The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-02-11

no collidge.
THAT explains tt
but that amt sayin' who's to play
first"
why. ] hear George Cowan lie 10
have q try out there
That's a joke"
Suppose you say that TO George
Johnny verbout viii be the main
s,ay in the box
How about Boyce?"
How about thls fellow Pearce7"
Aw, they're experiments. Verbout's
ar experienced man
Huh, Curtis Walker says he's n
gutter.
as that sol Well y awt tun hear
vtai Johnny says about Curtis"
Easy, DO, ktmem Der there are
gentlemen present"
II heae this new catcher. Lodge, Is
Eo.1e | acks- o."
Everything lodges in his mity 2"
'Iaats awful. Why didn't ats Ssv
he catches like house ahre?''
''Or he doesn't bungie low ones %
e you're fined. fan that would
disciplined"
Fired from the lodge, huh?'
Here's where / lodge "a complaint"
Il dodge Lodge"
Aw, they're all nuttyt"
Sorry Titman isn't going to come
back"
you're guying."
Say. the next one who makes a
pun
HAS to buy
WHAT"
Peanuts for the bunch"
Glad TO hear Baker is to be back
Now there's some shortstop.'
Most popular man on the team"
Yep. and the most valuable
Well. that don't get him any auto
mobiles
"sh. Bill Bradley might hear you"
rs Burke coming back Pc
Don't say that. folks'll be think
tng he's IN the Jim Jsffries club" r.
What club Is that"
"Aw. the Richmond club, ivory
head
.a.. Wen, | hope they have harmony in
the club
What does he play"
"Awl You saw that in the pa pers. "
Yes; and you'u see It again"
what Kind Of uniforms viii the
team have this year"
ss,os f's'eeSseet Esa t~sean ones At title open
ing; somewhat soiled later on"
II see the. Joints Ia goin' ttsh iawe
black and white, and black and gray
enes-striped. you know"
Same class there. -
depends upon the way the stripes
run.
'tIIow,s tsat?" ....
Use a can opener on that tin
roof
Go over 10 the Capitol grounds
and look at that bunch cleaning up"
"Aw' | a0n't mean stripes like
9OnVicts wear"
xviii somebody please sit on the
lid of that fellows intellect? It's COM
Ing unfastened."
..Gehtiemen! Gentlemen"
'Say somebody says they amt
more than three good first basemen
In the Amurriken League"
We'll, there's Chase and"
That's the reason"
Harry Davis Is stln some first
baseman."
land stahl"
"Hes out Of the game
Wei, there's stovall"
''Shucks!"
''Unglaubg"
Back to the minors"
U-mm! who plays first for st.
Looey7"
YES: who's playing first for the
White SoS?"
Tom Jones-he's due to go from
the Tigers. isn't he?"
''Come TO think Of II, first basemen
are not as plenty as prunes at a
boarding house banquet"
no: nor as stale jokes at this
session"
Frank Chance, he says no fellnh
quits baseball until hes thrown out"
Frank must be sure Of holding his
Job.
Lucky Fred Tenney In manager
OF his team. He wouldn't get a
chance TO play first, nohow."
v tAw, Tenney has forgot more about
playing first than some OF those ba-
bies ever knew"
That's the matter: he's forgot"
Dent spring that old one. What
Tenney forgot wasn't any use to him
and don't you forget that"
Has his little gavel out again"
It's necessary at times; must have
Il little order"
sss Anyone would think you were the
Proprietor"
mo. but I'm for propriety."
An. warm up: you're losing con-
troll
.That reminds me; has Walter
johnson signed yet Pc
~Ce Sherwood Maxesf"