The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-04-10

II you nope IOI Il CHdllce TO win,
For the trials of life are a difficult
nine,
AND they are run by a chap called
Sin.
The world will be your umpire, boy,
And you won't get favored there.
In fact, when you first begin the game
You will hardly get what's fair.
Pick out a good, strong bat;
Look we'll at what vol take.
Some use the Eastwood bat of luck,
But it's mighty apt to break.
Don't use the elm of dishonor,
Nor the iron-wood Of crime.
For though they sometimes do the
They fail most every time.
So, don choose n too heavy,
Neither one too light:
But there's a bat that never fails,
And that is the willow Of right.
is a swift curve pitcher,
And a tricky one, besides.
So never mind how fair they look,
Don't go to striking wide.
But When the chance is good,
And you get a ball that's fair.
Don't wait for a softer snap
Let go at it solid and square.
Don't depend too much on your
strength !
And knock Hopes ball too high,
For fielders Disappointment
Are apt to take such balls on the fly.
It's not always best to try
To tally a clean homerun,
For OFT the surest way is, my boy,
Make your bases, one by one.
After you have made your first base,
Watch for swift defeat;
10 the very worst base in the run,
My boy, is the second base (Self-
Conceit).
Ihereu be a third base, too, and field
ers. a couple more,
Who'll be on the watch to put you
out.
And blacken your ina score.
But you will hvae a team that's
strong,
Who'll work to put you through.
Your hackers are conscience. honor
n pluck,
n they are strong players, too.
SO brace to the work before you:
Dismiss all doubts and fears,
And III sit and watch you play the
game
In the shades of my bygone years.
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Joe Tobin was discussing the work
of the Brothers Schlossberg the other
day. Those boys will be trying out
for the Highlanders in three or four
years. he said, land they will prob
make good, too. They have de-
Veloped into fine little fielders al
and can play ball about as well
as any kids you'll see. Now they
ought to practice batting. They
should keep clubs in their hands all
the time and bat whenever they get
a chance I know, because I have
gone through it. 1 got my love for
the game when / was mascot of the
Oakland club. I learned to field pretty
well and hi the players told me to
practice batting. They were all in
you know, just as ball play
ers always are. l followed their ad-
and by and by quit the mascot
game and began playing ball"
All this, by the way, wasn't so
very long ago. Joe Tobin hasn't cast
his first vote yet.
The new pitchers from the. coast
are having the same old trouble with
the altitude. They can't make the ,
ball break as they think it ought and
the ball travels a lot faster here. than
in the heav ycoast air. Says Pitcher
Smith: Down where the air is
heavier I used to be able to make a
fast ball hop a foot. Up here can
hardly make. it wobble. Perhaps
that's why they hit So hard in this
league. They sure whale the ball
here, anyway. And on the outfield it :;
seems as if the ball never would come
down. 1t seems to float Zamloch
and Bush told the same story. There
must be something in this rare atmos-
phere theory, after all.
You made a bonehead play when
you asked the council to call Main |
street Bush avenue" suggests ]. Hell
frich. you should tack the new
name onto Vine street. Then you
have to dig it up
Sit still. We gave personal atten-
ton to his demise. !