The Alaska citizen., 1913-11-17

therefore. not in the best of humor r-omriy gave GHdersleeye call and the battle was resumed where
 t had been dropped the night be fore.
 It vas raging .uII f rec when Dan 1IIara arrived on the scene. Dan was the bench manager, but he was ne d;sciplnarian. and. instead of stamping ou' the disturbance. he added 10 il by a few sarcastic re- marks of his oan devising. When
 The next day when most cf the fake the field they went out grow' ing. and woefuily lacking in that necessary quality known as pep" They had left their game in the clubhouse.
 Under the circumstances it was =st strange that tho Ponies stole the iama on them, and in he very first inning piled IT enough runs to VII 'Ao game As the figure "4" vent ! 59 F 3'#H Sttlt bDdTd III DUH Moose in the rfght-field blcachers his time. saiuted it with his initial remark of the afternoon. and the l G3ntams looked al each other, as much as 70 say. There he is again."
 One, Two, Three, Four" bel lowed the Moose. And that ain't all, The game is young yeti"
 l. is never q hard matter to en- outrage baseball fans to slip the s';ids under sliding team Most
 [ them are enly too willing to lend hand al the rollers and by the end of the second day the Bull Moose was the head and front of g hostile roofing faction. All any cowd needs is leader The Moose struc1, the keynote. and the others follow ei him. His tremendous vlice con 's9l'ed inc attack upon the home bows. and the faintest rumble from
 hat foehorr throat was enough to start a thousand lesser tongues to elacking.
 The Moose turned out to be a
 mHeteat prophet of evil. for the Ponies laced the Bantams by he seandalaas score Of II to ?. and each addition to the heavy end of the count was the signal for a fresh eutburst from the human mega, Ihone. so craftily concealed on the hieachers
 On the third day the Ban;ams ex- Heetod to hear from the unkn VII, and awaited his opening salute with tense nerves. On the fourth day they dreaded him. and after that he be- came a nightmare. a pest, an abom- inat on, and ally. man on the club aould have poisoned the Bull Moose "th all the pleasure in life.
 Dav after day the Bantams lost, and day after day the terrible voice -loated over their defeats and lei the increasing anvil chorus. In the minds of the ball players, the Bull Moose was the personification of lard luck. the symbol of the losing streak, and the cause of the woeful slump into which they had fallen. The very fact that they did not know what he looked like, added to theft discomfiture and, although the extra men on the bench watched the crowds carefully. they were unable 10 pick out the storm center in the sea cf faces.
 The Bantams boasted modern ball park. with seating accommoda- lions for thirty thousand, and from the home bench face on the bleach CTS was no more than tiny red speck. Silent McCloskey. still on the invalid list, put in a whole afternoon with his Hiie's opera glasses. but the identity of the Bull Moose re- mained as much of a mystery as ever
 After the Bantams dropped their eighth straight Gildersleeve pitched it. and the Moose had been, if anything more insulting than ever Dan OHara called a council of peace in the clubhouse.
 Now, here.' said the manager. T won't stand for any mcre of this l fighting on the bench and jawing in the clubhouse. dye get me? Glider sleeve, if you can't keep your mouth shut, I'll suspend you til you learn how. You too. Anderson. and the same thing goes for Kehoe and Me l Closkey If you'd fight the other l fellows half as hard as you fight among yourselves. we'd win game once in a while.
 About this loud-mouth who's been getting the crowd after us. well I've got a plan. Pm going to have him spotted and trailed, and may be something will happen to him that'n keep him away from this place fer while. I don't know yet just what it will be, but I won't have one man bust up my ball club if there's any way to stop him short of murder We'll get him, boys, and we'll get him right. Now. then. lets bury the | hatchet and play baseball again The