Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-23
JOE BEvO
(His Essays
BASE BALL

do No" II you pick up de paper IN
, ne nlornln ter reed de Iates' new ".
s1,n screen star in Follywood dot
sue her discard husban' fer b oal
nura t9usan dollar, an clama ~.
vo Hta d Nv dere on'y pooduul@
you o9n hne it Were it use ter
Cubs D or space Is okkupy by de
jun. tiipe NV in
Were de beautifool scandu,
fa,, rum CongriSs use ter Ali
Tour page an wan half. de hss III
pan score is print. De fan eat mS
I inI collums at de brakfus' tabuI
Ga d we man, an fergit how had
NV de sof, 'a hiio an. de correck aga
fdss, de "Jellimun's Green,un..
imported frum Japan has evact.
uale oe mrs uage, an de fortV-
gram Nv SOM crack pitcher is To-
kate Were it amt. ." io-
Shore. de Soshiated Press has
pen pot at ,aukshun by de Bees
Ter polish som'ting. A'e
De Crate 'Merican Poblick will,
De iced frum now tell Labor Dav
on base ball. An If we kin nass
!ro II without 'pendicitus NV he
Ionsuis we can't blam it ter Babe
4Nule.
A ball game in de las. tnnin Wit
ae e score tie is de'malgamashun NV
all de bug-house in de cointrv
combine tergedder. De on'v difi.
Iuhce. de manniacks is worse an,
dc law forbid de use NV gags an,
strate jackits. Gil
II you are de mayor Nv do town
an nate ter lost yor dignity. swan
a. Ter Tin horn befor' you 20 ter
oe game. IL de home TEEN win.
on.rss or local chords refuse ter
uespise. Wen de Hickville Tigers
capchar all de home rons it is de
lault Nv de empire, an he shud he
nung by de toes frum de nearest
tallygraff pole.
Base ball is handy fer de high
Scnool star If he want ter git COZ
OF man. De knack NV trowin'
tree kline NV curves an Dustin de
pan wit a bat-stick is wort more
oan two duzzen diploma,
ANY herman tween de age NV ten
an seventy dat nevair seen game
Nv ball on hees life kin MAX
forchune in short tam If he wrote
ter Ringlung Brodders witout de-
Jay: De cirkus is alters on de
lookout fer firs'-class freek an
within ter, pay wen dey git it.
Base ball is play often by de
small boy in de back yard, an de
he'd NV de house set de glass in de
bay winder an kip hees mout'
shut.
Wen de back yard amt so
char will do purity we'll. De COW
kin chaw hees cud willie de game
is on, and if he don't LAX 1t she kin
git her money back at de gate.
De Teller dat kin play de fiddle
worser dan Kriseler viii git inter
de grafyfoam. But de Teller dat
kin play ball will git in de Sondy
paper an be Janus all over de
worr.
Shore, de papers is divide up
tween base ball an pollyticks,
an If you want ter git in on de
hedlines You have ter blow up de
Pos Office er git disvorce frum
yor secun' wife.
Wan NV de mos dis'greebul per-
son 1 nevair met is de empire. He
alters spoil de game fer wan side
heem. an he don't car If you
know it. Hees jodgmun' is rotten.
an de losin' TEEN wunder were he
came frum an how long he's goin'
stay.
DE empire shud be supply wit
tallyskope an yard-stick, but he's
boss NV de game an rudder trus'
ter luck an de good nachur Nv de
gran'-stan'.
Bar Criket I b1eeve he is COM
poze NV cor steel an conkrete. All
de purity cuss-words broadcast
frum de bleecher don't rattul heem.
an de more dey howl de worse he
git.
De base ball player wit q forty.
tousan' dollar repertashun nevair
know Were he's goin' be locate mex
He is sold on de block. lax niger
befor' de war, ter de highest bid
der an hees pore oil mudder neyair
know who he work fer. But he
alters came back in de fall an
chop wood all winter. -,
Per Romeo Horace Dyer.