The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-02-07

| Gay, ola man, ulu you see CHe
Times last night2" enquired the
Redhot Rooter of his friend, The
Loyal Fan.
"No," growled The Loyal Fan,
that darned paper kid missed
me again. If he"
Then you didn't see the base
ball puzzle?" interrupted The
Redhot Rooter.
What's that" demanded The
Loyal Fan, forgetting his griev-
ance against the Times carrier.
Had a puzzle for fans on the
sporting page" responded The
Redhot Rooter, prize offered be-
ing a season ticket"
GO to it," said The Loyal Fan.
well, do you know I worked
half the night on that puzzle, and
yet / could not make head Or tail
to it." uttered The Redhot Root
er.
Hold on" remarked The Loyal
Fan, tell me what the puzzle is,
old sport"
at is supposed to be a dream.
A fan takes a trip to Dreamland
and sees the oldest game on rec
ord. Fourteen men went to the
plate. Six reached first but no
one scored. Only one clean hit
. was made. Outfielders and In
fielders took no hand in actually
retiring men.
THAT means they had no put
outs or assists 1 suppose?" ven
tured The Loyal Fan.
II think so. The pitcher and
catcher did not handle a fly or
grounder in making putouts.
Everybody famed" declared
The Loyal Fan.
i mo two plays were alike,
concluded The Redhot Rooter.
ooh, good night" cried The
Loyal Fan. Ibid you get it?"
"The questions were: How did
the men get put out, and how
many innings were played?" said
The Redhot Rooter. II worked
hours on it to no avail. Finally
l gave up and went to bed. Hav-
ing the puzzle on my brain, darned
II l didn't dream Of 1t! And my
dream was a solution of the
thing!"
"Give US the cold Details" said
The Loyal Fan.
81 was at ball game-in that
dear little old bandbox over at Sc
attic, it seemed. The Tigers and
the Turks were playing and 1t
seemed to be at the close of last
season. or nearly so. Bat for a
sample of that equine oddly
known as the nightmare 1t was the
limit! OF all the freaky, eccen-
trio playing you ever saw that
game took the cake!"
"This is how 1t occurred" stat
ed The Redhat Rooter: Tacoma
was UP f1rst-Morse at the bat.
Wigs was pitching for Seattle.
Pete struck out. Coley hit a fly
that dropped on that scoreboard
kids plank in right. He made
two bases but was called out for
outing first. Abbott walked.
Guyn started batting right-handed
and then changed from one box
to the other, while Wigs was
ready to pitch. Third out, OF
lcourse.
Seattle got up. Tex Baker
worked for us. Bill Leard was
ont for bunting third strike foul.
Cruikshank and Roughouseholder
walked. Bues popped up a little
infleld fly and was out according
to rule. Weed went to bat. While
he was there Burns tried to catch
Cruikshank off second but Weed
htndered him. The umpire called
him out for interference.
Second inning: Tacoma up
again with Peerless Mike at the
bat. He was so anxious to hoist
one out of the microscopic park
that he ran out of his box and
fouled. Mr.. Lynch was out ma
turally.
"Perle Casey took first on an
error of Ort's and Wigs hit
Burns. With two on the famous
Mr.. Fisher smashed a liner that
hit Burns. Eddie was out but
Bill got a hit. The only hit so
far, you'll observe"
Halt" cried The Loyal Fan.
What about Curtis Coleman"
1--WE can't give him a hit,
though he should have a double, :"
answered The Redhot Rooter.
Remember he cut first. Under
the scoring rules he don't get
credited with a hit.
You're right" assented The
Loyal Fan.
TEX Baker retired the side"
continued The Redhot Rooter. "by
hitting fair ball that bounced
and hit him as he ran to first.
IJe WAS called ont Thara Won have