The Lamar register., 1920-08-18

snip Nufi''l at aHhlllts ~ llflt lie NAilllI
be met by the American consul The
big series ended nn Tuesday. and al
III neXt morning iris Ford under
the nom de mer of AnsOu Jones had
sailed nn the l.auretHuin. The follow
ing Monday morning he landed at
FishguHrd. boarded the special train
for Dover crossed the cantankerous
channel and arrived In Paris in the
AFTERNOON Ford left the Care de Lyon
al ten O'Clock that night and after q
night. d day. and u second night on
the train arrived In Rome early Tues.
day morning The Colonia wasn't due
at Naples until the next dsv. He was
al the palace leased by the Hon John
Bismer American ambassador to Italy
before rhat Chicago millionaire had
finished his uncontinentsl breakfast OF
fruit oatmeal ham and eggs and
coffee eaten 10 the accompany Pc
rusa OF the Continental Daily Mail.
The ambassador was expecting
TRIStrHm CarlingFORD. John Biz
mer's boss the president OF the Unit
ed States was thirty-third- degree
fan; also. the White House stan 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 bssemen and the pursuit Of
his kidnapers. all other government
business. foreign and domestic, was
shunted into second place. President
Bancroft OF the American league ar
terward observed that not for naught
had he been distributing annual passes
IN Morocco leather case- to the exscu-
tive branch Of the government.
30 II Amba ssadOr Bismer succeeded
In rendering valuable service IL the
search and capture, he would be GER
tain OF more off1cial favor even than
when he secured the contracts for two
Chinese battleships for Yankee ship
builders-his one real diplomatic tn
umph. Which explains why he was
more than cordial in hi. greeting Of
the manager OF the GaiDt-killers.
As in all OF the pourparisrs Of d.
plomscy, the Interview between John
Bismer and Iris Ford was some time
arriving at the main point Ford had
to play over the world series for the
ambassadors be1snt before he could
get down TO the business at hand.
what a beartbreakins nnish !" sI-
claimed the mbasssdor-"dscidins
ssme-score 10 U against you-msn
on second and third-nobody out
and you mean TO tell me you couldn't
squeeze d run across the platter
Tri. Ford was literal minded when
talking baseball. He took II that the
ambs s-adOr used squeeze in the tech
nical seuse--that he meant 10 ask why
the squeeze play hadn't been at
tempted
You'd naturally think we'd a tried
the squeeze, now wouldn't youf" said
Ford. 1T was a great chance for 1t
for our double squseze. In fact"
You got me-" confessed the smbas-
sador. "what on sarth's the double
sQuseze't Must have come IN since
put on velvet pants"
John Blsmer laughed at his own
Joke on the diplomatic service, as did
iris Ford
"Its this way" explained Ford.
"You have a man on second and a man
on third. and nobody out well say"
Just the situstion in the seventh
game OF the world series" emphasized
the Ambassador
Tri. Ford nodded and went on:
"You also have g man at bat who 10
q natural hunter. Well. the batter
signals to the base runner on third
bitches up his trousers. or some such
ordinary signal as that. Then when
the pitcher begins 10 wind up, the
man on third breaks for the plate
comes sailing into what looks like
sure putout. But the bstsrnan reaches
out and tap. the ball-if you pull or
the play-snd the man scores You
sea ball knocked TO pitcher. or half
way even, will be enough TO squeeze
the man across the plate. because he's
got such a long start"
81 sesw exclaimed the ambassador,
hi. eyes shining like the orbs Of an
American hoy. But what about the
double squeezef'
I'm JUST coming 10 that" said
Ford, smiling Taking the same play
when the man on third starts for
home, the runner on second legs it TO
third. But he doesn't stop-keeps
right On running and-well. somehow
or other the pitcher-or II might be
the catcher If II was short bunt--
seeing that the first man Is bound to