Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-24

50 interested in the young woman
who rushed on the field when he lay
unconscious at the home plate that
he had lost interest in baseball.
That kid was a high-class guy and
he don't have to play ball" declared
Long Tom, in proof of his assertion,
when the $4,000 player came up for
the daily club house debate one after
noon before the game. why, he
made the rest of Us look like bush
/ eaguers with his silk underwear and
his silk stockings and his ten-dollar
shirts. 7 know what they cost, be-
! cause I priced some of them in
swell shop downtown the other day
And one day he told me. just casual
like, that ne owned six automobiles.
and he offered to give me one of EN-
II | would learn to run it, but I told
him no as l was too old to risk
breaking my neck. And the kid can
talk French. too"
This last statement clinched the
argument and had the effect of plac-
/ ing Gordon among the "highbrows"
in the minds of his former eliminates
They continued to talk of Gordon
Kelly when they went out on the field
Tor preliminary practice and they
were still talking about the mystery
of his disappearance when the play
ers Of the visiting team appeared.
Among them was Hamil the tall. raw
boned, diseOnsOlate-l looking pitcher
BY means of a curve ball as crooked
as Pearl Street, New York. which he
had recently developed, Hamil had
been having great success in the box
lately. but this did not serve to
brighten his countenance and he still
went about looking a though he had
received the usual ten days notice
from his manager that his pitching
repertoire was not puzzling enough
TO warrant his continuance with the
club.
Hamil sauutered up to Long Tom
Morrissey bent on making some
gloomy remark that passed with him
as humor and heard Ions Tom argu-
ing with his side partner over the
disappearance of Gordon Kelly.
And | say the kids quit baseball
for good" declared the veteran back
stop. emphaticaIly What do YOU
think about it, Groucho?" he added,
turning to Hamil
The Number of the Auto.
That puts me in mind Of some
thing that happened on the first triu
here replied the gloomy pitcher. "A
guy comes around to the hotel one
me- and tbe7, -, NJ "a lSu 70
,rf+b bf,, ~ "a" 5t LIe 70 90 LOT roe
t,ryas ~ ~, ms apeeu wagon lie
s,,,l7or ~ q ways anu az OF
TSaII,- 80 "a - 70 hAuCh Tofaon
tboI,sa 80 t "iLiuS up Dy oILerlng me
ia W. az, -, - NouIu peat up inc
s.yy-h,t - -, "o gu hIloW ABOUT tnat
- No9 IHe guy name de-
''i, ..T 49, I-oIS rom
.7,,,t ~ FeI ulu eaten the guys name,
- lls as one OF them rlch young
w. 40 Juuse by ms looks: either
t ll,1l OF d IouE- Husher-you can't tell
member the number Gs' on R his a9 ito 5o-
pie.
n1l was II cried Long Tom
'-e ~ Geiy, ,-,oo.
..r,-tlIl Vas 9UVVU Ia replied Hamil.
Ma Iat you settng SO excited about?"
,iar, ."tF isaLeq pToIound impress
al .ou on Lhe nlnd OF Long Tom. He
We va d great Judge OF human nature
ana ne Immediately began to connect
~ ~ o 5tIl.l OF Car no: oo000 Ga. with
t tIe 80 pea aIce OF Gordon Kelly.
i tie applIeu some OF the uncanny
nIlo"IeaEe mat told him unerringly
as a Cd,tHeF When base runner
w. a Try 10 steal second base. to
me case OF the automobilist ana
GoIaon Kelly lie reasoned that
HtaH VINO Noulo stoop to hire an
olueL man 70 90 MS dlrty work would
stoop 70 40 Almost anythlng: He be-
came SO ABSORBED IN the problem that
When ne Went out on the third base
Coacnlhg nhes ne forgot all about
lHe game ana waved runner home
on a three base drive when he hadn't
a Chance IN a hundred of scoring. For
ms piece o. STUPIDITY ne was bawled
out oS DIN 9Hll,h ana sent IN disgrace
20 we peLCH, where Ior the remainder
OF the game ne orooded over the story
tod nm by Hamil.
Long Tom Gets BuSv
After the game, Long Tom changed
MS uniform for street clothes and