Show THE DYING BASEBALL FAN The baseball fan tan lay dying his hia hl relatives stood round Some guessing what was in his hia will some showing grief profound He lay upon a bed of ot pain as ball bal fares fans taiS often do doHe doHe doHe He heard the doctor call him out and then the alt air grew g w blue cal lu ats dat the dying fan tAn exclaimed dat Im Im out said he heHe heHe heMe He Me never touched me mc out de do ball bal he missed me dat much soe soeI I had It I beaten forty torf miles mies his fists we saw sw him clench The doctor motioned him away and sent him to the bench De Dc umpire says SIS Im Im out he sobbed his eyes fes are on de blink He lie never even saw the tho play hes rob robbing robbing robbing bing us I think He lie looked the d doLor Tn the eyes ce and then he loudly cried f If I I 1 was half as bad as you Id Ido io away awayan awayan an hide The doctor waved his hi arm once more we e eherd heard herd some choking sounds And then we saw the baseball fan tan ejected eject d from the grounds The ruling passions strong stron in death some of us wiped wipe our eyes e es esThe The baseball fan had gone to meet The Umpire In the skies Detroit Free Press Pre |