Salt Lake Herald | 1907-10-06 | Page 20 | How Buck Freeman Came to Lose

How Buck Freeman Came to Lose The winter following the summer that the Boston team captured the Amer Anier American AmerIcan ican lean league pennant Tim Marnane the Boston sporting writer took it Into his head to pay a round of ot visits to each member of the champion club so 20 that he could tell to the fans through his paper just how the ball players spent their time when at home One of the first players he visite was Buck Freeman who lives Ues in the mining districts of Pennsylvania Tim find the once great outfielder at his home so he went weilt all over oveL tho the little town inquiring as to Bucks whereabouts Finally the tho proprietor of the only hotel in ln n the village told Tim that Free Freeman Freeman Freeman man was engaged at a cocking main that was being held some few miles outside of the town Now ow fighting is a great sport among tire tide miners and large crowds attend these matches Freeman who is a noted raiser of game chickens is pretty sure to be b in the toe vicinity when one of these thee affairs is being pulled off otT Tim Murnane journeyed out to the tre place where they the were having haYing the fight and when pretty near to his destination he met Buck in a carriage returning from the fray fra After Atter salutations had h d been passed Tim asked Buck how he had made out at the cocking main and Freeman rub rubbing rubbing rubbing bing his head slowly replied I make out at all Tim I lost the fight on a fowl owl And before Murnane could land on Freeman the witty player had started In making elaborate apologies for springing any an such joke on so prominent nent a visitor as Tim