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• Editor: B2331
• Newspaper: The Umpire volume 2
• Page Number: 2
• Date: April 16 1913
• Tags:
• gossip
• baseball
• ESP League

Tur Warden bas inpugurated 2 plan, wherehy men in the cells will be able to see the ball games this summer; proyid- ing their conduct waryents it, "This, you will agree, is 2 great privilege, apd one 9 be jealously guarded. It is up 1o you o show your appreciation of this priyi- lege, by not ahusing it, Ope or two men oap spoil it for the whole institution, | All the Warden asks of you is to attend strietly (o the game, and upon the con- Ausion of the game, to return o your o)l promptly. Now show the Warden | that hig copfidence ip you bas pot heen misplaced; hebave yourself, and wrge others to do the same,

In looking forward to your release OB parole gt some future day, you must hear in mind that your condnct at the hall games, will he used for or against you, the same as it js in the cell or at work. o you can readily see what 8 hard job it will be to convince the Board that you can hebave yourself out in the world, if you can not hehave youreelf for an bouy in here,

Why don’t the bage umpires follow np the plays? Don’t stand in one position like a statue; go with the hall, If a man is on gecond, get oyer along side of gecond hase, that's where the play will be made, When he gtarts for third, fol- low him up, and be at the bag when the play is made,

Bome of the pitchers are complaining

THE UMNPIRE o Teams visiting the new Ebbett's Park, A scm

sprouting up 21l over left field, which

interferes with their batting.

The mavager of the Library says Ban bas not strack bis gait a8 yet—well, we don’t know about that; he only pitched one gowe, sud won that, If there s anything else Pan can do, let us know, Poet, |

Chee Chaw is still 2 bold-ous.

Listle Bobbie, of the Ninth, bae come 19 asatisfactory agreement with Timuy, and put bis Jobn Hancock t9 2 eontract Jast week. |

If we bad strived as bard for a2 good

record outside, a8 we 4o for one jin base

ball in here, what 2 change there would bave hesn in our Jives,

No Josh; the fact that you are play- ing good ball on one of the teams here,

will not aid you at Harvishurg in seek- ing executive clemency,

Mr. Sullivan has written to the Um- | PIRE in regard to the possibility of a Aranohise for hig boys in the Wash House, They ought to play pretty clean ball,

The Orchestra gave the vegular con-|

cert on the Sixth Block, Saturday night, An interesting number was the Quar-

Fisis oy lae blew liis “born” 1o beat the band; |

Asfor pitcha‘ng, youshould seeme; I am grand;”

' No, he wouldn’t,

WHAT'S THE SCORE TO.DAY?

couldn’t; z Then he thought he'd write 2 poem, so Tis fame would spread o'er 2ll, ' But it wouldw’t, mo, it wouldw’t, “deed it wouldn’'t. :

At the Ninth Block grounds one day, so 1 heard some fellows say, ' |

“As 2 batter 'm 2 star, 1 can heat them 2l by far

One day bhe saw 20 UMPIRE, “A poet Pl be,” ; ke cried, : AU write 2 little poem that’s 2 scream; H | He wused four pads of paper, which goes 10 1 show e tried, " s The met result—2z poem, called “A Dream,”

This dear little boy, who thought be could pley ball, B

But found that he couldn’t, ’deed he couldn’t, Should quit writing poems, or he’ll haye 5o fame at 211, ~ '

‘deed he eouldw’t, 2und he

shouldn’t, % PB"”.M' A

There was 2 time when if we met 2 friend upon the street, : g He talked on common themes,—the war, the cold, or else the heat, W

tette, which rendered some popular gongs, assisted by Henry, the piano ar- tist. Another good pnuwmber was that Ayl L‘h{»‘flfi” medley, Come again i’I%'—EMw’ i

The Poet of the Library bas assig

e getting neryous, eh, Poet?

i Weare glad to hear that Big Whitey hag pecured a berth with the Library through

These words pervede the atmosphere,

Mike, the short stop to watch all the o e where; upon your ear games the Ninth plays with Cubs—must

Qf 'l)mwlil’ ]f:lidi‘f’s ba/ld hfifid 5 tllfiy want Qolumns Of t,m UMPIRE4 notwithfim”(]-

And took 2n interest in one’s heaith ;

That time is passed away ;

Now no one asks us how we do, but, What’s the score to-day ?

At weddings, funerals, balls,

I'he anxious question falls,

You go to see the kiddo you loye, Your cares to drive away;

You kiss, yum yum, and then she says: Oh! what s the score to-day ?

If the ““Sand Hog’s Dubs’’ are in the lead, What good for me to know?

him to keep it covered up, When he ing the fact, that he has failed so far to V'd like to play with the “Miners”

has his hat off ,they think his head ig the home plate, consequently the ball is high, and the hatter walks, |

Big Jack, in the Boiler Houge, offers to wagh Babhi’s top shirt for two months, if any pitcher in the League can gtrike him out—mno one is interested enough, dack, to care whether Rabbi’s ghirt is waghed or not ; leagt of all, the Rabhi

himeelf.

acknowledge the courtesy that was ex-

‘t&ndfi(i to him, My, Editor

How can a “Long’” ‘“‘fonl”’ “Wade”' through ““Water’” be grabbed outside of a gack, by a *‘Slick’”” cateh, and not ““‘Burnblack’’ after heing gizzled off the ‘‘gtick 277" NOTE~Tf youdon’t know, agk gsome of the Ninth Block Bagehall Team.