The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-05-03
DOTE NOW TAKES UP
SUBJECT OF BASEBALL
mayo ne, nineteen sixtean.

iudSO NS, lliCISSh SAASSAAA'
dear editorial yes wus upter
du west ter sea ther ball gain twixt
the baptis colag an the uskums. tina
had sed in abvul, that is nistar
storks an dali bockstall thet the
baptis wood eat the uskums up ez
tina knue trick bout plain with a
wet ball which the uskums cuddent
handal as tina is no baptis, an tina
sed that the baptust he'd cuban on
ther TEEN which wood'maik ther gain
interstate commurs which the US
kums haddint studded. so when j
sees Mr. Bockstalls kar agoin up with
a stripid parrasoil in it an seed mr..
storks hirin kar ter goa up. an
carrie his peepul, sed ter lizzie ]
CESS thay is rite en- the uskums will
be sncde under or raned on by the
baptust colag, but ennyway when
a nabur sed less go up, up goes with
him es bleeve in bein gain en-
seein thing out. we'll heddeht
got up ther until sees buddie long
shore en- col. bob owings run up in
a l:tal white mersheen which trotted
| jist like mule. up ermungst the
crowd it runned en- then stopt rite
suddintly like ernuther mule, en- run
back, en- iketer runned oaver sevrul
niggers which wus sitting on the
grass watchin ter sea how ther bap-
tus handled therselves in gittin warm
befoar the gain. well bob owings
is sed ter hev leenins ter ther bap-
tust hisself en- CESS he wus brought
up by mr.. bockstall en- mr.. storks,
ter do sum rooten, ennyway he wus
thare.
we'll, the uskums wus still studdin
when the baptust wus practisen but
dreckly hear thay Gums with. ther
doctars. thay. now has sevrul doc
tars moar than they he'd when tina
plade Feetball with the TEEN frum
out near donnels. tina has still got
dr.. mofix, en- doctar bell, an then
tina has spechul doctar knone as
DIR. presslie, en- he handles meddisin
rite now in a ball gain. well tina
twisted ther arms and throde enuff
balls ter win gain, an evry Fellar
hit the ball sevrul times to loosen
the cuvver an git the ball soft en-
then the emperor of the gain sed
let the Fite begin en- i seed mr..
storks wink his l at ernuther man
which wus with him, an he pinted
ter the cuban an thay both LATED jist
like you has seed mr.. storks do when
he gifts cheeted in a mule traid. well
the uskums hes a pitcher which is
named wulf from torrents, S. c., en-
beleav me he knose how ter shute
ball, when he is windin up ter pich
IL IL L. %or ha ffin rnofc
the baptust they waded rite inter the
Fite, but all which got befoar wulf
in ther fust stanzer wus ether kilt
ur badlie woonded, en- they went out
inter the feeld en- sed give EN- sum
wet goods bois en- befoar i knue it
they had dun fixt the uskums an so
it went erlong fur line er too, when
the uskums finds also speeks in
Furrin languig en- thay trots out a
mexikan which sent the ball hum
min an the next thing the baptust
knoas thay has man on each baste
ter watch the man which was trine
ter keap theas bastes, en- then a littal
fellar which cum from mercormlck
kounty, en- which the uskum bois hes
knicknaimed fur his kountie, steps
up lookin kinder skeared en- mr..
storks and the gent. with him looks
at each uther an smiles agin but i
soon seas he wus onlie skeared that
he wood braik his bat so he jest hit
um litely en- took charg Of all threa
bastes hisself and let the other bois
which had been watchin cum in an
git drink Nv wauter. well, the
uskums then sent in ernuther hevvy
artillerie or too, en- the next thing i
seas is mr.. storks en- the gint. leevin,
in which thay sed they had ter VISIT
sick friend. iguess thay wanted
ter git sum of his meddicin as DIR.
presnes diddent seam ter agrea with
them, an then looked fur mr.. book
stalls kar an it was gone ter the fire
on the outside of ther whoal toun
with ther parrasoil dun put down.
we'll the gain still went on. the bap-
itust heddent put ole Cuber in yit, so
thay trotted him out but the uskums
lit on him like yaller jackits en- thay
soon maid him look like a shipped
wautermellon, en- then thay sent in
ernuther hoss which was sumthin
like texas ponie, but he cuddent
stand the hoss-fies which the US
kums had ter turn loos on him, en- he
wus soon swettin, an frettin, and
with that the emperor of the gain
sez that the uskums has wun it nine
ter an comes on hoam, an mr..
storks gifts down lait ther next morin.
, so goodby.