Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-01
,.o., -,-,- ,u,,-, A Base Ball Story
UUV IN I0I VIVIn Christy Mathewson
Copyright. 1910, by r. ]. Bodmer. %.

of these boys who come from Canada
are, was pretty tired from the long ride
with no activity, and at bedtime went to
| bed and to sleep with no apparent thought
| OF the hard work before him the next
/ day. But during the night he must have
dreamed about bali game. for sud
denly the whole car was awakened by
| the noise of breaking glass and some one
was shouting: you will try to steal on
me, will you?" and when the boys stuck
| their heads out from between the cur
| tains they saw Gibbs in one end of the
| car Il .ajamas over which he had put on
/ his sian guards, pad mask and glove, and
| looking toward the other end Of the car
| could be seen badly shattered mirror
through which Gibbie had just moment
! before thrown something. He had been
| walking in his sleep and, putting on all
his catching outfit, had for five minutes
| been making signals at himself In the
| glass at the other end of the car. Think
| ing he saw base runner, he picked up
what he thought was ball ut was in
| reality one of Hans big shoes and
| snapped 1t at his own image in the mir
made perfect throw and the shoe went
| sailing into the mirror. They finally
managed to wake him up, but had hard
| time doing it, for Gibbie kept saying:
| Don't put me out of the game. ! want
to catch every game on the schedule this
| season."
| For Hal the trip was a great novelty
He and the other freshmen had never
u,
| and it was great novelty for them.
| The ovations the boys received at the
| different stations were particularly inter-
| eSting, and at almost every station the
| alumni and friends of Lowell, after shak-
! ing hands with the old boys on the team
and wishing them good luck. would al
ways say, where's Case? We want to
see Hal and Hans, also Robb and Talk
| ingtOn. Between stations he read few
short stories for boys, as he was always
| interested in them Hal was not known
/ to be superstitious and did nothing on go
1 ing to bed that would show that he was,
so it is impossible to write down anything
about him here along this line. Hal. how
| ever, did wear his cap on the train and
just before he went to bed he took wad
| of chewing gum out of his mouth and
| stuck it on the button on the top of his
cap. There may have been no supersti-
ton connecteo with that, however He
| probably only wanted to put it where he
could find it.
Huyler, the utility and pinch hitter. got
a new nickname on that ride. They
called him the "Candy Kid No one
have been suggested by the numerous
confectioners signs which dotted the
landscape all along the route, and partic-
ulary those of one manufacturer whose
newsbOyS on the train.
Black. whose youth was spent in the
coal districts Of Illinois. was happy be-
cause he was on his way to his own
state, and whenever they passed train
load of coal on the way he would tell the
boys what great business coal mining
was. You wouldn't think he would have
much love for coal or mines either, for as.
boy he had lost two of his fingers of the
right hand by getting his hand caught in
some machinery at one of the mines near
his home while playing around 1t. But
Miner always said that if he had more
than three fingers left on his pitching
hand he probably could not throw the
kind of curves which he did. but would
have to pitch the same as others, and he
probably wouldn't amount to much as q
pitcher If he did.
| For Babe Radams the ride was one Of
doubt He wanted to get into the game
the next day. but only an accident to
Miner would give him chance, and he
to sit on the bench. He wouldn't think of
hoping that Miner would have to be taken
out of the box. but he felt confident that
he could take care of the job IL he got
real chance, and perhaps they would let
him pitch the second game IL Lowell won
the first. Babes thoughts, however, were
all for the glory of Lowell, and SO he really
wished that it wouldn't be necessary to
call on him during the first contest. He
had acquired a good deal Of glory as Sec
ond pitcher on the team. and felt sure
that next year he would be the first pitch
| er for the team, since Miner would be out
| of school.
Before L o'clock, however. all the excite
ment had settled down in the car and
everybody was asleep. Gibbie had forgot
ten his troubles and Delvin had quit
glad, SO they slept on undisturbed until
the porter woke them about in the
morning and told them they had arrived.
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