and mask and yoEr
outfit. never saw anything up thnH'
that was worth playing for. except
that ball. and 1t was the best one ]
ever saw them have. 1t certainly wrs
n shame to take 1t, but you know VIC
have to keep up our practice. and 4
new ball comes in handy these kind
OF times. Thanks to the buckwneit
frai!crs for having new hall for us,
That was fore than I expected ms thnt
was the only game we ever had II
chance to win a ball from them. AMI
1T was the only new ball ever saw
them have. You mentioned the fact
that Tom Haun was released from tic
Farmers" team and that he was Too
slow, That did not surprise me tho
least. ms Tom made more than score
OF trips to Norwood to play ball with
the Farmers" and the only thing ne
got was. "You are all right-Tommy.'
and swamp water to drink. The? new
er even offered him n sandwich. and!
then let him walk nome. can't see
how they expect n boy to play ball
and nothing on the inside to keep him
balanced. But Tommy is n nervy TEL
low. or nc could never have made the
trip home.
1t did not surprise me much as
Raiu-in-the-Face doesn't look as
though he had any more to eat thar
was really, necessary as all. during
tine game he mad nothing but sour
grin for any OF his braves And to
. have sen them leaving the ridge ntter
they had made their last attack Gil
the title left fielder. was something
to he remembered. y. They looked rE