The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-10-08
lack Wheat Minds Knittin'
ScAoo1 Systsu, Band, He Saws
Too Well to. Mind Pastime
b Bruce Copeland.

0y0Mce Copeland.
(sDeciai Dazbsa wirs.,
Aboard the 3oth Century Limited
Enrouts Cleveland, Oct 7-That
old wise crack, Mind your knit
dn,." = all bunk, according to
zacAafiah Wheak, tAs broodins
aboriginee. whe sonstimss attends
b bassooll duties IN LEFT field for
the Booklyn Robins, and who some-
times Doesn't
Zacharaiah tonight il madden
than = han In = shower hath be-
cause one Of thu Arst things he
learned IN school was mind your
kntttfn'., ~ . result, Zach ID
ready 70 urge . complete revolu-
ton tn educational curriculums,
whereby the young Won't have to
grow NJ with any false ideas.
Zach minded his knittin' yester-
day; In fact, he minded IL 30 as
siduously that when Terrible iris
Speaker socked . bacon-provider
right on line with Wheat's sittee,
Zach minded his knittin', while the
ball rolled to the enclosure. Ter
rfble iris never stopped galloping
until after he had tossed off q
beaker Of prohibition brew on the
bench.
Kid1ed b. Sherry.
Sherry Smith had been kidding
Zach before the game. you birds
out there in the field ought to be
made to pay your way in. just like
all the other spectators" cajolej
Sherry, after Uncle Robbie had
buzzed him that the hopes Of Flat
bush would be clinging frantically
to his southern exposed souper on
and after : pm. sharp.
OF course, Sherry implied that
Zach, together with Tom Griffith
and Hap Myers, might just as well
take the afternoon OH, as long as
he was going to shake . miscreant
south paw for the Cleveland batting
order. Being q simple soul and a
bulwark Of implicit faith, Zach took
Sherry's instructions greatly to
heart-all but the one about paying
his way into the grounds.
It was learned from authentic
sources that If . chicken set you
back only two cents a pound, Zach
wouldn't spend a pewter dime for
a box seat to see said chicken
dressed. Anyway, Zach didn't care
to sit all afternoon without exec
c:sing his digits, SO he took his
knitting along. Why not? Hadn't
he been taught in school to mind
his "knittin'!" Leave it to Zach to
pick up everything but ground
balls!
Ivy Proves His Name.
Along came the fourth. inning
Ivy Olson nipped Bill Wambsganss
lat first by an eyelash. Don't know
why they named him Ivy. Don't
|giveadam, but suppose his proud
Fand happy parents wanted him to
sling to whatever he grasped. II
this was the case. yesterday they
had their wish. Ivy chung to that
grass-cutter like q tired horse to
heavy load; and then came Ter
rible iris.
| Zach must have been knitting a
flapper's bathing suit, because when
Spoke" stepped up to bust the old
apple, Zach had gotten all the way
Isround the waist without dropping
single stitch. Figuring that the
game had taken only about thirty
1 i've minutes up to that hour, what
! else could Zach have been knit
ting so thoroughly in that time!
Don't say figures should be added
when you can only hold one at a
time! That would hardly be po-
lite; besides, you might make some
body jealous by trying to add more
figures.
Well, Zach had just embroidered
beautiful dumb-bell flounce up
whatever he was k(a) hitting, when
Terrible iris busted one for a
goal. But, in passing. the mis-
shapen app spattsred Juice all over
Zach's dolly. Zach looked around
10 see who could have been SO rude
while Speaker looked around behind
third and home to see who could
have been 80 obliging.
! After Ballot Yarn.
| Zach began to run a1pund In cir
cles, but fooled everybody as tc
his motive. The bali rolled to ar
underwear sign in left and. natur-
ally. it was too modest to pursue
jTurthar Rut Zach wasn't trying
to locate the elusive horsehide! NO;
The was looking for one OF his hand
some filigree crow-bar knitting
needles that had SHE'D at the pass.
ing locomotive and had beat 1t ou'
of the mark like q bat out Of hellup
Otherwise Sherry Smith would
have blanked the Indians with three
hits, But Sherry has only himself
to blame. Perhaps the next TIME
iha will have Zach searched before
the game for those telltale needles
and pins. -
The Indians are coming home;
| that il, they have the nerve to D.
coming home the seasons mos
fashionsble display Of ivory BY
products. Speaker must have beer
ysmped by q Second avenue BLONDE
an something for the Robins VEN
to bat IN the first inning with theil
sleeyes full Of horse laughs OF
eaeinx slim" Caldwell ready TO 6
through the motions.
re nrst haw-haw netted q
..ranc,pated ducAt to the hrst phi
Ion. BY Ivy Olson, thus blessed
MA not long to recline there. iol
prnther Jim Johnston dropped
Mcswiuey that sent I've scurryin.
n the second sofa. Tom Grin too'