The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-02-09

dioJg ,han "faded. - At any sort oil foueh-
ssbng they could sna PnIiefs bow who WAS lust
~ cane 10 ,eotb the Apaches fell down and fell
,F y course ,much-and consequently John Wesley
| II vas NV methng under ten years, knew every
"a Sgd hny of his age should not know includ-
II !,"t ,,de Of plug tobacco lin, hn. 1obn wosIoy
III goEep m's sity He would not have exchanged
|s7I ipe', ipe ,,p son of the President of the United
I|ts Win MOI & Young man, despite his relationship
|;tH if ,n"' could never sit the bench next TO
I I|r& 1ssin1ear and tondlc the bats with which the
IL y stode broke up SO many games
s sTeog sW'.icv Jones entered the big league when
n n h,S l,S bought a red,headed sensation in the
|lrts, n'a .bortstop, and when ''Brick Jones re-
IIbF, u, snr;ng practice, he brought with him
He ~ apmetoppcd youngster whose clothes bore
|fss, fnmbling masculine fingers.
n |fs;r fg,v i,be going TO do with the kidf asked
u r,,r the Apache team captain
IIag5i.a Iagh :" - take MIN with me- answered tho
ts t,.s .s0,S ..4Sa, said Carr ''Think of the night
I'LL .sd tho travelling you re going up against 1t
~ whole lot better if you could send him to
|.' ~ school for kids-au asylum maybe
a. 't~ Ss,s ,a"' said he ''Tbat asylum thing runs
I'll 81 S tSs maybe: not for mine j said the kid
4 IA IN NE, and that goes. If You don I like it,
H. know plenty OF leagues where they III be
NJ All tight, all right said Carr hastily. "I
y ,Srkisg about the inconvenience of it, that
lET No objections, none in the least!
III aG.,i but that Jones is touchy about that kid
U : .s;d Carr 10 "Gibraltar' Jordan, the left
h. aJumped all over me for just suggesting that
|.sr, leave the kid somewhere during the playing
'ssEubn said Gibraltar. ''These bushers seem
/. III that this is sort Of infant class the side.
Ir4u. The kids motherg
II nped last season, said Carr: And say, Jordie,
II bv.s better not let that redhead hear you cali
IL b.,ber He doesn t start often but when he
H. II yeIterweights better gt outside the ropesl''
! aSonier why he's so stuck on l9gglng squalling
|r ,rupd With him all the time'' asked Jordan.
F;s,lnr kept on wondering, for Brick Jones never
liz BAD he done So it might have been made easier
7lFir at the beginning, for ball players, in spite
II uurh exterior, sympathetic and clannish
n \ Iiut years before Jones, Junior. entered this
|ld tcars, Brick Jones wae telegraph operator in
n |rE Western town the division point Of trans
n IL armed sixty dollars month by working twelve
4 ilni dsy and sometimes more. The railroad men
+ III 4 BASEBALL team which had beaten everything
:, |rh radius Of hundred miles, and day, in
y |IEs practice before important game, 'FJode"
|i5t the shorstop. broke finger. The quiet red
~ operator climbed out of the grand stand and
1eTsd to take Knight Is place. ,Jonesey played
H., aud thereafter Jodie went to the outfeld.
NY SOUL" said the yard foreman, who was
ens team captain, "where did you learn to play
Away knew how, guess, said Jonesey. 'T
IL sme al school. -
@n afterward Jonosey's pay was increased to
f5Fa7e dollars month, which, in some towns,
|rM@a great deal Of money Naturally the young
thoughts lightly turned TO the slender little
ap who waited upon the table in the railway
Y|ts house.
~ vas nice little girl. who said red
a E'r pretty, and did not appreciate dusty and i'm
Al |t M,elng mon. SO, when Jonesey cleared his
IA ana rather @ huskily asked her the great ques-
.ss0, ss ssai0, moh, Charlie!' and hid her face upon
|nude They were married at the Methodist
XElS- ana the couple settled down to housekeep-
!, s,nGentyhve dollars month, strong in tho mis-.
M ',asi s. tsat ia TWO can live as cheapIy as one,
w y une there arrived the third member of the
= my, redfaced little mite with golden fuzz
= Is ~ nslf and the voice and lungs Of an auction
"a L, ne mother named him John Wesley after his
it' a.. h,s0 Taa qaa been Methodist minister.
z-~IksT. !. 1onn wesley wns two years old Jonesey
jr.-y pounaing brass in the same office at the
y i'rI1 1aV aud beginning to realize that raising q
& ~, y seyrenty-fye I'VE month was not the simplest
4 ISL 10 the world. He still played baseball for
q t,.,oi q the game but nobody ever thought Of
a |r,hl |rrl.r nln any money for his services Jonesey
|eS Ssl' wse OF asking for any He knew, in hazy
Hms y, mat f professional baseball players were
"a a - Gut that was In the days when Jonesey was
D. Su uia not suspect himself of being q marvel
IL S,sa a baseball scout. proving through the
II IT, en- n search Of an iufelder for the Eureka
IN k.~ eageorush League, stopped over to see
n ii nss,h Ine railroad men and team Of miners
II Is io1sr.oy town. That evening when Jonesey
~ 10 70 take his night trick on the wire, he
<</|| m granger waiting for him
M A.. -, 1alr question asked the stranger
4 9Tsss,t1nls ma tnls w1re'tckling Job pay youe''
e eSia eSstE,,s u 10 yous" asked Joncsey
II ~ ss'ng T 20 me, said the man, "but unless I'm
|1i nav h.m zen, IT'S something TO you. Do yor
II iEShs' iEhS' oall like you did this afteTrnoon7''
. Nj MI !, said Jonesey slightly puzzled
50 much tho same Sometimes i hit a Iittl,
aaas man. ''u LING 70 pay professional oallF'
u,
~ Az there in it7'' asked Joncsey.
~ Hs nsntS tS' y9u ono hundred and twenty-five dol
II 10 cnhu m looking for shortstop for tn
E&a % ss. four expenses on the road will be paid
|ek ,ms,, lasts eight months. How does tha
n sGs h!yS. gst by with it''' asked Jonesey.
q III taH ;, repeated the man f'Iike runawa
m a. ao"s Sner oner III writiugl" said Jonesey.
~ 4 sapoaatter ustter than that said the man fsI'l
~ hOnss hssr OF the Eureka team to wire you som
~ 1, IL aroy oy and tell you when to report y
~ srtdnjt igor wrote out message Jonese
~ ards, sua luz entterod it off with futterinr ser
60 Lssso sorIas pencil pocket. One hundred an
4Iat Be jto,srS tTS month for playing baseball! !
Itm,r ,aue' But the next morning he receive
IsNf n on .on the Eureka manager instructing biz
~ IL Of tho n aays and informing him that the loce
y IT lin ss,H cHgfess s company had been authorize
8P IN Jonay dollars for expenses
W b snr ns ~. cried q little when Jonesey told he
aNN fst ip,hg .g TO quit his job In her heart sh
esi .Ni,tInat Tm mat baseball was not quite respectable
" Ersn ,ra rieh' =. said Jonesey HJ'u bave ali m
.hg bNsen nights at hnmn tb ooS tho lr;5I