La Junta tribune., 1912-06-15
WEDNESDAYS BALL GAME.
BY the Society Editor.

baseball game Wednesday afternoon.
She has no apologies to offer. be.
cause sport IL like the measles-it
Is catching. especially the sport just
referred to. No one can deny that
II 10. at least In part. catching.
II was \ very fine afternoon. semi
cloudy. breezy and pleasant. and the
opposing teams were very handsome
In becoming gowns of--no. no. We
mean baesball suits. OF buff and red
and blue and white respectively.
wearing all accessories in tone. espe-
cially the socks and the headgear.
The grand stand was without dec
GRAFTON except as II was adorned with
the smiling visages OF the sport
loving spectators circled with artis-
tic wreaths OF tobacco smoke. The
music was Of the kind familiar to
those who frequent Uncle Sans
game-the kind that has its root
deep down In the throat. gutteral
or otherwise. OF him who terms him
self a ''rooter." and whose noble and
worthy aim is to rattle the batter.
the pitcher. the catcher, the field
ers. each or all
The small boys went about crying.
"lce cold SODA pop. cher-re-e, and
other legends quite as interesting.
hushing their shrill cries occasion
ally to bicker with one another as
to which might claim certain Gus
toner.
Once or twice We noticed that n
ball had been struck and that a man
In buff or a man In blue was running
but before We saw whether he reach
ed even the first base our attention
was attracted by some dream Of a
hat near by. or by slowly drifting
beautiful cloud In the northeast dis
tance. and the next moment We
could not have told for the life Of
us What syssyboay vas hurrahing so
Justify about We believe. though.
that the players we're making every
sefost 70 elsths so.,s-qA -
N o6snal e. at sot656 81
evi6snce except . goose ttAsee vcrs
plenty Of themD-and were endeavoe.
Ing to send every ball squarely into
the hands of some eager fielder.
How many innings did they play
Well. really now. We beg pardon. but
We can not tell you. Oh. who won
the EAme'" you asked. Why that's
hard TO remember also. In fact. Just
being real honest. We haven't the
least idea. For after We had been
sitting and looking for something
over an hour we became lost In a
maze OF memories and through n vista
of twenty years we were watching .
group Of children on the Fairgrounds .
OF n country school, boys and girls
together. playing = game Of baseball.
On q sudden We saw the boy at the
bat hit the ball center and send II
spinning high into the summer st.
mosphere. fliiowcd by the keen-sixht.
I'd. eager eyes Of every youthful play.
er The hall. obsyinx the universal
Law. all that goes up IL bound To
come down." came down not into
the hands Of an expert fielder. nor
yet upon the nose or the head Of
any one whose hands were unready
and awkward. but plump into the
pinsiore Of = rosy checked. chubby
girl. who. knowing she could never
make her tender hands hold the
speeding sphere was. nevertheless.
determined 10 capture II and 10
stood her ground bravcly. holding up
hcr strong ginkham apron TO receive
H. Not the accepted way among ball
players of landing = ny. we grant
you. not the oethodsx way. ut the
umpire did not count Il . foul ue he
had he'd hays been 4 soose). and the
catch won the game for the players
side.
Will. We behcld. - In = dream.
the radiant face Of the little school
girl Who had thus sixnally distin.
guish~d herself and assisted her fl.
lows. we realised that the spectators
and the players wers dispersing. and
heard . man just golnG BY. whom We
took 70 b. . citisen of our peogr~s.
sive city. say TO some one over bis
shouldss. well. we got best didn't
wsr'
Query: Who von the Wednesday
afternoon game'
0y ne 0sssesit editee.