The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-06-04
BEAT 1t Home"
Sears looked so woebegone that I
took him to one side.

Sears looked so woebegone that I
LOOK him to one side.
" whses DO you nve'" I asked.
"Could you let the hooch alone IL
you had q good feed and the price
OF 9 ticket homer"
"Gosh!" he said.
That was all I needed; the poor
sap, would certainly beat it back If
ne had the chance.
"Au right, Sears, I'll stake you.
Try and get into some bush league
Tor your eats and practice stick
handed him sufficient money.
He hesitated . moment.
,o How w.. The !. h heck do you know
II don't want It back-beat it
home and learn to grin instead Of
"B1t can you afford d It, Bert?"
Listen, buddy, I can buy the
team and give It away and still eat.
I'm in the game because I like it.
Don't let that worry you and keep
your mouth shut about It,"
"An' I thought you was q snob,"
he muttered.
I hurried back around the cor
"sotty.. I'll bet you staked the
sap" Kirby said.
II don't kick 'em when they're
down." was all I said to that.
This time Buckbee let me pitch
the first four frames. They got
two runs from me, one a single and
the other q three-bagger. I did not
consider that to be so bad in four
innings. And I had the same good
luck at bat. I was feeling mighty
fine about it.
II know yotr brother very we'll"
Hal MCPHERSON said to me during
the BIT OF pause between the fourth
and fifth. cts funny he never told
me about you-and it's queer no.
body picked you up before"
Il was out on the Coast much
Of the time. Think I'll get by?"
] finally got the courage to ask it.
Sure" he said.
They put me in as fielder and I
watched Hal Mcpherson pitch.
They got exactly two runs from him
IN his four frames, and we led by two.
"See II you can shut 'em out"
Buckbee said to me.
I went in to pitch, and I couldn't
quite understand it, unless he
thought we had q safe margin.
The first man popped the third
pill into first's hands. He had
famed the other two.
Second man struck twice and II
he had only reached for the third,
which suddenly shot in across the
platter, it might have been q diff
ferent story, but he thought it was
going to be q ball and didn't strike
at it.
Last man, and end Of the game
II I could down him:
This made the eighth inning I
had pitched in two games and I
been hits. pops and fouls.
But the old luck and nerve were
with me. I wound up differently
each time, changed the apparent de-
livery each time, and served MOTH
ing but the good old speedy and
deep drops. Mister batter Sockeo
only the ambient atmosphere three
times.
I'll say the yelling was better than
grand opera to my ears.
And In the locker Manager Buck
bee said, Good stuff, Rushe. Come
over to the office after dinner"
After he had gone Kirby Yates
came over to me.
II heard him-he asked me to
come over, too. That means the
old dotted line," he whispered ex-
citedly.
Looks like it." I agreed. "Hcs
wouldn't go through the formality,
OF having us over to the office to
tell us We were no good. He sacked
The others here in the locker ROOM"
And so Kirby and I went to the
hotel. cleaned up. dolled up. tried to
,retend that we were calm and tried
o do justice to the dinner, watching
he minutes drag until 1t was time
% show up at the office.