Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-04-19

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Never fniH4. KID You Haze the seq.
ovid one, Fflfed lho barber And thn
barber stniied AZ him until 4 looked
~ IsouHn his Whplr material lnditid.
uHIlit would be swallowed ~ In the
Rfin.
You got him going. yeiled lhe
sen faHnofR kp TIE "iIlar who waa
doing the pitchlnn "Whoop-lai''
hIHh Etrsig'1i one ziprrd lhFouah
re- alt. Nnd ne yellow baker. With
plt eyes shut. reached for N, and a
fact afnanaer want toward fhIra h
va mixed un with tlIt handy leRs o.
the third nackrr. and Tor n while none
trNIt nay which was hail and
which was legs When ihe problem
WAS solved. the baker was erlnninE
en- sneona and the cell house Barber
'oh. you Kid he shrilied. stand
lne On one isH nish an arm extended
ike Diana AZ the chase. Amt he
this ~ Cobbf Whnop-ia. mere
where We set thc first one"
Tho cell runners ard the stone
cutters were sunk In gloom. and say
inE frank things ~ the third rare-
ery hinged runner what do Won
fhiuk tou arr. d sieve"
The red convict rolled over on the
ground Ia his delight. and pure an
anulf~rated Joy spread through the
soul ~ every mortal being within the
ihif3 foot concrete walls.
70 $50 ~ actuai game Of baseball
81 shuut themselves hoarsc. after si-
itni days within a cell. aud 10 fornct
n put aelde exeryfhlne-to f,,rqet
4 ~ and remember only the game
lhat WAS happiness.
hteehah has been pleasure 70
lnuuetnd9. II MSS \ surceane and a
,olace "a the 500 or 500 prisoners AZ
the penitcntlary.
Daring the AFTERNOON they were
free men The, shouted az they
would. they absorbed themselves.
heart and mind and soul In the game
and they forgot absolutely.
Al the regrets and the sorroNa.
~ the fcnrB. and doubts Of the fl-
lurc. asl the despair al days and days
~ cell iitc we're forgotten. Only the
Instant WAS remembered. the game %
''Ail the Hurccane. thar was az COM
pete - the myfrh and incense Of re-
'lelous ~ friendly comfort.
Il was. perhaps the most remark
tbie baseball game ever played. OH
ef games have been paatlmeN. this
lna WAS an Instance Of Infinite char
AZ other games which will follow
weekly at The prison viii be a weekly
means ~ comfort and encourage
uent. hat the opening Of the season I
yesterday afternoon came after the I,
winter. which had shut them ln with 4
'ut any outdoor recreation. and had I
- them hunEering for ahe warmth 4
q the ennnhlne and the sight Of the I
Ireen Dui-of doors
There was also something In the I
atmosphere, some happy coincidence. !
which quickoEed the feeling Of each
nalfidnal 60 an appreciation Of all
INST could make for happiness or for |,
'omfOrt Everything. the details :
rat can be described ana the psy- !
'hoiogicai coincidence that can be
'uNRcHted. Wcut 10 make the game
lnluue and memorable
The Joy OF II FcuainB with each 4
'risoneF Within the penitentimry: and /
- effect upon them il impressed .
pom each one ~ the Few outsiders /
fhO were there 20 look on.
A. o'ciOck the entire prison
Marched out Of the prison building.
ma tormed long line nj Isolation
whore the despalriue and
litter are left "a their own thoughts
he band struck up a brave tune. the
cams " their baseball uniforms.
hat we're uniforms Of pleasure in
teHd Of prison headed the parade:
nd the whole body Of convicts pro-
eeaed Ia single iile 10 the athletic
Isolation building. that personifica-
ron 81 loneliness. was left behind
ma the body Of rOnvicts marched ~
ne broad. pleasant held. lying ~ the
IN, n WAS like an categorical jour
eS from despair 90 hope. from jha
ISOLATION Of sorrow to. the cOmradg-
NIP ~ life and happiness
The spectators strung around the
ED and the players h4lied al hoine
late. The band struck az again,
nd the teams marched across the
ED % the nag pole A table Was
ragged out. and Register No. 37ts.
man ~ gray hair and white mus
ache, with face that WAS pale and
ludious. addressed his fellow con-
lets upon The ancient and noble ORR
IA Of slOris. Ia a quaint fashion.
Ne cOurtls gentleman Of the daN
hen no speech Was complete With
ut ia sounding Latin phrases ho
poke 70 them IN rounded sentences .
I the customs 81 the Greeks and of
le nobility Of proper regard fol
be- bods'H we'll being
SIC quoted Plato aud Aristotle. he
poke iines from the poets and ended
= with ruund aud hearty admoni-
on 10 all 60 be- brave men. Gods
Nn Christians. and gave Browning
mes. which begin
zone who never turned his back.
20 marched breast forward"
The pnunant was raised, and the