The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-06-23
ECHOES
BY II Il N r Y
Nc f "A RLON e
NEWSY N E w S
and FICTION


fence all thru the game even when
Heinie Westenburg comes around
Shell never moves from his perch
he don't even move his ears, he
Just moves to the ground until
until the officer goes by.
Nile Patti tried to get in the park
by walking IN backwards. just
think, but Nile stumbled over a
block and had to pay admission
fee flor children), 15c.
Whitewater Indiana boasts of
having a regular orchestra. Dado
Jones is one of the solo cornetists,
/ his playing is swell. Yes, swell.
that's just the trouble. Most of
the violinists are girls but the boys
of the corporation certainly make
enough noise to make them repent.
Whitewater has only q popula-
ton of 300. SO this shows that it
is not behind the times in the least
for example. look at Centerville,
. big healthy town Of thousand.
no orchestra or nothing else. I
tell you even il the map makers
did overlook Whitewater we got to
hand It to her for keeping up with
Richmond at least.
Indoor baseball at summer play
grounds doesn't seem to be very
exciting. altho once in q while we
hear of Baxter winning game.
This indoor stuff reminds US of
the Sunday School Leagues. There's
never any excitement going on un-
less Marius Fossenkemper pitches.
Then we hear that he gets Knock
ed all over the field.
I'd hate to be q pitcher just
imagine those batters knocking me
all over the field. that would be
first-class murder.
Baseball is a good game when
it's played fast. that's the reason
every team wants me-to get off
the field.
When the Beans played the
Turnips at the Fairgrounds Thurs
day, the score looked something
like this:
r. H. e.
Beans .............. 80 800 4400
TurnipS ....... 100 5000 0
Now II that game wasn't exciting
Ill eat my new straw katey. Joe
Bean pitched the whole game. One
time he nearly killed the manaker.
He'd strike out batter and then
he'd 60 over and eat all the poison
Ivy off the church tower.
He struck out Charlie Turnip
623 times and nearly caused riot.
He shot hot one at the catcher
but 1t missed the catcher and killed
the umpire. He almost scared the
left fielder into adsesive spasms
by letting Lima Bean hit COM
mon house fly in the northeast
suburbs. The first baseman got so
mad that il he'd have bit himself
he'd have had hydrophobia.
COrnfield Bean. the champion
soup gurgler of Richmond, knock
ed fly that earned him a home
rln-this same fly went thru Kat
ey Jones' window at Eaton. O., one
hour later, bursting Katey's spect-
acles, laying on the kitchen sink.
This pitcher, Joe Bean, was
lady killer-he STEPPED on a lady
bug. Me would draw up his shout
ders. throu out his chest, wind up
for throw and then take another
stick of chewing gum. He once
threw sponge at the batter caus-
ing regular cloud burst. 420 peo-
pie died Of fright because he swal-
lowed the last baseball on, the dia-
mcnds. Funeral services next Fri
day. please omit flowers.
The shOrtstop ate all the leather
off his shoe because be couldn't
run soda fountain.
Yes, the game was exciting.
Roses bloom in summer.
Golden glow in fall.
Violets in springtime.
Cut worms--not at all.
Baseball's played in summer,
Same old thing in fall.