The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-11
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Daily Grind ii Judge
Mattingly Court
Read En- and VVeep.
By DONALD MerOTGAL.
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Sixth street southwest near the
Government buildings wondering
what the score was, when I heard
q deep rumble from the direction
of the Hearst building, and my
partner said: There they are.
Goslinsa knocked q single. sure.
The noise got louder and he let
out g howl, It's a three-baggerH
The racket became dsafnning.
It's 8 homer, it's q homer
BY that time the riot nearly
blinded us. There must have
been three men on bases. We
couldn't hear ourselves think, far
as we were from the Times score
board, and we wondered why the
racket kept up after the men
were an home. I'll bet ne called
Il 4 foul, ana they've killed the
urnpire! VI
MY partner claimed that was
Justtfiable homicide. and was look
ing through the traffic regulations
TO see what the law was on that
point. when we saw these two de-
PENDANTS IN 1917 Ford trucks,
jcuncing down Sixth street like
Steamboat Bill and the Gambler.
There wasn't any three men on
bases. and there wasn't any home
run. Nothing but 3 neck.and.n
flivver race, with more noise than
the battle aoG Chateau, Thierry
and the Marines yelling for
81 felt pretty sure the man
nearest the curb was carrying q
load of Volstead sticcotasl1s and
I kicked Of after him.. He tried
TO make u shortcut over the side
walk into Virginia avenue, but
pillar Of the viaduct got In the
way and stopped his truck. He
kept on through the windshield
ana I followed his trail until all
the loose glass had dropped out.
! found the last piece at the
corner Of two alleys between
Sixth and Seventh and / didn't
know which one. he'd gone down.
picked the glass up and
tried to figure what Sherlock
Holmes would do IN case like
that. All I could deduce was
that the man who had the glass
last didn't care very much about
keeping It, and that he,S, left an
automobile in e hurry. i rea-
soned myself dizzy and was
mlmbling Quick, Watson, the
the black. jackg when I, heard an
other deep-throa roar.
came from q chicken coop
across the alley, and I opened
the door and went in lust as the
defendant broke the window and
went Out-or maybe he went out
before he broke the window.
whichever It was, he went out
80 quick / couldn't T conscien tious-
" swear to the order of events.
The way the wings were fIap-
ping around there, your honor.
] figured q bomb must have ex-
ploded under me without me
noticing Il, and ! was with the
Angel Band, until / heard 'em
caclxle, and 4 concluded Ia butted
INTO peace conf erence,
The window gave onto 3 back
yard bounded on two sides by =
board fence about 10 feet high,
and at the end by brick house.
There was q picturesque back door
with q garbage pail on one eide
and an empty mash barrel on the
other. There was no one at home
but bulldog.
U ''He was sociable animal. ana
seems to delight In human com.
pany, By the time i had climbed
onto the roof Of the coop, he was
romping theoretically around the
yard with the defendant. They
seemed; to be playing some sort
Of a regular set game, but 1
couldn't quite get the rules from
where I sat 1t was ASTOUNDING
how quickly the dog grasped the
principles the match. He never
baked or hesitated once during
a fiYeAlninutes fast go.
Walking along the stringer OF
the fence was rather shaky bust
ness, but / finally got within
reach OF tile barrel, and when the
bulldog came around again, /
dropped on him, head-end UP. /
told the defendant, Steady that
barrel. He Mas so excited he did
not understand what meant at
first, and ran several needless laps
before he tunabled about the
same time, the barrel did.
When he finished the first run
of the second inning he yelled
Boss, dat dawg don't need no
perfection, Whyn't you drap
dat bar1 on me?"
The court: Announce a recess
until 1880, Mr.. Bailiff.''
After Recess. q
Note: We were q few minutes
late in returning after lunch.
II asked him for his per-
NIT and he told me- DE bulldog
done chawed 1t up"
Reckless driving, $S5; leaving
motor running. SIS; failing to
show permit, S..