The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-08-04
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Hibbard-that summer school
that tried to pull off a 1000 per-
cent stuff in baseball lost their
first game Monday to Baxter in a
double-header. Hubbard won the
first and lost the second.
Mr.. Hybarger's Bakers is not at
the bottom - yet IT they claim
Whitewater has the honor of step
ping below.
The Fairgrounds team. featuring
Dick Thornburg's playing as a star
act pulls off some mighty nice
plays such as beating Baxter 16 to
0 or something just as good.
Mr.. Mays Whitewater team is
trying to kid themselves into be-
lieving there's no place like place
you don't have to fight over-hence
the 1888
Frank Grove has arrived in Rich
mond and will pull off his first
piano act at the tonight at Z p. m.
The Y pool seems the most pop
ular spot in Richmond. Mr.. Will
liams claims there is near to 800
fellows in every day.
Glenn Myers who has lately com
pleted that trip to Detroit via byci-
cles seems to be above his Rich
mond friends now.
Those many boys who had up
their wireless sets before the war
find that waiting until they can put
'em up again is like waiting for
storms that doesn't break.
Well, I've had a lot of expert
ence with goats and cats but new
er before had an experience with a
real mad bull. Bulls are funny
things | have often looked them
over from horn to hoof but l never
was much impressed by them be-
fore.
Well the way it all happened was
too quick to think of but it went
something like this.
Last week l went out to CousiE
Susie's for weekend visit Oh the
farm-oh boy!-even the chickens
celebrated-they all went to roost
ten minutes earlier.
Everything was fixed. | was to
have good time. / was all dress.
ed for the occasion, red sweater.
red necktie and a red blazer cap.
Well about 2:30 the eirst after.
noon discovered big apple tree
full of juicy sweet apples. in the
middle Of large pasture that
didn't have an animal in it because
I'm talking about the pasture
because l stood on top of the fence
and looked-honest.
Well, being brave lad and wish.
ing to risk my sweet young life
against the poisonous bits of CART
er snakes. my fondness Of green
sweet apples prompted rue to cross
that beautiful field.
Now crossing a field is being Or
binary but what was i'll it wasn't
that was bull-a rea, live bull
with four legs, ring in it's nose
and a lot of speed.
1t came charging down upon Inc
from some unknown angle--and be-
lieve me wasn't playing Moses III
the Bullrushes either. SO | tried 10
get to the tree first. did and be-
fore | knew it | was sitting on TIE
top branch making faces at that
bull.
The bull kept paving up the
earth so much that | thought he
was digging my grave SO got
scared. l did, and wondered how
Robinson Cursoe would have felt
in the top of IN apple tree Il block
away from any fence, with only
green apples and too scared to cat
EN- and bull at the bottom dig
ging his grave.
Pretty soon the bull let out n
"baw" and wiggled his head while
l let out "baw" aud felt for ny
handkerchief-it was nard work.
let it be said, and / wcs too scared