Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-26
SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR MAY Is. 1912


hadn't criticized me or called me down. |
wanted somebody to talk t., and yearned
for the companonship of the little rubber
back in college.
| dressed and went back to the hotel
heartsick. | began to wish I was back in
school, where somebody thought something
of me- | felt terribly alone
| could hardly eat that night, and when
dinner was over | went out on the lawn and
sat down on bench all by myself. | didn't
have the heart to talk to anybody. In a
few minutes | could see the players coming
by with their grips in their hands, laughing
and talking as they went to the train. |
was to be left behind for three days.
Presently the manager came across the
lawn and seeing me alone, stopped for a
second. | wanted to ask him some things;
but | didn't have the courage.
"Well, young fellow he said, with a
smile, stake care of yourself while we are
gone. You'll miss the big feed in Dallas;
but a days rest will do you good. So long"
And he was gone without having given me
a word of satisfaction.
THE train pulled out, and l was still
moping on the lawn when | spied Red
coming toward me.
"What's the idea of the NOPE stuff" he
you got any nerve left? Come on and show
some pep. Let's GO and get sody."
I went with him, and when we had taken
seat in the drugstore l noticed that Red was
not in the least put out by being left behind.
"Why do you suppose he didn't take u.s."
| asked
Because we tried to be wise guys, and
he slipped us the work, he replied. "Never
again will l try to slip anything over on that
guy oa,;oa
"Well, get WISE" he explained. ave
tried to fool him about them sore arms of
ours, and I'll bet whole stack of chips that
he was onto us all the time. You can't pull
anything off on that fellow
"Then l guess we won't have much
chance of making good | remarked rather
dolefully.
mix on that stuff! You're gettin licked
already. Get up and fight 'em. If | had
your curve and your education in my bean,
/ wouldn't care what they done to me. They
know you've got good curve too If they
hadn't cared anything about you, they'd
took you over to Dallas and let you pitch
your head off if you wanted to. That guy
knows what he's dom"
This was some consolation to me, and
got a little more a moment later, when |
discovered that the old catcher had been
left behind also He called me to one side
when we got back to the hotel and asked
me if wanted to go on hunting trip the
next day.
dts too wet for practice" he said, "and
we might as well go out and shoot awhile.
The walk will do you good"
Later he invited Red to go along.
We figured out that night that he was
taking us on this trip to tell us why we had
been left at home, and we were eager to
hear what he was going to say.
WE were up bright and early for the
" start, and we found the old catcher
waiting for us with rig. He had brought
along a lot of stuff to eat, and had also Dor
rowed guns for us. Neither of us could
shoot very well; but that made no differ
ence The old catcher could.
Red and were having such good time
that it was noon before | had even thought
of baseball. The catcher then announced
that we would have little lunch, and he
set us to work building fire while he got
some coffee ready and put it on to boil. 1t
was great fun, this camping out, and we en-
joyed it immensely. When we finally got
back to the hotel, Red and l stopped and
looked at each other in amazement.
aWhy, he amt said a word about base
BALL" exclaimed Red.
No." 1 replied, "and I haven't even