Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-10
CHAPTER XVI.
Hal Honused,

| Tim Murnin witnessed the great decid-
| Ing game from the press box at the Polo
Grounds. where he found lot of other
budding newspaper men who had been
sent to New York to report the game
for various journals. At big ball game
you find all classes of people. and every
class OF newspaper or periodical reports
the big games for its readers. Naturally
these reporters try to make their re-
ports interesting to their particular kind
| of readers. and that is why, for in
| stance, Swat Milligan in reporting a
game to the Railway Signal described 1t
| in lang sc that was perfectly ineligible
| to its ers. although it might be puz-
| cling patrons of the Farm Weekly.
Aft m got started on his report
| he g., looking over the shoulders of
the other reporters and had great idea.
This is it. He would crib an inning
| or part of an inning from each of the
| writer's near him Just to get their style
and he did it. When he got the jumbled
mass together and arranged it accord
| ing to the innings he wrote an introduce
ton and wired the report to Lowell.
| where it appeared in the Reporter the
next day. Here It is:
Lowell 6; Jefferson 5.
Hal and Honus. the Incompatible and
| inseparable beauties Of the Lowell posey
| garden, rendered the Jefferson assault
hopeless and Tim Murnins pets are re-
! turned as champions.
'Childe Harold, the peerless bunt-killer
| from the Pacific, stopped them ALL He
| dug them out Of the trenches, climbed
| into the ozone for the high ones and
| stabbed the wide ones for as natty a
| row OF putouts as ever graced the fourth
| column of the box score.
'Honus bumped the opposing slab
artists for an accumulation OF ordi-
| naries, reporters and varied assert
| ment of stick talk, including sizzling
| homer that made dents in the car tracks
| on Sth avenue and brought in a quar-
ter dozen of much-needed tallies, just
| enough to save the day
| When the game opened Tim looked
| over the shoulder of Swat Milligan OF
| the Railway Signal. sitting on his right,
and this is what he read a report of
| the first half:
| Of the home station, which Miner tried to
| flag as it switched to the overhead track
and got through ticket to Caseville.
Beach rolled one out of the depot,
which ran local all the way to Everson.
| but by the time Johnny shut off the power
Laird had caught an express which land
ed him safely at the Middle Junction. and
! Beach was returning to the first stop foI
more coal.
Capt Church went out on the Sacrifice
Limited and Laird and Beach rolled into
the next stops on time.
'Hoilins now received orders from the
Chief Dispatcher to squeeze the Laird
! Limited through and relieve the conges-
| ton. He made an opening and the LAIRD
! came through with wide-open throttle
| while Hollins went to Caseville.
Larry wanted a special for Joy ride
but there was nothing nearer than the
| first station and the General Superintend
ent suggested that he walk there.
Il "Warcford coaled one up for a. long rur
to Larktown, but the steam gave out bacl
of Port Arthur, on the Texas League Di
vision. and Sam went to Caseville. too
| as Beach pulled into the depot and wen
to the tank for water.
"Twitchell engineered one out to Hag
nervile. but Hans got his hand on thu
throttle and, putting on the reverse
backed 1t into the home station, where i
ran into and wrecked the Hollins Local.
| "Brest then pushed a Cannon Ball Eek
press out on the upper level, but Hal wa.
! walking the track. and it came to deat
stop when he set the block against it,
| For the second half of the first inning
| and first of the second Tim poached OF
the efforts of Francis Huff OF the Flower
and Fruit Weekly, and what he saw
looked good enough to put in his owr
copy.
Johnny Everson dispatched an unmar
ried one to right just to show he had ar
eye for beauty. The captain pushed &
clover-kisser to Larry and reached frs
as Johnny 1dOeu dt SScOilu- ldLAAISt vi
arched rainbow to the outer gardens
but Twitchell was there and plucked th'
bags of gold from the other end.
"Robb then shot bunch of pepper a,
Hollins, which the latter made a mess of
and Ty got to first.
Hans was invited to walk down tt
the church, but he preferred to stay
where the posies wave in the breeze
until he poked a blossom nipper out tt
Warcford's daisy patch and Iarke came
home with the first bouquet for Lowell.
"Ty was anxious to bring his bouque
home, too and show it to Hughie, but nix
J flowers were already in full bloom ant
; wilted in the dust at the plate wher
Roger touched them.
Lowell now went into the garden and
Mellen planted himself at the rubber. HI
looked ripe to Black. who tried to plucl
him. He nearly did it, too. and Mellen
weakened, dropped from the vine. ant
, rolled to Miner, who tossed him out OF
the garden to Hal. Black then alone