The Washington herald., 1918-01-28
AFTERNOON SERMON
CONTINUED FROM PAGE SIX.

third and Bennett. their old catcher,
was at bat Charley had three balls
and two strikes on him. Charley
couldn't hit a high ball. 1 don't
mean a Scotch highball: but he
could kill them when they went
about his knee.
hollered to Clarkson and said:
One more and we gotem."
You know every pitcher puts a
hole in the ground where he puts
his foot when he is pitching. John
stuck his foot in the hole and he
went clean to the ground.
On. he could make 'em dance. He
could throw oyerhanded. and the
ball would go up and down like
that. He is the only man on earth
i have seen do that That ball
would go by so fast that the batter
could feel the thermometer drop
two degrees as she whizzed by.
John went clean down. and as he
went to throw the ball his right
foot slipped and the ball went low
instead Of high.
saw Charley swing hard and
heard the bat hit the ball with a
terrific boom. Bennett had smashed
the ball on the nose. saw the ball
rise In the air and knew that 1t was
going clear over my head.
could Judge within ten feet of
where the ball would light. turned
my back to the ball and ran.
The field was crowded with peo-
pie and 1 yelled: stand back" and
that crowd opened like the Red Sea
opened for the rod of Noses.
ran on, and as ran made a
fh.zI1-g..I
1 tell you that. said: God. IL you
ever helped mortal man, help me
get that ball, and You haven't very
much time to make up Your mind,
either
ran and jumped over the bench
and stopped.
I thought I was close enough to
catch II. 1 looked back and / saw
Il going over my head and 1 jumped
and showed out my left hand and
the ball hit IL and stuck.
At the rate was going the mo-
nentum carried me on and fell un-
der the feet OF q team Of horses. I
Jumped up with the ball in my
aand- Up came Tom Johnson. Tom
1ssd to be mayor of Cleveland. He's
lead now.
Here is $40. Bill. Buy yourself
he best hat In Chicago. That catch
won me 1850. Tomorrow 20 and
suy yourself the best suit of clothes
Tou can md In Chicago"
An old Methodist minister said to
ne Q few years ago: why, william,
rou didn't take the SO, did your
raid: You bet your life I did"
Mike Kelly Died Poor Despite
Money.
Listen Mike Kelley was sold to
soston for $4,000. Mike got half
Il the purchase price. He came up
o me and showed me a check for
5000. John L. Sullivan. the cham
ZION fighter went around with a
subscription paper and the boys
'aised over $4,000 to buy Mike
Iouse.
They gave Mike a deed to the
Iouse and they had $500 left and
ave him q certificate Of deposit for
hat
His salady for playing with Bos-
on was s4.700 a year. At the end
( that season Mike had spent the
5000 purchase price and the s4.70G
le received as salary and the $500
hey gave him and had a mortgage
n the house.
And when he died in Pennsylva-
ia they went around with a sub
cription to get money enough to
ut him in the ground. and each
lub. twelve in ALL in the two
sagues gave a month a year to
is widow.
Nike sat there on the corner with
ae twenty-eight years ago when l
aid: -Good-by, boys. I'm going to
esus Christ"
A. G. Spalding signed up q team
go around the world. 1 was the
econd he asked to sign the contract
nd Capt Anson was the first. / was
liding 10 second base one day. 1
lways slid head FIRST, and I hit
tone and cut q ligament loose in
~ knee.
I got q doctor and had my leg
xed. He said:
william. II you don't go on that
ip viii give you good leg"
J oeeyed anf have as good leg