El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-08-05

ing in the strong stuff He's a regu-
lar reservoir"
This remark is greeted with silence
because no one has nerve enough to
come out with a positive denial of the
tale. As a matter Of fact, Pat never
touches the strong stuff" and If he
punched all his annual drinking into
one night. he'd still be thirsty. But
that doesn't make any difference with
| our friend. He has scored a point by
seeming to know why Pat dropped the
foul ball.
Charley Herzok is on first base. He
starts for second with the pitch.
Kaiser, at bat, takes a healthy swing
seats. Charley crosses second, but is
called back
COur friend is in a rage.
He had it STOLE" he roars, "and
that bonehead Kaiser went and spoiled
it by fouling off that ban. It was a
bad ball. too. They must have cholor-
oformed Tenney when they handed him
| that guy
II you'd tell the angered one that
Kaiser and Herzog were trying TO
work the hit and run. and that Kaiser
would have been called" if he hadn't
swung, you would be laughed at or
treated with contemptuous silence. 1t
never happens. on a hit and run play
where the pitch is fouled that some
one doesn't say. He had it STOLE" and
storm at the batter
The Rustlers are at bat in the last
half Of the ninth. The score is to
3 against them. Jones singles and
Spratt, batting for Mattern, sends a
double to right Buster Brown.
coaching at third, makes Jones stop
there. There is q pretty good chance
for him to beat SchuIte's throw to the
plate There is also a small chance
that Sehulte's throw viii beat him.
Coacher Browns act raises a storm of
protest.
you bonehead. He could have
walked in Get somebody out there
that knows something"
And just because Brown does know
something, he has held Jones at third
What he knows is that at to T. de-
feat is just as bad as a to beat
ing that Jones's run isn't worth six
cents if Spratt doesn't score, too, and
that Joness run is almost sure to be
scored if Spratt's the needed one, is.
Sweeney fans. Tenney fouls out and
Hoffman takes Herzog's long fly. The
fan goes home convinced that Buster
Brown has an ivory dome If he
stopped to think. he would realize that
Jones's record for runs scored was the
only thing that possibly could be af-
fected by the act of Mr.. Brown. and
there was just a chance that Schulte's
throw would have fastened the end
The agreement that Schultz might
have thrown wild and thus allowed
Spratt also to score doesn't hold water,
for good outfielders aren't taking any
chances Of overthrowing in eases like
f,.c+ ho1
back into the diamond. so that some
one can prevent liberties on the bases
What Really Happened.
Here's one that actually did happen
1t was at the Detroit game on the
Huntington avenue grounds on the
18th day of June. With one out, Nun
amaker singled through Bush Hall
sent a grounder to OLeary, who tried
to nail the catcher at second. but was
too late Hopper popped fly which
Bush gathered in.
Gardner hit a slow one over second.
OLeary picked up the ball. but saw
that he had no chance to throw cut
Gardner He bluffed to peg to Dele
hanty, who was playing first, and then
uncorked a throw to Moriarty. Nun
amaker had reached third and wand
cred a few feet toward home He tried
desperately to get back. but 1t was too
late, and Mor1arty tagged hrm lot Nne
third out.
Almost simultaneously the following
storms broke from two real fans:
We'll. what do you think OF that
stone covered b1anketVb blank Irish
Donovan letting him get caught like
that?"
well, that fat-headed bum Of
Dutch Engle. Who told him he could
coach?r
Bill Carrigan was the coacher, and
Bill has no strings attached to Mr..
Nunamaker's feet. Nor had he done
anything to deserve being called a
stone5coTered Irish Donovan or bum
of a Dutch Engle.
However, Bill and Buster Brown
and Pat Moran and all of them are still
alive and happy, and the fans are even
happier They go out there to have a
good time and they have it. Things
are often done which doesn't please
them. at ali-things that would be
done differently il they were in charge
But, believe, US, they wouldn't have
half as much fun if they were In
charge, or II they got in through the
pass gate