The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-28
'WOn i'm the Ninth"

II out OF the orchard, shaking the tree
for four more juicy ones for Lowell,
Ty fouled To Bowman. Three out Score:
10. After that for the third, fourth
NTH and sixth spasms neither side got
look-ln, although three hopcfuls from
each college went boldly TO the front
fore crossing the Rubicon
Seventh Inning,
In the stand-up session, however. the
tonsorihl artists m1dc the Lowell hair
stand up. lughic SEM the Infant in
for a piece of the pie. Jones. the first
shaver up, swung tho sign on Il drop
and raised II over Arthur's study box
for n single.
The fellow with the afr 6 p. IN.
name waited patiently. and as the Babe
couldn't see the plate because Knight
was SO near, lie walked. Wilson hit a
slow one to Johnny, which lie came In
on and rolled around the sod. while
Jones, Knight and Wilson pcrched on
the salt bags. Hughie wigwagged the
lnfield to come close, SO they could hear
the song of the Whirllng Sphere and
which knocked the wind out OF Hag-
ners organ and Johnny picked up the
sphere and hcaved II at the Barber band
which was sitting back OF Glbble be-
hind the screen to make them join the
music.
Jonesy and the Utter Darkness beat a
fast tattoo on the base lines and dis
ep Tors bench after @ their U.i@'" nnaI ' Journey @
toward the west Loud pedal by the
band and the Barber chorus and two
tallics
Babe got himself in tune by this time
and whanged out three high but perfect
notes, which Wheeler tried to reach In
unison with him, but couldn't Wilson.
who had reached third while the loud
pedal was open, was lulled 10 sleep by
the sweet strains and caught mapping by
Gibbic. Dorner sent a whistler out to
Talkington, who muffed IT. and the sing
tyN,~ loo.
The report OF the game went on in
this style TO the end. Tim had discoV-
cred a new language and he was proud
OF his effort When he had finished :, he
he reached home lie was called TO the
telephone. 1t was Prof. Bennett speak
Ing and he asked Tim II he could come
around and see him right away. He had
something to talk with him about. When
he reached the professors office he
found him sitting with puzzled ex-
preston looking at some manuscript
which Tim thought was his. II was.
Il don't quite understand this, sup
pose it is a report of the baseball game
with Barber yesterday"
think it's pretty Good2"
''Have they changed the baseball terms
recently? 1 hadn't heard OF II II not,
and this is only an original way OF yours
game. I'm afraid that we Will have to
dispense with Il. I'm afraid that coming
out as ii does with the .. Is. OF tho
department OF English the Lowell Re
porter win be discredited among the
alumni"
Il hope you won't cut it out" said
Tim. Yesterday game was mostly
one sided and dull affair and | thought
I'd lven il up n bit by putting some
spirit into the report
"WcH. but the words and terms you
use are not understandable" ..,
II think you are mistaken. professor,
about that ] think even the smallest
boy who knows anything at all about
baseball could understand perfectly what
Is meant"
Suppose we go over IT together" said
the professor and let me see Ii ] can
get an idea what IL is all about. Now
right at the beginning you say, Jones.
one OF the big family Il can understand
thaO the first to swing the willow for
the enemy, etc. what do you mean by
that" asked the professor