The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-03-02

mind the way he kind of chueks the ball out 6.
chest before he winds upf solly used to do thai
it give ye chill to see himf Yes, L thought so E*
it be ghost he isf''
~ The Reds found the recruit pitcher no oho..
turn strike over tho dangerous Raus'; Ky y
they began to take notice However, it is not ~
game that we have to do, but with somethinsW " ]
happened after it was
Marsh won by score of to o. and Billy n:
still under tho spell Of memory, started across MI ~
toward the clubhouse. A fat man with stuhhss
and hurried after the manager of the Corsaims su'H
s'That's great kid that Marsh" said tba :.
er rs he ranged alongside
FYou bet he ISL said Bigelow heartily
"Sort of reminded me Of mau who used >. Il
for this club long tlmo ago. said the stranassS N
he make you think of anybody you ever saw Ssi,.|
Tt was the tone more than the words that msSsyW
Bgelow turn his eyes.
FsThink of anybody said he. "why h., !,
mon Lee all over again.
Yes said the fat man quietly. 81 h.,
you'd get the old stuff, Billy @sl
Bigelow stopped in his tracks; and then, with !
yell 1qnShd be elsd hass Whsns s tss fat ea9
fromY"
il where trained this kid aug
That night the old friends had dinner toeeYb,,
Solomon Lee running true to his old time fo,n'
more than was good for him Billy Bigelow also y
inc that the occusion warranted it, stepped 5oH, 5
"You've got to let me pay my prico for tti, "a
said the manager. ''I won take him unloes ~
pay pay what | think he IS worth y ''' 'D'e''
fEYou IL take him as a gift said Solomon y.
bit thickly. ''For gift, Billy Understandi''
"No, don't understand UNDERSTAND Why would you vsa
omon Lee. HDo you remember what they sais ssa y
auence-and had. They said left nothing bus ~ ~
name behind me. 1t was true. I didn u see Il ~
but have since never forgot what that fellow sa
thought maybe, if could send up man as 90 eooS
used to be, could square myself Kind Of play !,
somehow.
and l saw that he could be taught. He had the
ings of great pitcher. After 1 got to workius s
him and saw how easy he learned and how ussnl
was for him to do the same things that used to NJ
came to me one day that might make him AZ s,4l n
Solomon Lee You see Billy. knew you and Mix ]
few of the old-timers would know where ne o@
make him work my way. wouldn t let him a,Il
move iu the box unless taught it to him. Yuu n
I used to be pretty pitcher to watch. Billy I
Bigelow nodded, and Lee lifted his glass
drained it in a breath.
1t took me more than two years Billy.,
tinued. 81 hid him out from the other scouts 81
to him for you: but didn It want him to 20 +
he was ripe, When / had him in shape--when Ia
EN- him all my stuff and coached him to use it natad
and easy tipped it of in the right place, and SD
came up to look him over
"This kids got everything that ] can gys
Billy-everything but thirst for this"
solomon Lee n1ted the champagne bottle aM1
filled his glass; watching the tiny bubbles curioudJ|
they raced to the surface.
'fHe's the fellow | might have been if I d got n
ed rights but-you know how it was with NC. 81
travelling with the wrong bunch. He mustn't do g
Billy. He's good kid. He doesn t know what
tastes like. and he's got nice girl back there d
bushes. That III help some ia have been better q
well, never mind that. Billy. I've taken al
pains with this boy. He's just like son 20 me; 4
he's got to make good where fell down. He mua|
the fellow Solomon Lee might have been but for 1
stuff -
at gulp. coughing slightly.
'I'm all in" said he: "I'n never be any good
more, and [ know it., The bright lights got me-
they got me good and plenty. They sent me out
the bushes. I'm going back there, Billy; but thh :
they can t say that didn't leave thing good -
me- They can t say that
The manager nodded his gray head over his 4
glass.
'tYou We squared it. Solly,'' he said gently I'd
think any more about it. You've made good RiI
right now. Come on, let IS go out into the air. W
had enough of this stuff. -