Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-09

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isr; instgItmJn"'sSs n;trowgn sstt9 I'D Harmon.
CHAPTER
First Inning
,,.,s,. NJ the Hudson's river, ~ l.
s. Ioo-Well Joe. we have got OH
~ start as you have prob-iy no aouo.
van nv the papers and win the ',rs' @
- the season by trimmin 'he
pohIns with the ridiculous ease Ever
=, % .ho thing did go sixteen innin's ana
a.. .core was only / to 0 ana we 90.
.he .e, r,,n in the last frame oy way Vi
.Ias ..Ida nitch. that's the same as u va
r,in by 749 to 0, because we WI Tben,
.Wa,.s WI D' ali that counts, hey, JoeI IneIm
that's al al eieven hits off OF me and you
suys sse e. must Of got terrible suppor,t.
can ,h.t never would of happened. II ~
ol sng for nv almost unhuman controI
w The pInches and maxim the pat.er ,sas &c
~ H. % armless wonder when they wa
ike ar ~, The base, we would prob-ly
rI i.t tho game. because whenever
OF VS, ,,ae a ball hit to the infield then
hrS, aIl acted like 1t was against .ne
iaw 70 touch It and 1t maze tne ssnle
more interestn to sasat naye 'ne reception, % Joe.
.L.r strolled out to the box in a non.
%nin,,,v %nen way and waved my cap right
.rd .nd left TO my 25.000>to 10000 Ta, frantic
soiIowers sI and I bet II even Pres. W,sor .n
had walked across s the No nu,o more Attention
,no, a drop of water at Niagara tai's.
Mho,, .,a, was manys, the loud cry TOT a
.neeeh and I got all set right IN ir9no o
~ me boxes to let one forth Wnen MAJ
grabs me by the arm ana , says hann,,et
soIa"i sa had better go back to the bull pen
anI .s warm I'm SOS the Robins Wouiun
snp ant M more than half a dozen hits each
on Of me. ..xo,, wanna re-
-on,bsr nsSe this here will be the first real
nnn,e / pitched for nearly two years
satd s,d 70 them guys does luck themselves
into n run or so, don't blame II ON me:
I aIways was slow starter anyways.
"yn,i said it !" says Mac, with q sar-
.,.,,cai sneer. ut used to generally be
thS frst week in December before you
rot rot goIn at all and what good is a III
s'Ioe 1oe car, can YOU tie that? This bird would
nnd fault with ten UNCONSTITUTIONAL
bill hey? ,,,> IN
Well yesterday mornin' ! am up III
49, eat Joe. engaged in the innocent
nastime of playin' with my bapy whiiss
Jeanne looks on with a lovin smile on
her equally loyin' face ana ,,sT SToT an, ny
snaee in one Lesson" in her hand, when
Euas'e i,'e =" n ring at the bell. our imported
maid from Yonkers trips lightly over
rug into the room ana exclaifns wa.
they's guy outside by the name OF Mac
which wishes nothin' better than TO see
me, | give permission for him TO come
well we'll" he says. lettin' forth a
grin. THE happy family. hey? How is
everybody this mornin 2"
What's the use of kiCkiny l says
I',,n Iinlg nf
Zine" says Mac. What is IT,
what dye mean. what Is it?' l
hollers. IT'S a baby-what did you
think II was, a giraffeg'
Il mean Is 1t boy or giri, says
Mac. save that comedy for the club
house" , ,,
"Tll say he is :" says Mac, approachin'
carefully like he was afraid my baby
was gonna bite him or the like. Looks
Just like his mother. too. Get them
navy blue eyes, eh?'
Never mind tryin' to get in solid
with the wife" ] says. whilst Jeanne
presents him with a dazzlin' smile.
"Dye wanna hold him minute? ?"
else" says Mac. bactin, away. "He
seems all right where he Is, III let that
part of 1t go for WHILE hey?"
"Cheri say bon jour to Monsieur
Mac" remarks Jeanne to my baby,
JWp BOOI "duHn SullkO ictuih'
my baby, with sarcastical grin.
Don't mention It," says Mac. say
that kids a wonder! Talks as plain
as do. How old is It by now?' ~
What's the difference? I says. Did
you wanna see me about somethin?
,,1 aYeh,% , says Mac Put on your hat
.T amt drinkin' thing" I says,
"I want you to come out to the park
with me for about a hour" he inter-
rupts. 81 have got hold of bird which
gotta get him quick II at all. wanna
short flash at him at work---he's gotta
be back there tonight. OF course,
won't have much time to see whether
he's worth a cigar coupon or n fistful of
diamonds. but IL he shows me anything
at all. I'm gonna take him along. He's
q infelder by nationality and maybe
! can put him on second next year in
stead Of Watson"
What are you gonna do with Wat
ton" ! says. II thought he was the
came to the club as, the franchise"
Hes slippin' fast" says Mac. Hes
commencin' to field like they was lovin'
cups give 70 the guy whicH made the
most errors a game and he amt hit
nnothin' but four fouls since he come
down to the trainin' camp. They's a
good livin' in one of them little cigar
stores OF, the lIke-that's up to him :"
Joe, amt that tough? AS soon as a
guy begins to show the first signs of
wear they start greasin' up the old
skids for him. Such is life in baseball,
hey' Joe? Today you're knockout to-
morrow you're a tramp! If you rap out
a triple the mob Is willin' to elect you
hmayor-if you fan the next time up, the
bleachers turns into coupla thousand
would-be murderers. Joe. wouldn't 1t be
Sa%fully II I begin to slip and let clubs
Ike the Cards trim me? I often wish
now that | had took up the delcates-
sen game or the movies or the like for a
nNih' and not have to caper around
Joe?
Well anyways, me and Mac climbed
ABOARD my new auto which 7 now drive
,he same as Barney Oldheld-as good,
ut Uut not as fast-and outside of one
sHre on the subject of keep to the
right ~ and Il motorcycle cop shown
unusual curiosity regardn' the reason
why my motor was smokin', we got out
70 the park o. X, They was three or
ttour OF the gang there and also this
mere ma OF the season which was In
Suheytorm, joe he was as big as will
.ard' with one of them fat, good-natured
races which a bartender was supposed
20 nave, but ! only seen one like that
IN my life and he was the guy which
bp%hed the place. Well Joe, Mac calls
q, This here's Ed Harmon" he SAYS to
was?" 'NN ~'"'''i Souf 'a'''e
Ike Roscovitzman," he says, grim
s," ~. IKE a wolf and shown out paw
as Dig as South Dakota, well. nat
ural I'm glad should shake hands