“Hollins, who was the first to stir the batter in the sixth,
hoisted a wad of dough to Ty whose fingers were buttered,
however, and Eddie was presented with the first bun.
“It tasted like more and Eddie reached through the kitchen
window and stole the second.
“Larry loafed around the office door and they gave him a pass
to the free lunch counter. Warcford started one toward China
which Hal dug out of the turf, and snow balled to Arthur, who
congealed to it in time to put Hollins on ice.”
Passing back to his regular seat Tim heard the operator for _English
Society_ who happened to be Buckingham Roseberry wiring this to his
sheet.
“Twitchell jolted a bounder to Childe Harold who diverted it to
Hans, eliminating Warcford and then returned to his doorstep in
time to put the ‘not-at-home’ sign out before Martin called,
when Hans handed it to him.”
The readers of _Ivory Ball Review_ were going to be entertained the
next day by a description of the contest, which ran something like the
following, from Hugh Fullers their correspondent.
“Hans miscued twice and then made a two cushion shot into the
second pocket. Delvin attempted a follow through on a shot to
the right corner, but was kissed off by Church. Gibbie tried
a long draw past the middle pocket but was froze, Mellen to
Church and all he got was, ‘You ought to have had it.’”
While Ernest Banigan, of the _Daily Provision Market_, was crowding
the telegraph lines with the following rehash, although Tim thought
that in the last part of the report of the particular play noted Erny
was getting his wires crossed, though he may have been reporting for
_Motor_ and _The Watch Tower_ as well.
“Brest hit the hole in three large doughnuts that Miner passed
to him from the pretzel station, Mellen’s barker went into
the Hagner-Case sausage factory. Laird hoisted a cuckoo over
Delvin’s tower, which Arthur almost caged with his hands
over his belfry and Harry motored to first but had his tire
punctured by Gibbie and Hans between the first and second
controls.”
Medil Larder, of the _National Butcher_, handed up this contribution
when Tim asked for a sample of his style.
“Black, the first to show his willingness in the Lowell half,
burned one at Church, who assaulted it for a knockout with a
side swipe from Mellen.
“Everson sneaked one to Hollins which treated Eddie like the
pig in the alley did the bow-legged man and Johnny ambled to
the first feed trough. Larke chased one to second which Larry
stabbed and Johnny was slaughtered at the midway and sent to
the packing house.
“Larke jumped into the chute and slid all the way to the second
salt bag.
[Illustration: “Larke jumped into the chute.”]
“Talkington sneaked down the line on a bunt which caught all
the infield pickets napping while the captain dusted the near
bag with his sun shield.
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