Rocky Ford enterprise., 1910-04-22
A TENNIS MATCH
That Was Not Pulled OFF Accord
Ing to Schedule.

That Was Not Pulled OFT Accord
Ing to Schedule.
Tennis played at early hours Of the
morning is considered the very apex Of
athletic good form. Which accounts.
possibly, for the decided interest taken in
q s o'clock match arranged for Sunday
by a party Of young people. composed of
two well-known A. B. S. company men
and three popular young ladies of the
city. 1t has been truthfully said that
the hardest part Of early morning tennis
playing is the getting up. The party
mentioned before got up. thereby CON-
pleting the hardest part of the mornings
sport. That was all they accomplished.
however. The party in question little
reekoned on two other A. 3. S. company
men. who are said to have felt sighted at
having their rsekets borrowed. and not
being invited to partake in the festivi-
ties. Their feelings would be hard to ex-
plain-possibly they were peeved. Any
way. somebody-mind you. we don't
say somebody did the unforgivable
thing Of actually being rude and rough
enough to quietly enter the rooms Of the
two young men tennis enthusiasts in the
wee small hours Of the morning and
tool. carried away. vamoosed with
Whichever is right) the nice collection Of
tennis raekets, balls. etc., which were 80
carefully laid out for the tournament.
Twas = vile deed! And the eulpriis.
said to be bosom friends Of the sleeping
athletic men, with no eompunetion what
ever slipped away like ships in the
night. caught the Santa Fs at 1883 in
the morning. deserted their friends. as il
were. and enjoyed an undisturbsd rest at
an adjoining city.
Oh. yes! the five enthusiasts arose on
time. and then-eurses and eursss-ths
dastardly trick was revealed. 1t was an
awful plight, for remember. tbs cold and
elammy at s o'clock in the morning to
stand around with nothing to do. And
an angersd person finds it hard to
compose himself: and then. who could
have composed himself at that unsarthly
houre Why. it was outrageous. Shame
less men. to have done it. even though a
tr,fis peeved. HangingP Oh. yes. that
was suggested. too. but remember that in
the adj,ining town the brutss were
sleeping. happily and shamelessly.
Therefore. no hanging. no nothing. abso-
lutely nothing on earth. except to stick
around until the rest OF the world woke
up. The tennis enthusiasts-rathe
those who were at one time enthusiastic
did that. They stuck around: awful.
wasn't It? And the two unhung villains
are said to have spent the entire Sunday
or at least a part Of it in the adjoining
city.
But there was a rsdseming side TO Il,
There always Is. and the :wo unhung
fisnds were no exception. They actually
tslsgraphsd to the waiting athletes. tell
ing them where and why. Nice Of them
to do. wasn't it? The telegram read
something like this. and was received q
few minutes before church time: "wire
score At once; We are anxious. Find
raekets under bath tub. Great weather
for tennis" And they let young men like
that live. while even harmless dogs have
to be muzzled now.
1t might be well, also. in case the
thought has not yet entered the head Of
one Of the athletic young men. to take
this opportunity to tell him that it was
not-deeidedly was not-burRlars who
caused him to raise the terrifying cry for
help that night. No: reliably we are in
formed that il was those awful men
making away with the raeksts. Merry ?
Well. rather. Those two young thiefs
would tackle anything.
Yes. this world is q cold. cold place.
Especially at five in the morning. Life is
just one-no. better leave it unsaid.