Show ill IT AND Nij I It t E. E k ON T THE Mu All F MELD I I J F i diverting story is going the theof theof the of the sporting pages about a ball player named named- Kay I j doomed to draw his hi summer sal sal- I Ithe tail end city of Washington 1 i William Villiam F. F Kirk J I I Ile seay ay Case th the pitcher I Iu u Kay in in tho the clubhouse c and Well my robust friend 1 un er- er you ou came canie fr from m Martinsburg W W. 4 t I did shot back bark a 3 he I Patten f over o and wouldn't t II V I Ii t ty i ripping wheeze which by tho the lad md some somo vogue yog-ue back in m th the days baseball the baseball tho Murnane 1 believe believe is is bardy up to lo the high ird sot set by by- bythe the players m more re cx- cx c ced cd d and polished thun young Mr LT It is yer very good ool we wo grunt giant for fora a young lea leaguer just weaned from the I II i I lach da dav coach circuit l. l but we Ice feel sure that I Mr Kay can enn an do flo better Dry Kidder I Baseball players generally speaking I have hac their own peculiar ideas deas of wit humor and satire The pun regarded reg in rn all aU tho best circles as the lowest form of wit wit they pass up entirely ff fooling in I that oven even a bad play pIa on tho the infield is is 5 better than a good play pay on words Their best hest bet het in the thc H held field d of wit is is what they thc cla classify siry as dry kirl kidding in You Xou arc ure to grasp the fine line distinction my mv myrea rea readers ers between dry elry ki kidding iu and nd the tho moist variety the tirs variety being the smoother r and md classier Dry Dry kidders themselves on keeping their faces es as solemn as the fence aroun around a 3 monument and they speedily ih rise superior to their less Jess accomplished ac brethren who laugh laug-h iu in spite of all aU that they the can do to refrain from going oin into c ecstasies over their own quaint conceits conceit TIm Bill Dahlen probably tho the mo most t p perfect specimen of a dry kidder over o in in iii baseball captivity has haR lon long been regarded b bv b hi his hia less lets polished brothers brother aud anil such suell fans lans lans as ns have tho pleasure of his acquaintance the thc exalted ruler of dry wit the noblest kidder of them all His Warm Answers Answer One day ny last summer he hc was rid riding nJ on the thc Sixth L L avenue a to tho the polo grounds when tin an admiring rooter who ed recognized Bill Dills Bills s 's familiar features and thought to lo strike up an acquaintance leaned leuned over o another seat and aud c chirped ir d Hello Dahlen I suppose you you vou ber her me mel Dahlen no nodded distantly and the pest continued I I I never came caine up here on the L before I suppose Im I'm about half way to the grounds aint UP TV How how can I tell you aJ answered Dahlen when when hen 1 I don't dont lit t know where you got ot on out f SOn v S vOn On another occasion some onie enthusiastic fan au shouted at Hill Bm through h the wire rho screen of the grandstand Hello Hollo Dahlen old boy bov Do you remember that home run you made yesterday I f Xo No No T don dont don't t r. replied Dahlen that was too lon long ago When hen we congi consider cr the short memory of the average baseball rooter Bill Bills Bill's a comeback appeals to us 18 as possessing pos not only wit but a great deal of philosophy besides el Humor docs does not seem to thrive much in m the field of professional haRe baseball all though h such men as Kelley McGraw and Cantillon have a keen klen sense of humor when they come in contact with it McGraw on the tho Job But satire Satire thought ht by bv many modern critics to b bf a n lost Jost art is not departed nor will it depart eo so long as ns the tIle ball player shall endure in ont one of last season seasons season's Caso Js J's s 's games a pitcher named work working inS hard for Boston at the polo grounds um thrown a new balland ball balland balland and stooped down on the grass ra s to rub nib oil oft a J little of it shiny shin surface as all pitchers do 10 alt Oh Oh you vou r u fathe fathead td You look like an old B scrub woman shouted Mr McGraw G run from th the coaching lines Wasn't that subtle satire what satire what I 1 IA A well known u National Ica league lIe player whose wife was suing JJ him m for fur rl divorce last season taunted a rival rind player from the coaching line Bain saying s something about meanness I. I Mean r ean I f flung back his enemy How about ut you jou yOU Why hv vou youre you're n so o mean menu your our wife wont wont won't H live lie wilh w you youl youlA A few years ago a catcher in the Southern league found two t rotten eggs IZ the grandstand the r and I rut put in ill inthe inthe the umpire umpires umpire's s 's poi t while that worthy war officiating in behind the till hat bat humor an and aud satire combined ca each h in its ita highest t and aorl best form haugh and nod the world with von 1 0 I and ana bear r in mind min that these ball players arc are jolly dogs I |