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top* Kmd-sdl poisbhB at one end on the topmoet'Btieif; *nd tiLea keep :the cloet- locelt, so. that no member, ot the family can.any. c.C the contents wtt^oiit tin knowledce ol the house-mother.UMPIS tKiBW HIS CHAWCE.And XoilMUA * ^V OWftpet*pis^era T^ftt K«iH Tfcei* 'BlTslihl‘i.Representative Cooper, of Texas, was tellinx^of the vicissitudes of the Texts Baseball Leegueiii{the days when he was lhurested b;the-batibnal fame, says the WMhlagto^T.oet. ; ■.; .We had a. league one enmmer, said Cooper, ‘'composed of Texas towns, but the people were too busy to go to ball gaiSesr orHHe ball playing wasn't good en ougb; or soioethi hg ei so. At any rate* aiong .ln. June .the clubs, got Into yery hard straits. The players had hot been paid for weeks and none ot them had a : cent. They, kept on playi p g be c au se the managers kept them supplied with meal tickets and*5 there was nothing, eise tor them to do if they wanted to oat.A new-umpire came down to Dallas one time and the players had fun with liimX He .grew very, indignant and began plastering on fines. The players merely laughed .at /him. Before the game was overhehad fined everybody about 9100 apiece and nobody cared,-, for there wasn’t 9100 in the combined treasury of .the league.That; night the umpire saw the ineal tickets used. Next day he provided himself with a conductor's punch and went into the game. A player was impertinent.”’Here.Vou/ said the umpire, 'come here/ * -The player walked over, grinning. ‘'Let me. tee your meal ticket,’ said the^ umpired The player handed It out. Then ..the, umpire produced his punch and punched out a lot of holes.“ Tii line you six meals,' he aald.-‘Now get back: into the game and behave your-sairor you won’t eat again this week/ After that there was no * more trouble.’1The F. All i nurBin sfcknei things Boatot know *is to j smootl etLOUgi edges care s the cr so mu .that k • The arran* too hi height when CiiaVan
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Perry Daily Chief
Perry, Iowa, US
Thu, Feb 18, 1904
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