Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-10-29
TOM GREEN ON
MURPHY'S mail
VERSATILE SPORTING WRITER or
THE BURLINGTON GAZETTE
At lT AGAIN.
A HUMOROUS ARTICLE
] Descrlbes Feelings Of President Of the
Cubs When He Received the
Post Cards From Edgerly's
Bunch.

4 Cubs When he Received tnS
Post Cards From Edgerly's
Bunch.
Tom Green, the versatile sporting
editor OF the Burlington Gazette mas
come across again with an article
dealing with Ottumwa. This time ne
considers the fans Of the ]. w. EdgerlS
drug house who sent post cards 70
\ President Murphy of the Cubs. upor
their defeat. The article is another
scream OF the inimitable Green variety
although he got his wires crossed
4 when he stated that the scene Of tne
\ deAp plot which he unfurls Is lalo
around the soda fountain at the
i Edparly store, The article follows:
aPoor old G. Webb Murphy. He IS
1 the president OF the Chicago Natlonal
/ league baseball club, better known as
4 the 5I,,lbs. In addition to suffering the
t humiliation attendant to the two de-
feats Of his club by the Athletics, ne
| has baen attacked from another quar-
! ter.
.The yindictive baseball fans VINO
,dissipate around the soda fountaln =.
Edgerly's drug store IN Oltumwa az -
-camped on. his trail. 'ReVenge -
sweet. is the refrain OF the ]eerins
screw. They never forget the nisle
Isbunch Of ball players Mr.. Murphy eA-
lsported to Ottumwa to play that cele.
'sbrated game with Egan's punch ias.
|saummer. Resentment deep and nerce
Ehnrnad into their hearts. The soua
fountain purveyor at Edgerly,s coulu
zen YOU that. He could unfold taies
lSoY immoderate libations OF cnocoiate
sundaes. ice cream sodas ana WINS
Hner it1 even cherry phosphates, tnas
would take away your appetlte IoI
sSudoa for week. He could impair.
hints OF lowered brows and rumpieu
hair. dropping cigarettes and muttereu
threats that would CONCEAL your coca
cola. No BEETLE proved Sicillan ever
harbored more deadly vendetta thai
this gang of indicators. 49,
"And what do they do? With menu
ish malice aforethought;I with q deauly
deIiberation and sardonic sagaclty anu
cruel cunning, this vengeance-steepeu.
Matched a plot worthy Oh
tNs dark ages when q catcher never
"a ma mn until the third strike.
"They conceived bombarding the I'M
hannv and crestfallen G. Webb Murphy
with post cards inscribed VIII sa.sa =.
III am rratulations on the outcome OF
the games in Philadeipnla. n aa,,a,t =,
Il! was more refinement OF cruelty
ever possible? Is 1t true that we ar
living In civilized age OF eiec.I,c
lights and street cars ana nopoio
skirts and union suits. perhaps Mui.
nhy deserved 1t. 1t 10 true MS onense
was grave and he got away Win tns
good Ottumwa mazuma, but there Is =
limit to everything.
3 ''t'e> pictures c. w. Murphy.
..Then picture to yourself 9. Wepp
Murphy: unhappy Murph, haggard anu
nnshayen in his palatial apartments IN
fhe blackstone hotel or wherever II IS
that he pays board Picture him with
3facid cheeks and heavy eyes and de.
snairinr mien telling OF nights OF
sieeplessness. Then focus your imagin.
alton on the gorgeously uniformed
he'll boy wading noiselessly through
the velvet carpets OF the hallway to-
Mr. Murphy's room There is the sub
d,,ed rap and the dispirited Come In
Al voice that would hardly be recog-
nized as that Of the usually debonalf
Murphy. !,
"Commiseration beams from the bell
boys eyes as he surveys the pitiful pic
ture Of the once strong and we'll
dressed magnate. He swallows sob,
a he hands Murphy bunch OF post
cards. Listlesly the shaken president
az the Cubs accepts the mail and gen.
erously doles out cent to the lad,
who withdraws filled with emotion.
Accusing himself from his stupor, G..
webb siances at the post cards. His
eyes alight on the OttumWa postmark
and terror and chagrin shine forth.
Taking q wonderful brace he reads the
cruel words inscribed thereon and his
face does some great team work with
conflicting emotions.
"One card after another is duly
perused and it Is heartrending to OBJ
serve the puerile attitude of the strick-
en- victim. When the last dread words
have been. duly digested, Murphy
slumps into his chair, scattering post
cards with pictures Of the Ottumwa Y.
M. C. A.; Main street on busy day:
killing hogs at Morrells; the Spanish
cannon; the Postoffice building; the
Ottumwa Courier and other views
across the mouquet carpet in wild con-
fusion.
Deep, desolate despair is depicted
ON the presidents countenance. A cry
like that Of lost soul fills the apart
ment. The wailing words reverberate
against the brass bedstead and re-
bound from the Louis XIV furniture:
Anything but that, anything but that
is his wall, followed by an awful ST.
lence and the drug store Danites OF
Ottumwa are avenged"