The Ely miner., 1911-06-02

under the ban ready to catch n, Fhen
rattlesnake commenced rafting, and
he turned and ran for a club to kill
1t with. Before he killed the snake
three runs had scored and we were
two behind. We tied them up in
the seventh and in the eighth, with a
man on bases the batter hit a little
hounder right at the short stop. Just
as 1t was going to bound into his hand
the ball hit horned toad and bound-
ed crooked and they tied up the
score. We got another run In the
ninth, and in their half a man was on
second, two strikes on the batter, and
it looked as If we had the game won.
pitched spit ball that cut the plate
In half and the batter swung at it.
Instead of catching the ball the catch
er jumped ten feet and let out a yell,
for just as 1 pitched a big tarantula
crawled over his wrist and onto his
NIT He was so scared he didn't even
chase the ball so had to do 1t. One
run had counted, evening up the score,
and the batter was running wild.
reached the ball and started to pick
1t up, but didn't-and the run count
ed and beat us out of the game"
why didn't you pick up the ball.
Jim?" asked an interested listener.
Pick it up?" he demanded. Il
should say not. There was a cent?
pede crawling up one side Of it and
a scorpion perched right on top. I
let that game 60"
Henry ODay, the umpire, and
Johnny Evers of the Cubs are the
dearest enemies. The pair would feel
lost If they didn't have each other
to fight, and yet between the player
and the umpire there exists a deep
seated admiration. Somehow they re.
call Levers (Charles not Sam) song
about the Irish:
"Fghtin' aich other for the sake of
peace,
And hatin' aich other for the love of
God"
If anyone remarks to Evers that
O'Day is bad umpire he Is likely
to get hard call, and no one can
tell O'Day Evers Is bad ball player.
When Evers broke his leg at Gin
cinnati late in the season-an acci.
dent which wrecked lot of Chicago's
hope for the worlds championship,
: O'Day was one of the most sorrowful
/ of the gang.
TITS pretty tough on me-" remark.
ed Hank that evening, speaking of the
accident to Evers. 81 suppose he'll
! be in an ambulance out by the club
house all during tho worlds series,
and I'll have to stop the game and go
Fout there and chase the ambulance
!. off the field"
Steve Evans of the st. Louis Cardi.
| nails is one of the comedians Of the
game, besides being quite a ball play
er When the Cards were going to
pieces during the latter part Of last
season and everything was turning
against them, q rabid writer, dis
pleased because the opposing batters
| kept hitting balls just where Steve
couldn't reach them, spoke sarcas
tically of him as belonging to the
Shady corner club" Meaning that
Steve played far out in order to gel
into the shade of the fence and es
cape the broiling sun.
The following day, along In the
middle of the game, Evans appeared
in the outfield with huge Japanese
umbrella and camp stool. Unfold
inG the parasol he seated himself OF
the STOOL lighted a cigarette and tried
to get away with it. The apprecia
| tive roar of the crowd warned the um
pire that something was going on
and he banished the outfit from the
field and forced Steve to stand in the
broiling sun-which is some broil II
| ST. Louis.
/. Evans Is irrepressible. One even
ing in New York during last seesor
; he was invited, with several othe,
players, to dine at one OF the most ex
elusive clubs in the city. The clut
/: is one composed almost entirely O
! millionaires, among them some o. thu
most prominent figures in Wall street
THE host was a man of great wealth
,and also a great baseball fan, ant
perhaps he thought that the player:
would be a trife awed and have 9
better realization Of his own impor
lance IL they were entertained at the
club, so he took them there.
AS the party entered tho club the
lounging room was filled with million
aires, some Of them in the multi class
Evans stopped Just inside the door
way and surveyed the thyong; mer
whose names will start panic o.
boom q stock, sitting in deep chairs
most of them in evening clothes. Ther
he raised his voice and remarked 81
as to be heard all over the room:
'Lcok at them. Just Finished {
days work, taken off the overalls
hung up the spade and pichs. and are
here wasting their dollar and half IL
riotous living. I suppose they'll ST
here ard rush the can until they've
spent their wages. It's q sad sight
And he passed, mournfully shaking
IS head through the room, leaving {
speechless bunch of autocrats gazinl
after him.
Copyright. 1s11 by Joseph 3. Bowles.)
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