The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-17

frey is going to turn out. Usually
when two men are out and bum slug
ger comes TO bat you think its all over
but lots Of times II amt. And contrary
wise when three or four get on bases
with nobody out and the heavy arti1-
iery dew you think their will be some-
thing doing. but nine times out of ten
their amt especially If it's the home
team. This Is a Quear world.
But Tn Off OF baseball after that ex-
hihishun yesterday Uncle John After
this I'm going In for Philharmonic
concerts and Cooper institute lectures.
They may NOT be SO thrilling but they
at least don't take years of of your
fifs, keaping yoa Worked up. The hair
dresser found gray hair In my head
when she was washing It this morn
ing which Is q tragedy in any wo-
mans life but 1 knew better than 10
get het UP over her Christafer Colum-
bus stunt, IT was that ball game Sat
urday. The difference In time was bad
enough haveing to walt a whole hour
after the game should ought to have
started by rights by my wrist watch:
and then to have that guy at the Pal
ace come out between numbers and say
IL was TO / for the Gints in the sew.
enth and TO hear the awful news later
from the haliboys Its wonder
didn't develop some wasteing sickness
instead of getting only one little old
gray hair. The prisner OF Chilon didn't
have nothing on me.
The only decent thing about yester-
day was the wether. Warm like sum-
uer SO that / didn't have to wear no
coat whitch the color comes off of and
makes sly white gloves looked like
lived In pittsburg Ave minutes after
put them on. ] suppose you are yern
ing for h few eolorful details Witch
tile scribes Won't put in the papers. but
honest Uncle John they aint a thing
| can tell you. Talk about them an
shuut Egyptians rnakeing bricks with
out straw. They got me seventeen up
and one TO play when It comes to pull
ing yarn out OF that affare yester-
day,
/ suppose you have read by this time
how II WAS booted away behind Ben
ton. He pitched grand but II would
take the hart out Of any twirler for
Robertson To do what ne done And
finally when the Gtnts did get man
on base they hadda take Benton out
to leave a pinch hitter swat, because
when they might never get another
guy to hrst they couldn't AFFORD to take
no chances. And as for that pinch hit
ter--oh we'll you know what sailers
are.
/ crost my fingers when the crow
hooed Eddie Collins because / knowed
they was Inviteing the wrath of the
Gods. Didn't thai guy score on q
luke when Rartden was way off the
plate and Heinie Etm chasing him like
he was playing sap1e Of tag. Q Uncle
John when / think of some of the
things Mugssy MeGraw has to worry
about | don't see how President Wilson
sleeps OF nights.
Their was one chearfui feature |
ate two not dogs because / knew il
would be my last chance for long
time at that mrustard and them squshy
rolls. l suppose / viii gain a pound
or too on them but they have shrunk
SO ia size since the var broke out that
I'm kidding myself into believing that
really ct only one.
The gang was all there except some
Of the Chicago seribes which their
papers thought they was no use paying
expenses for back. Them Chioag go
bids must of been pretty SURE Of win
ming and II you win nobody cares how
you done II. Its only defeat which
needs alihi, So they could anord to
leave il 10 the associated prefs. That
one which needed a shave next to me
was among those not present and /
should worry and didn't | heard Mr.
Irwin Cobb asst Colonel Rupert what
thinner meant in German and Colonel
RUPERT said room. but Mr.. Cobb
thought he said groom" and said
which kind bride or hofse7 think ne
was trying TO get something on Hell
ME but when he heard his name ment
A carpenter no more remarks was ex-i
changed, sun. bet ths Chicago sorthss