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Show THE PIKER. . Tho bally piker gets my goat, who bets a measly dollar note upon a baseball game, and losing it. starts In to snort that baseball ig a crooked sport, and nothing but a frame. The true fan In the bleacher sits applauding skillful plays and hits they brlns sweet joy to him, while Mister Piker damns the luck unless he wins the measly buck to pad his bankroll slim. With honesty, a virtue lost, he says. "All baseball games are tossed," that Is his mournful moan; he's always willing to confide the, mortar Is all) set and dried before a ball Is thrown Oh, piker, while you rant and cry. don't Judge the baseball diamond by 1 the diamond un your paw , the diamonds of the tenement?, the minor leagues I and big league tents, have In fhem not a flaw. I |