The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1920-06-17
In The Days OF Youth
A short Play From Life

CharacterS-ByrOn Wiley, Frank
Navy, Stapleforte Neild, Reed
Barnes, Austin Barnes, Frank
Spurry. Will Keene Samuel Horse
man, Stewart Parker, Guy Stewart,
Forrest Stewart, Elston Stewart,
! Norman Travers, Fred Bramble,
Russell Asplen, Herbert Parker, O.
Willis, d. Richardson, J. Brannock,
| (Umpires.
Time-A June Day (hot one).
Place-Taylor's island
Characters-A group of enthusias-
! tic, real boys.
ic: 4. Scene 1.
Four boys, in couples, playing
"catch'-with hard vigorous throws
and catches and various interesting
CALCULATIONS as Hot Dog" Hit 'er
agen"
Austin-''I wish Joe'd come, like
to know whether they're comm
| down Or we're goin' up
Will-''Who's goin'?-Catch that
! one!"
Reed:-"G7 1t = nine. Stalfort?
Staplefortes-'AIn no trouble TO
get that. You and Will and Austin
| anu anu 1lllh hCpull
who else?
Reed-Kin you go Frank Navy :?
Frank-Guess so. I'll go to Balti-
more if you want me to. It's too
hot to argue. Who else is going?
Don't forget Carroll Horse man
are you going to play, Melvin?
Melvin-Naw, but I'll be umpire
Frank-Goshl Wen get some in
sect from up there to be umpire.
Austin Qoudly)-You forgot, Barn
Willey-he makes nine!
Frank Spurry-Here comes Joe!
Scene III.
Mailcar, in shape of Ford Camo-
ufiaged with packages, draws up IN
front of store and as from it issue
| two legs nine boys hasten aroun it,
all hanging in breathless suspense.
From the store the postmaster peer
ing through the half open screen
door while the presperation flows in
steady stream from under MS
straw hat, registers interest; through
| the grocery door, Gator and Clar-
ences heads and struck through the
same crack, interested. Two men,
names unknown, are peeping around
| the side of the store while the rest
| of the store is so quiet you could
hear a cannon so off, if there was
| one 10 light.
(Close up of Game scene with boys
| hugging each other and screaming,
We're going up thar!')
Scene III.
Ford being backed out of yard
with boys hanging out of it. Full
rattle back to store-steams up 4
loud stentorian voice breaks through
| stillness-the boys and the Ford
Jump. It's only Gator:
Hey. Frank. take care of that
| bye, there!"
In a cloud of greasy hot dust, the
nine is off and the clerks, etc, fall
back in exhaustion wiping their eyes
| while Melvin proclaims that it they
make two home runs every inning
besides the other runs they'll win,
he thinks and nobody disagrees.
Act Ill. Scene |.
| A typical Church Greek Diamo ond.
If you are deaf all looks peaceful;
I,athsrgjss xauE ears should be IN
sured for safety. was deaf most Of
the time-only caught: Our hrst
bats-don't care if y are company.
Nav sir-our own ole Church
Creek man for Empire"
Don't care if he is from Cam
bridge-we couldn't play y alone
cud we? Wal, Egypt Road amt so
| fur from here.
Change Empires. He's Cheaten!
| please pardon my drawing a line
here. Will only say that Taylor's
Island believes in "older people be-
| ing given privilege of talking and
most of the Church Creek, etc. nine"
claimed it on an average OF plus
| i've years"
Hot. lively play unsues with oh,
oceans of intelligent conversation.
Oh, yes! for politeness sake our
boys had to offer to fight again AS
il seems that a nice lively scramble
is always a judicial means of broth
erly love.
Scene Ill
| Church Creek looks in despair at
Cambridge, Woolford and Madison
| Norman Travers), and shakes. its
head sadly, while bathing itself IN
perspiration. Taylors Island, rosy
cool, and buoyant offers TO shake
hands, giggles, piles in Ford and
with waves, yells in goodbye
We'll see you on our nine next
| Saturday. Love 20 have you visit
us, goodbye"
Church Creek pats bruise on his
knee, Cambridge looks in dispalr ut
Redeemed swollen hands while Madl-
son looks with sobs in his throat ut
the scoreboard which read, Church
Creek s runs, Taylor'E >Island IS.
And they were all such baDleS :
tbov all prO9n