Arizona republican., 1914-02-09
THE DREAM 0F
 B. BALL BUG
While Shifting Fumes of Hard Coal, This We'll Known Exponent of Ma tional Pastime Gets a Vision or Two

Ball Bug, the popular follower of
 our national pastime, fell fast asleep. Mir. Bug is no ordinary fan. as is well known. He eats up baseball | dope like a hungry cat devours fish
 heads. When it comes to knowing players and their records he can
 give Secretary Farrell of the Ma tional association a swell run for the
 honors. But to resume the story While Mir Bug was pounding his ear in an easy chair near the stove, he experienced the strangest base 1 ball dream that any baseball fan i ever dreamed. Take it from me, | hicks this dream of mine was some dream" he told the crowd. T could plainly see a ball team performing,
 composed of Meek, 1 b., (Victoria N. LD: Wilde ss.. (Hewanee c. Al; l Sharpe, 2b. Wilmington Tri-State); Jolly. c, (Clarksville K. l. T. L); 1 Savage, Of, CUtica \. Y. S. L):
 Good. If, (Cubs): Sweet. 3b. (Clay
 Center K. s. LD; Lively. p, (Sacra- mento P. C. L)"
 MT. Bug paused to give his hearers an opportunity to dispute his narra- l tive. But as none present expressed
 doubt as to his veracity. he con
 tinued: After seeing this team of
 tossers I forgot my Christian name.
 Try as I would I couldn't remember
 it. I thought of Willie, of, CBeau-
 mont T. L0; Henry, 1b, Fremont N s. L): Myron, ss, (Traverse City
 NJ S LD; Barney, 2b, Huntington
 M. S L); Fritz. 3b, Wilmington Fri State); Howard, If, Fort Worth
 T. LD; Thomas c. (Red SoX); James. If. (Austin T. L): and George. p, l (Toledo A A But my moniker wasn't there And to make matters worse the old Home team came be-
 fore my eyes and this gave me the
 weeps.
 There was House (Ottumwa C. AD. Potts Cleveland r. L), and 1 Cook CYankees), in the outfield; Nefghbors (Tacoma N. W. L). Keys | Danbury N. Y. \. J. L), Coffey (Denver w L) and Grubb (Omaha w. L) in the infield, Kitchen (er) CFort Worth T LD. behind the bat, and Hall (Red Sox) on the slab. Well. after this bunch blew by" continued Mir Bug. T figured it was up to me to beat it to new vil- lage. But before starting on my journey I thought it best to supply myself with some new scenery. and quicker than l can tell it I was lamping at a 'Ready-tO-W Wear team, with lineup as follows: Isaacs. 3b. (Scranton \. Y s. L); Vein berg 1b. Nousivlle A. A); Levy, 2b. (Ogden L. Al; Barnsten, ss, (Americus E. s. L); Solomon, C.. (Brattleboro T. s. L.); Moses D; 1 (Albany N. Y. S. LD, and Meyer. 1 (Superbas: Jacobs, Burlington c. lA0. and Wolfe (Pittsfield E. A in 1 the outfield.
 Now that I had my new outfit
 was trying to decide on my itin-
 erary, when up bobbed the old
 Farmers Almanac team, with
 Northern (Toronto E. L), West (Ce-
 dar Rapids C. Al and Weeks (Madi-
 son w. L L) in the outfield, South
 ern CFall River N E. L.), Knight l CYankees). Starr (Mobile s. LD and
 Mundy (Red Sox). in the infield, Easterly c. CWhite SoD. and Day p, 1 (Cordelo E. s. L).
 There was nothing that resembled a hunch in this crew so I grabbed a
 map and took a slant at Austin, p. 1 Newport News V. LD Manchester, | c, (Americus E. s. L); LennoX.
 Montreal I. LD; Atchison, BerlhI iC. LD; Covington (Browns), and Hartford, Bloomington T. I. LD who composed the infield, and Shof-
 field. Green Bay WI L); Durham, l (Oshkosh WI. L); and Newton, 1 CRichmond V LD in the outfield.' 1 MT Bug inhaled more heat, and
 ;.7en continued. I'll never tell you where I landed. I was either in
 AfrIca or at a circus, for Who
 should parade before me but Os-
 trjch 3b, tMeriden E. Al; Wolfe, ss; | (Thomasville F. S. LD: Badger. 1b. ' Battle Creek M. s. L.): Fish, 2b, 1 (Albany S A. L); Eagle, cf; (Wat- | sonville C. s. L); Lyons, If, (Adrian ! M S. L); Lamb, If, Wictoria N. w..
 LD: Fox c. (Thomasville F. S. L0,
 and Chicken, D. Superior N. L).
 The wild game put up by this
 outfit caused me to hunt up some 1 thing to quiet my nerves. I found
 what I was looking for when
 stumbled upon Ginn), of. Roanoke
 V. L); Porter if, Oynn N. E. L);
 Wines, 3b (Racine w. l. L): Beers,
 1b. Portsmouth o. S L.); Lemon,
 ss; (San Antonio T. L); Sours, If,
 CMuscatine c. A) Glass, 2b; CTal-
 ladega G-AL); Waters. c, (New
 Haven E. A); and Stein, p, (Mus-
 kegon M S. LD.
 Right here is where I began to
 see things in a hurry With Dobbs 1 Montgomery S. L). leading the pro-
 cession, Gray (Meriden C. s. L).
 White Gall River E. LD, Brown 1 (St. John N. B.M. L), Green CBat-
 tie Creek M. s. L). Red (mond) CEd-
 mOnton W. c. L) and Lavender 1 (Cubs) marched out on the field. Being a futurist aggregation there
 were but eight men in the lineup. Gentlemen" continued MT. Bug, this dream was getting too heavy i for my weight. I was compelled to
 take a vacation. I pictured Camp 1 (Talladega GA. L). Hunter, GEL
 mira N. Y. s. L) and Lake (Cleve- | land F. L) in the outer garden and 1 Woods (Troy N. Y. S. L) Brooks