Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-06

The Newarks have a new left-handed
pitcher whom they can well call Bean
Ball Harry. because in the rough par
lance of the diamond all he can be
counted on for consistently is vol
ley of left-handed shoots which are like
ly to hit the batter in the head. This.
be 1t known, is termed hitting the batter
Sin the beam" the language of base ball
being dark and mysterious and full of
strange words-such as bean" for head.
or soak 1t" for strike the ball with
great strength"
| ranging from about nine years old up to
| the advanced age of twelve. They pos
| seSs four uniforms one ball and a collec-
ton of bats. one of which is not split. The
wonderful dollar and h quarter things.
Believe me. my friends. II there Is any
thing greater on earth than the joy of a
boy when he has for his own a dollar and
| a quarter ball I know not where it is.
The love and the caresses which his
| chubby. muddy fingers impart to thai
| old horsehide thing are past all COM
prehension of you old dodgers who in
| sist on spending money to see games
instead Of playing them. To think that
you are actually playing with the same
| kind OF ball that Walter Johnson
uses! No. no. cannot go on.
] am stopped by emotion.
| Bean Ball Harry was allowed to
| this week. His father. who was quite a
| ball player. according to his own ac-
| counts. took him to the sporting goods
store and presumed the young south
| pay would choose a boys size bat.
| But they didn't interest him. Instead.
he picked out Louisville slugger, as
| long as wagon tongue and as heavy
as a telegraph pole.
l L. IL 1, wrvtf =,
| that" he said
Well. when Bean Ball Harry arrived
| home with that bat the Newarks were
waiting to see it. I was there and saw 1t.
too And what a wonderful chorus OF
praise arose from that little team.
They smoothed it and lifted II and tried
| 1t out with preliminary swings and
every one Of them wanted to grab it at
once; and every one of them said:
Hey, Harry. femme use 1t next week
when We play the Friendship Heights
team"
But what's the use? When fell
Ter gets SO fat he has to take the
eat-and- grow-thin diet there isn't any
use trying to be boy again Just by
writing about kids on a typewriter.
| Jacob Coxey, who led an, army of I'M
employed to Washington a long time ago.
|
dent interested in a plot Of ground out in
Massilon, Ohio. which is now doing MOTH
ing but sitting vacant next to the post
office. Col. Coxey is bent on utilizing
that lot and doing something for the royal
| family of England at the same time. This
suggestion Is herewith given exclusive
publicity at this moment. Col Coxey hav-
ing favored me with a copy of his letter
| to the President on the subject. This Is
what is In the letter:
| 1.-THE thought struck me. taking it from
your advice to the producers of this coun-
try, that 1t was too bad to allow this
productive strip OF land to lie idle.
my suggestion Is that you issue an
order to the postmaster to have him
plant this in potatoes. I am sure that
with the proper care in cultivation Of po-
tatoes (and / will agree as far as l am
concerned to furnish enough paris green
to kill the bugs) that you will be able
to furnish enough potatoes on this strip
of land to feed the King and Queen OF
England for the coming year.
This will help some. and If you will
| issue the same order to all the postmas-
| tiers and other federal officials to do the
| same rather than having the land lie idle
around the public buildings you may get
down finally to help to feed the people in
the trenches"
~ EradaricL r. Crid3ths ~ phi1adel.