New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-04


The White Hos; pitcher okcd ike a small drink o.
cider and Bic Wcloh our first up begged them o.
IT. ~ man throw the ball. The little fcler snapped it
over. and with loud laugh p. W. smashed at d.
4,,rc1t jerusalem" De yelled. - Knocked D. clear
out o. sight. and didn't oven feel it.
"Stril.c onc.~ colby informed the empire a 'He
catcher hclvc5 the bah back 10 the box.
4scc here my man. says Big WEIGH, turning 20 a3-
i-.s the catcher "Anv more o. that paror magic, nt
we two won't bc swcethclrts no more
4Strilc two.- pcritcly announced the empire
~Yc dcrncI dried up rat~ hows Big WEIGH, dropping
his club and towering over the empire w hat SOFT %
game is this
actrilc three and out" yclps the empire.
II took eight Of as 70 git Big Welch away from iHc
Mate and Mcpherson took his place Mac pretended
NOT ~ be interested and when the first ba come i1g
in he suddenly stuck out his bat and bruised d. hc
ball qIcd toward second and Mac slappci Dos c'-
limb in JOY and hooted:
Flows that suit yc yc misft gang D microbes
aRun. IDIOT rum ! shouted; but he was 50 pleased
that he didn't stir peg and was tagged out.
4TIoyv can be out when hit the BALI hc dcmanle.
in his ugicst voice
got him away, and Sailor Dutch took thc f'i.t
Two strikes was chakcd agin him while hc was telling
the White Hos5 rootcrs what he'd DO 20 the BALI lH,
third ball was a strike, and he was fighting mad.
"This we're game is crooked! be ho"led.
But he couldn't hold anybody's attention, Us L'n..
some Bean and the PainlIler now fighting .
ncrate 10 see who'd bat next. After separating cn
into their original beings used up five minu,c cS-
plainin' it was all over till next time
WE'VE got 'cm on the run" glecfuly ca0rtio'
w Spider Blake as the first Hosscr up knocked
ball over his head in center field and cantcrcl home
had TO visit him aforc could convince him j. Na DO.
dut, 10 chase the ball and make arrangements for MALL
inc it to me if he couldn't throw it in. Then got n.
and slammed EN- in fast and furious and the next three
men bit the dust-bcing afraid % stand within SOS icc
o. the plate Big Wclch, with his tenth-sug-o liquor
grin twstin his face into curious smile did very "e
behind the bat sittn with his eyes closed and h hands
spread out ike the side Of q barn.
We went in 10 bat and then walked away, not stop
ping long enough 20 write picter postcard The lio
crs went 10 bat and watted out scores aorc ou
bascmcn could the runners 70 stop and fight on
various questions Of honor
zone c's too short for nine innings, chucdcl Pie
face. ~S'pose we call it fve-inning game,
~Ye're on. We pirlit8 agrees Big WEIGH yankng The
bat away from Spider Blake by force and prompt,
striking out Then Blake followed suit; ditto myself
The fourth inning was a mad dream. I nailed the ball
in the direction Of the batters neck, and nary man
scored vt the end Of the.innng they was eighteen o.
our nothing.
81 immorally suggest, pulled Big WEIGH, ~that 500
adjourn to the Imperial for bit o liquid rcfrcslmon,
afore fighting the next round.
The White IIosscrs chccred him madly, and the
empire went along that the drinking was done
fair and square. sadly brngin up The rear,
when a smart banging in BuXbys shack made me halt
The Chalder was bleatng most desperate Ike.
81 believe its scheduled for right after the game,
told him.
Gimme chance." he pleads Gimme that ball.
and II win the game for ye. They can't Int ue. j
used to pitch in the bush leagues down IN the States
The newspapers always used TO speak me as the base
stealcr Never had no other name.
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