The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1911-07-07

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 I'D II
the seventh and in the eighth, with q
man on bases the batter hit a little
bounder right at the short stop. Just
as 1T was going to bound into his hand
the ball hit a horned toad and bound.
ed crooked and they tied up the
score. W. got another run in the
ninth. and in their half a nan was on
second, two strikes on the batter, and
1t looked as If we had the game won.
l pitched a spit bail hat 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.
Tor Just as l pitched a big tarantula
crawled over his wrist and INTO his
NIT. He was SO scared he didn't even
chase the ball SO l had to do it. One
run had counted, evening up the score,
and the batter was running wild. /
reacned the ball and started to pick
II up, but didn't-and the run count.
cd n beat us out of the game"
why didn't you pick up the ball,
JIM asked an interested listener.
PICK 1t up?' he demanded. II
should say not. There was a cent?.
pede crawling up one side of it and
a scorpion perched right on ton. l
let that game 60"
f1enry 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 night, and yet between the player
ana the umpire there exists a deep
seated admiration. Somehow they re.
call Levers Charles not SAM soma
about the Irish:
"Fightin' aich other for the sake O,
peace,
And hatin' aich other for the love of
God"
II anyone remarks to Evers that
ODay is a bad umpire he is likely
to get a hard call, and no one can
tell ODay Evers is a bad ball PLAYER.
When Evers broke his leg at Gin.
clnnatl late in the season-an acct.
dent which wrecked a lot of Chicago's
nope for the worlds championship,
ODay was one of the most sorrowful
Of the gang.
It's pretty tough on me-" remark.
ed Hank that evening. speaking of tho
accident to Evers. Il suppose he'll
be In an ambulance out by the club
mouse all during the worlds series,
and III have to stop the game and 20
out 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.
When the Cards were going to
pieces during h latter part of last
season and everything was turning
against them, a rabid writer, dig.
pleased because the opposing batters
kept hitting balls just where Steve
reach them. spoke sarcas.
tlcally of him as belonging to the
Shady corner club" Meaning that
Steve played far out in order to get
into the shade of the fence and es.
the b%roiling sun.
The following day, along in the
middle OF the game, Evans appeared
in the outfield with a huge Japanese
umbrella and a camp stool. Unfold.
ing the parasol he seated himself on
the stool, lighted a cigarette and tried
to get away with it. The apprecia.
tive roar of the crowd warned the UNI.
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 10
Louis.
Evans is irrepressible. One even
Ing in New York during last seaso
he was invited, with several othe
players, to dine at one of the most ex.
elusive clubs In the city. The club
IS one composed almost entirely OF
among them some of the
most prominent figures in Wall street
The host was a man of great wealth
and also a great baseball fan, and
perhaps he thought that the PLAYERS
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