Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-09-10

kent his objective secret from every
living soul save his wife. Even the
club officials supposed for several
DAYS, that the manager had slipped
quietly out Of the city to rest after the
hardest fought diamond battle In the
records Of the national game. The
secretary had been told to reply to
any cablegram from Win Shute In
one way: to say that iris Ford was
out Of town, and to urge the second
baseman to remain on board until the
ship called at Naples, where he would
be met by the American consul The
big series ended on Tuesday, and at
| a. m. next morning iris Ford, under
the nom de mer of Arson Jones, had
sailed on the Lauretania. The follow
ing Monday morning he landed at
Fishguard, boarded the special train
for Dover crossed the cantankerous
channel. and arrived in Paris In the
afternoon. Ford left the Care de Lyon
Mt ten o'clocl, that night, and after a
night, a day, and second night on
the train arrived in Rome early Tues
day morning. The Colonla wasn't due
at Naples until the next day. He was
at the palace leased by the Hon. John
B,smer. American ambassador to Italy,
before that Chicago millionaire had
finished his uncontinental breakfast of
fruit, oatmeal, ham and eggs, and
coffee. eaten to the accompanying Pc
r,sal of the Continental Daily Mail.
The ambassador was expecting
TRIStram CarlingFORD. John Bis.
mer's boss, the president Of the Unit
| ed States, was a thlrty-third-degree
fan; also, the White House staff were
fans down to the clerk who addressed
the social invitations; and when the
| assistance of Washington had been
solicited in the hunt for the king OF
second basemen and the pursuit CT
his kidnapers, all other government
business, foreign and domestic. was
shunted into second place. President
Bancroft Of the American league al
terward observed that not for naught
had he been distributing annual passes
in Morocco leather cases to the execu-
tive branch of the government.
So If Ambassador Bismer succeeded
in rendering valuable service IN the
search and capture, he would be GER
tain Of more official favor even thah
when he secured the contracts for two
Chinese battleships for Yankee snip
builders-his one real diplomatic tri-
umph.
Az in all of the pourparlers OF Ill
plomacy. the Interview between Joh'l
Blsmer and Iris Ford was some tiihe
arriving at the main point Ford had
TO plov over the world series for the
ambassadors benefit before he coulo
get down to the business at hand.
"What heartbreaking finish! eN
claimed the ambassador-"decldlns
game-score to against you-mei
on second and third-nobody out
and YOU mean to tell me you couldn'
squeeze a run across the platter
: iris Ford was literal-mlnded whei
talking baseball. He took 1t that TN
ambassador used squeeze In the teen
meal sense-that he meant to ask WI.
the squeeze play" hadn't been al
tempted.
4 "You'd naturally think we'd "a trle'
the squeeze, now wouldn't your SAT-
Ford. st was a great chance for
4 for our double squeeze, In fact"
"You got me-" confessed the ambas
sador. "What on earths the 'doubl
squeeze? Must have come In since
nut on velvet pants"
John Bismer laughed at his ow
Joke on the diplomatic service, as Oil
Iris Ford.
"It's this way" explained Fort
~You have man on second and ma
on third, and nobody out, well say.
"Just the situation in the sevent
game of the world series" emphasize
the ambassador.
iris Ford nodded and went on
"you also have n man at bat who
n natural bunter. Well, the bate
signals to the base runner on third
bitches up his trousers, or some sue
ordinary signal as that. Then whe
the pitcher begins to wlnH up, ii
man on third breaks for the plate
comes sailing into what looks like
sure putout. But the batsman reach'
out and taps the ball-lf you pull o
the play--and the man scores! nc
sea ball knocked TO pitcher, or hal
way even, will be enough to 'squeez
y the man across the plate, because he
got such a long start"
q 81 see" exclaimed the ambassadC
his eyes shining like the orbs Of
n American hoy. 'But what about Il
double squeezew
"pm Just coming 10 that" sa
Ford, smiling. "Taking the same pl'
when the man on third starts +
home, the runner on second legs 1t
n third. But he doesn't stop-keeI
SO right on running, and--well, someho
o. or other the pltcher--or 1t might
s.. the catcher, IL 1t was short bunt
a. seeing that the first man Is bound
ne score and fearing he won't get al
~ nut-out. throws the ball to first
lis head of the batter. And-the secoI
man scoresf'