The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-05-08
r $1.OOa Year
TERMS: Months Fifty Cts.

doings (you understand, "Bobbles,"
every nut" is bound to feel it,
The game! All. we'll, it has passed
into history; it will be told and re-
peated from generation to. gener-
alton long after we have passed
through the last turnstile of our
earthly career, but-whist! Let me
tell you about my Englishman.
In the first place, let me say right
here that l struck Tartar during
the first and second innings braced
myself ready to answer the usual
sickening questions of the uninitiat-
ed (you know how that is, Bob
bles.") In fact, it was my desire
and intention to submit to them
patiently and gracefully, as part and
plan of my determination to see my
British friend enthuse as aforesaid.
but
Surprise No. Mary a question
asked; noticed my British Islander
straining forward with hands Crap
Piled to the arms Of his seat and eyes
bulging when with'two strikes call
ed on him, second baseman Doyle
dumped neat bunt to the left of
the box and made his first!
Surprise No. 2.-Distinctly heard
a sudden intaking of the breath and
noticed perceptible shiver with a
squirming motion in his seat when
out of the cloud Of dust over sec
ondo Doyle emerged and the UNI
pire stood over him with the palms
of his hands turned down-Safe!
Surprise No. 3.-Heard an audi
BILE groan- Red" Murray, right
fielder of the Giants" struck out!
Surprise No. 4.-Ditto, Ditto,
when little Josh Devore, left fielder
of the Giants also fell victim to
the slants of three-fngered Brown.
Then came the flay-and incident
ally the greatest surprises = of them
all. The mighty Merkle. soon to be
acclaimed the boaest-ef the bone
heads, reached down into the pile
Of bats before the players bench,
J ambled over to the plate, rolled his
mighty right in the dust around the
home plate, dug his toes into the
batter's box and grimly faced the
three-tngered wizard. Now, Bob
bles," had you been there (per-
haps you were) you would have
been one of us that wished in our
innermost that it was the Chief"
in place OF the lanky first base
man, or Arty" Shaffer or that
peerless pinch hitter-McCormick;
yon would have naturally felt du-
bious about the abilities Of the in
cumbent at the plate to deliver the
necessary bingle. but, how badly
fooled we all were.
j was there ever more lusty and
clean swat heard over the roar of
the adjoining elevated tracks than
; the murderous crack that sent that
sphere sailing away in the distant
cleaning; clear over the head of the
, fringe of people Inning the field back
of left-a clean home run! and
Doyle trotting home with the-as
all supposed-winning run?
2 But, what about my good friend
from Albion? Say, let me ask you
have you no brains? Will it be
necessary for me to tell you more
than the fact that he felt himself
compelled, nay, insisted despite my
: demurfers to buy me a new Knox;
that for two days afterward my
shoulders were raw? Verb. Sap.
However. this is not ALL My
blooming friend from the Tight
Little Island insisted on dinning me
j. that night at Rector's; we may as
i sumo as further proof of his re-
: morse at having taken such liberties
, with my hat and shoulders. In the
meanwhile we had bought the sport
$ ing extras with the decision Of the
;. Commission TO have the game played
: over therein, and, over our courses
of the dinner, you should have heard
s my host lay it on the Commission,
7 Mr.. Merkle and the rest of the cir
e cumstances that contributed to the
2 results. 1t was here that I mentally
e catalogued my Brlton in the Super
. latlve degree. Now, don't ask me
s whether / took the opportunity to
| bring up the question of superiority
e between cricket and baseball when
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