The Forrest City times., 1911-05-12
The Vestry Fans.

terminable Cub game. In honor Of the worlds series. Chance permitted the rules governing the limit. which is quarter during the season. to be broken, and they were playing that grand old suicidal game. of each ante a quarter, one dollar limit and all lacks, and raising two or three times before the draw. The New Yorker sat in to get his part of the worlds championship spoil, and they observed him approaching. The third hand dealt he opened the pot for one bone right under the gun. and He had three nine spots. Tom Needham calmly boosted it dollar, and, after some study. Mordeeai Brown gave it anoth- CT tilt. The customer with his threes boosted again Needham and Brown hoisted him
 The customer, trife dizzy, only re- | mained and pushed two hesitating and reluctant beans into the pot. Need ham raised, Brown raised and Need ham staid and drew two cards, while | Brown held his pat and the stranger drew two without helping his hines I ham bet a dollar. Brown raised him, Needham raised back and the stranger with sigh showed his three hines into the discard and swore softly at the luck" Brown raised, Needham raised, and Brown, after seconds study, called.
 "Whatche got, Tom?" he demanded.
 Pair of fives," laughed Needham.
 Just top you-pair of sevens," said l Brown. taking down the pot. For moment the stranger stared I Then he remarked:
 This is no place for poker play 1 CT" and crawled out
 Big Bill Lange. once the hero of An 1 sons famous Colts. came east last fall | for the first time in II years. to see 1 the first worlds championship series
 he ever beheld While in Chicago he
 told the story of what he considered | the most freakish catch ever rade.
 T made that catch on the old East
 ern park grounds in Brooklyn" said 1 Bill. There may have been more l wonderful catches, but l think that
 was the freakiest ever made and it saved us a ball game"
 The grounds at Eastern park were | extremely long, and not very wide l and the center fielder could go mile l back without hitting a fence. If you 1 remember, l used to have a way of 1 coming in fast on fly ball and sliding 1 to it if l saw I could not reach it standing up. Well, in this game, Treadway was at bat, and when he got good crack at a ball he would drive it a mile or so out to center or to right center, so l played way out They had a couple of runners on bases and long hit meant that would beat us out. Instead of lifting the ball far out, as l expected him to do, Tread
 way smashed low, hard line hit straight in my direction. I thought l could reach the ball and went tearing in at top speed. I saw l could reach the ball without sliding, and kept on at as fast a gait as l could. l was almost to the ball when my foot caught, some way, and I pitched for ward onto my face. lost sight of the ball entirely and threw out both arms to save myself. As I hit the ground my feet flew up behind me just as the ball went over my head That ball hit right on my heels and popped at least 30 feet into the air Ryan had been coming over fast to back me up if the ball got past me, and he trotted in and caught the ball before 1t could hit the ground and retired the side All I ever got sore about was that I didn't catch that ball between my heels
 Copyright. 1sll by Joseph B. BowIes)
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