The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-07-25

TIL lad Deneatn tne sou.
f-AFTER a weeks vacation"
IAI pitching hay, setting fence
RESSsSsd posts, pulling on the hem
lGE&H pen rope of a wire stretcher
until our hands were blistered and
callous and felt like puff-balls, along
with other vacation" stunts of a
similar character, it really seems
hard to catch hold of the newspaper
line where we let it drop when we
began taking our rest" To begin
all over again is about as hard as it
is to find the proper heading and
make the first start on newspaper
article. We didn't head this article,
you will observe, because we
couldn't think what to call it.
For little time let's talk about
base ball.
We hadn't been in Hawley very
long on Tuesday morning before we
had a feeling come over us that we
were out at our Hoadley's home and
that the bees that have been loaf
ing around on the outside of their
hive all summer were beginning to
swarm. There was a buZzing in the
air that made us duck our chalky
locks. If anybody relishes being
stung that's all right; but excuse us,
please.
Here is what caused us to hum
bar or two of
when the bees are in the hive
And the honey's in the comb:
"Hawley has commenced to
squeal. The Honesdale team
journeyed to Hawley on Sun
day, and of course did not play
on account of the rain. Immedi-
ately after it was decided not to
play the Hawley management
informed the local management
that they would have to cancel
the game up here for next Sat
urday and when asked why, as
their excuse said that the first
game of the series must be
plyaed in Hawley. Manager
Spencer has informed Manager
Mcdonald that he didn't make
the rain Sunday, that he did not
even order it, and that he would
expect them to play here next
Saturday. We understand that
the Hawleyites have hired
three players from either Mil
ford or Port Jervis to help win
the Honesdale series. Why not
hire the Scranton State League
team again? 1t is closer to
home, and we don't believe
either Port Jervis or Milford
have anything that can beat us.
"Hawley defeated Milford at
Milford on Saturday. A brother
of Bill Steel, the st. Louis Ma
tional pitcher, worked for Mil
ford"
This choice bit of base ball
gossip was on the front page of the
last number Of The Citizen, and,
judging from the sound of things
everybody in Hawley was reading
The Citizen, especially that part of
it.
Say! 1t surely is hard to be an
orphan, to feel that you are stand
ing all alone! That is how we felt.
We had that same old feeling come
over us that we had years and years
ago in the old district school days
when we snapped our finger to at
tract the teachers attention and
said,
PLEASE may go out?"
Wanting to go somewhere so bad
ly led us right around to Hawley
base ball headquarters and into the
presence of the manager of the
Hawley team and of a half dozen or
so of his helpers and friends. If
fellow has to be killed, why not
walk right up to the muzzles of the
guns and have the job done up quick
and proper?
But, nobody was killed! And
say, when we got to talking with
that bunch of boys we found them
royal good fellows, young men who
believe in square deal and who,
along the lines of base ball, practice
what they preach. They are not
importing or hiring players, and, if
Hawley cannot win without resort
ing to unmaniy tricks, then Hawley
will go down with honor.
This is the claim Of the Hawley
boys: For the three previous years of
base ball strife between Honesdale
and Hawley the opening game has
been played at the county seat town.
The rain prevented the game on Sun
day last. 1t was called off and the
Hawley boys claim, (and who shall
say their claim is unjust?) that as
there was no game played it left the
series where it was at the beginning.
There is one suggestion the writer
makes right here, and it is this
There is no more healthful, clean
or desirable athletic sport in the
world than base ball 1t develops