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

I 50 interested in the young woman
who rushed on the field when he lay
unconscious at the home plate that
/ ne 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
leaguers with his silk underwear and
his silk stockings and his ten-douar
shirts. I know what they cost. be-
/ cause / priced some Of them in a
swell shop downtown the other day.
And one day he told me, just casual
Ike, that he owned six automobiles,
and he offered to give me one of EN-
| II ! would learn to run il, but I told
| hlm no, as I was too old to risk
! breaking my neck. And the kid can
! talk French. too"
ms last statement clinched the
/ argument and had the effect of plac-
/ ing Gordon among the "highbrows"
/ IN the minds Of his former eliminates
laey continued 10 talk of Gordon
/ Kelly when they went out on the field
/ Ior 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 tail. raw
! honed, disconsolate- looking pitcher.
/ by means Of curve ball as crooked
as Pearl Street New York. which he
had recently developed. HamU had
been having great success in the box
lately, but this did not serve to
brighten mis- countenance and he still
went ABOUT looking al though he had
received the usual ten days notice
from his manager that his pitching
repertoire was not puzzliug enough
10 warrant his continuance with the
club.
Hamil sauntered up to Long Tom
Alorrissey 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
Tor good declared the veteran back
stop, emphatCally. What do Won
mink about it, Groucho?" he added.
turning to Hamu
The Number of the Auto.
That puts me in mind of some
thing that happened on the first trim
here, replied the gloomy pitcher. 4
guy comes around to the hotel one
hlBnl and gets himself introduced TO
me and then asks me to 20 for a ride
with MIN in his speed wagon. He
takes me out a ways and all of
sudden he starts to knock Gordon
hellN, and winds up by offering me a
thousand bones If / would beat IN the
hld. w hat do you know about that2"
What was the guys name?" de-
manded Long Tom.
1 never did catch the guys name.
but he was one Of them rich young
fellows, to judge by his looks; either
mat or tour-tlusher-you can't tell
EN- apart sometimes. But I do re
member the number on his automo-
bile"
fiercely. Jill
1T was 10000 Ga" replied Hamil.
nat you getting so excited about21
Inc tale created a profound impress
sion on the mind Of Long Tom. He
was great judge Of human nature
and he Immediately began to connect
the owner of Car No. 10000 Ga. with
the disappearance Of Gordon Kelly
he applied some Of the uncannv
knowledge that told him unerringIv
as a catcher when a base runner
would try to steal second base. to
the case Of the automobiles and
Gordon Kelly. He reasoned that
man who would stoop to hire an
other man to do his dirty work would
stoop to do almost anything He be-
came so absorbed in the problem that
when he went out on the third base
h