Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-17
There's No Base Like Home
By H. c. WITWER

III one way and the other: and q, be
nnn nmMn's TO gyp me outa one-haif of sss :
S1y'ommnn omnicn as near as | can make II is
ba,o bov, iet MN do II. I would rather
one.tenpSS MY % setts respect any. day than
, owe him s32.60 from pinocb,e nogror, ywrSs,
I II nn..ssDurgh; and let him try and get
,,.n ! am just leavin' the clubhouse Joe
Win sorrowfully face. He shakes nv
ramu ! nn,,,s ana turns away his head; and
y could OF swear they Is a tear steaiin'
"S Wy WWay down his cheek.
says, wassiS! sGio!ai6y by ED ed; old scout" he
doin dot what he thinks. is the right thing,
put would hate to have his Sonsciencs
10 sleep with The idea OF talSin a. big
s'ronS, young fellow like you and makif,
| lars % ' io' ie" uirty doi-
What's the idea?" saws. with nat.
urally enough surprise. what , ave
mean a hophead; hey?"
pcGNsre ere you gonna join the Cincinnati
"In sav os ANT II; N,o9u?, o.. he asks. solemniy
that hophead stuff come in?" ''ee
"p,vws wna.n NJ hollers Rube. jumpln' away
,Dye mean to stand there and make
thg elalm you don't know?"
mence oaaea to sr,d my head, Joe, and ] COM
nothin' Hey" hollers Ruba 70 thr
rest of the gang. He don't know wha,
he.s goin up against with the Reds
can you tie that"
They all come gatherin' around me
shakin, their heads and gain upon me
IKE l was about to get enroute for the
empaimers instead of Cincinnati. which
hnao, am mat dead no matter what the
We'll" says Rube, "if Mac amt man
enough to tell you-I will rid you
Know that Pat Moran has been tryin
all season to buy pretty near everybody
on this club and has offered kings ran
all Asia for us? No-hey? Mac is sup
posed to be a personally friend of yours
and yet you amt even got spoonful
OF any of this here inside stuff Dye
know that we have all swore that we
would rather spend the rest of our lives
playin' semi-pro ball than join the Reds
walt minute !" butts in. whats
all this got to do with me bein' hop
head II go with 'em, hey?"
."Ah, ha!' hollers Rube, like a vii
lain from the movies. IT'S got every
thing to do with 1t What dye sup
pose has made them Cincinnati Reds
go crazy this year and win the pennant
when for over forty years they thought
the worlds series died out with Lin
coln?"
I shook my head in the negatively
.- Dope" yells Rube, dancin' around
Dope" I says, settin' dizzy. What
"Sure-dope says Rube. That's
what them guys Is bein fed on night
and day. Why, everybody in the league
knows that from the day Moran dropped
a bill outa his pocket in st. Looey which
was for $500 worth the opium Did you
ever watch 'em on the diamond? Them
babies amt got no more idea what
they're doin' than a gang of maniacs
Their eyes Is all CLASSY and they keen
mumblin' all the time to themselves.
tell, you Moran has been shootin' 'em
full of hooch all season. and them guys
is so charged up that half the time they
wander all over the streets; and Moran
carries a whole slew of detectives to
foley them up and lead 'em out to the
park every day! Wait till you get to
Cincinnati The first thing Moran will
do Is to give YOU a jab In the arm and
make you pitch a doubleheader! Pretty
soon you'll be. a dope flend; and next
year they wouldn't let you into biz
lea que game II you had a ticket"
Benny Kauff and two other guys
walks outside coughin'. and I suppose
they couldn't stand to listen to my ter
ribly fate no longer Joe, ] did com
mence to feel a trife nervously, they's g
no doubt about that!
Are you sure you amt got 1t balled
up?" says, after a minute of the most
deadly silence. 1T looks to me that
instead Of Cincinnati bein' doped. some
body has gone to work and gave sleepin
you was in there yesterday you give me
the idea that you had eat a dish ot
veronal for lunch, especially them two
times you was caught off first by over
four miles and"
'1iid about 1t IL you like says Rube