Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-09
There's No Base Like Home
By III. C. W,ITWER

tell OF bim?"
.. That Rosconovitzman thing has got
cgo' 10 go' says Mac. IT'S too long How
Sbetu Sbu G we ever get a trade mark, like
snat ,., INTO box score? II you work for
me me wei call you Ike Ross and let 1t
go at that get me :"
r., should change my namev ~ says
.nIsvor MAJ ,W,yhat am Ia actor oder a ball
,,i don't know" says Mac. We'll get
,n tnat an settled in a minute Let's see
i'oW you and bat get along"
wen, Joe Smith gets on a glove and
snw SUes PACK Of the plate and took off
ny coat and vest and went out to the
uoA; IKE Ross, nee Rosconovitzman
plate.
"Gevhalt" - he says. only shoot it
over ana lI murder II the ball ".
Joe, 1t kinda peeved me trife that
tnis here busher with the trick name
ana the Joe Welsh dialect should cast
renection on my worldwide reputation
as, as .dno mound artist, as the young, report,
eTs says, so before I wound up j looked
MN over with that deadly cold gaze OF
many.
y hate to send you back to the sticks,
busher.' I says, but IL you lay q bat
on this pill I'll shine your shoes In
front of the city hall at 8 o'clock tomor-
row afternoon -
Make It ha alf-past q" he says. rub,
pin his hands in the dirt, land you could
believe it, I'll be there! II you could
make me fan, / could make It a locomo-
tiyehnot N.Y. =, that you amt some pitchers,
Maybe the first one I would miss on
account from being a little cold, but oy !!
what I'll do to the rest of them This
here's a big chance for me. Mister Har-
mon: | got 1t chance ! should get In
the big's league. It's next to the biggest
thing which N hannenp1 from
In my life. ! should miss it, hey? Say
I'm laughin' at you!"
What was the biggest thing that ever
happened to your" Mac asks him, grim
min at me.
Ike rubs his chin minute.
We'll" he says. 'off the hand. It's
quite a question to answer Still% I
think that the biggest thing which 1t
ever happened from me was the day I
was born y
The gang gives Mac the laugh and
shot over a fast one whilst Ike was
lookin' at him. He merely sneered at II
and Mac hollers for him to take his
bat off his shoulder and not act like he
was carryin' a gun and IL he did think
he was to at least come to present arms
with 1t. / eased over another one and
Ike missed II from here to st. Paul.
put the third ball under his chin, Joe.
and he swung at 1t so hard that he spin
around like a top coupla times and
wound up sittin' on the plate.
"Oh, boy" baws Mac, holdln' his
nose. who laid me on this guy? Bean
him with the next one. Harmon. and
I'll send him back to Buffalo on a
shutter!"
what Is this-Russia?'. says Ike,
gettin' UP and dustin of his uneyform
"Couldn't>a man get 1t chance here
Suppose I should miss, now, two OF
them? That first one was ball and
got one strike left, ma? That makes no
matter from me. Now--say they is a
man on first, man on second, II man
on third a man on-well, that's enough! =!
I'm at the bats. One strike | got left
If should rap 1t out hit now, the
easS yeb orins says N Mas Is and raH If had Nor
gan's bankroll the least I would be is
millionaire. You got the same chance
of gettin' hit on the next ball as
have of bein' elected chief of police In
Bulgaria.
change it for the gate. How | ever fell
for you Is past me y
"a minute ~ says Ike. The contract
was / should have 1t hour to- show
what ] got. Fair Is fair and right is
right, ma? A mans word Is the same
like his bend. To with the others like
yeu want they should do from you.
body's perfect. Forgive and forget. A
man which,"
Half a loaf's better than a charlotte
russo" hollers Mac, dancin around him.
"a rollin' stones liable to hit some
body. A stitch in time saves buyin'
bat off Ike. shut up" he bawls
what dye mean by pullin' that stuff
on me? I'll give YOU exactly a hair hour
more to show me you ever seen pau
park before you come here today; and
il you amt a riot. I'll knock you kick