The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-03

baseballs were white, but some Of them
are dirty and should be cleaned with
gasolene, the same es white gloves are"
Her courageous escort finds It Difficult,
to make her understand that the batting
Is merely a preliminary to the game and
the players are simply limbering up 80
they will be in condition when the game
begins.
"Yes, that's all right she declares
emphatically. but II they continue 10
exert themselves like that they will be
all tired out when the game begins
Aren't they foolish?"
When the game begins she seems 20
be very much interested In watching
the pitcher and catcher. Incidentally
when the starting bell sounds she asks
II the stands are freproof, because, as
she explains. she just heard what she
thought was a fire gong and she did not
wish to get caught in the stands in
fire with such mob in them. She over
looked the important fact that the
stands are constructed of concrete and
cannot burn.
However, she was interested in the
pitcher and catcher.
1T strikes me as awfully funny 10
see such q mixture of uniforms on the
field" she declared. For instance. the
other men on the team all have base
ball uniforms. while the catcher. az you
call him. has on a football uniform
with a mask over his face. SO they can
not kick him. | never supposed that
baseball was such "A rough game. 1t
seems that all games are rough nova.
days.
What has he that pad around his
chest for? So they cannot knock the
wind ont of him when they tackle and
throw him? On that's chest pro-
tector? Well. Il hardly seems possible
that such a big husky man as he would
eaten cold a day like to-day. He must
be frightfully susceptible.
ION, goodness, look at that thrower
Oh. you call him the pitcher? Excuse
me. What is the trouble: has he sud
denly gone insane? Never In my life
have | noticed a man throw his arms
around like that fellow. II he doesn't
stop swinging his arm around in cir
Gle II will snap OFF him.
why doesn't he throw the ball and
be done with il? What Is the sense OF
his trying To- make the ball dizzy by
turning il around his head that way?
The balls inanimate.
Good heavens! never saw him throw
that ball Now, isn't that ridiculous,
As long as he threw the ball az that
catcher, why didn't that misguided per-
son at the bat permit the catcher 10 get
II without swinging thar club at II and
knocking II ont in the field in that way?
Some persons never seem 10 realize
when they are butting In. That was an
awfully small piece of work.
whats he running for? IL tho
catcher going 10 chase him off the field
for not permitting him to catch the ball.
or is he chasing that young fellow away
out there on the lawn who seems to BE-
running or the field toward that house.
which | believe you informed me was
the clubhouse? | failed Ia notice THAI
young fellow out there give that fellow
with the club any proNocation for chas-
ing him In that way Some men hoNe
to bully other persons because they are
larger and stronger
"Who's that oHiCious looking person
out there in the field" Now he's run
ming after the man in uniform who Jus,
threw down the club he hit the bali
with L. he policeman? ! hope there
isn't any trouble here to-day. mag
ined that these ball games werv o..
1 Dttttl VI, Nul fn &c
member my brother telling me that
sonnet lines the spectators ard playe,s
get infuriated AT the referee and XIII
him. IL that SO? oh, beg your pardon.
the umpirc.
We'll. that certainly was a dcspicable
piece of WORK Did you see what hap
pened? That fellow who threw down
the club was running toward that pillow
out there In the middle of the field when
somebody out on the lawn threw he
ban to another man on the dirt part ~
4 the field near Ia" pillow. The young
fellow who had been running rripped
and fell with his hand stretched for
ward. Then the fellow with the bal
made dive at him and struck him vlo-
lcntly on the back with the hard ball.
II must have hurt.
"Now he's walking up the neld.
don't blame him for quitting. ~ do tho
same myself Il they struck me-"