Show one the members of a political party in a certain county were folding a convention to nominate a candidate for treasurer the leading aspirant was a man who had formerly been noted as a baseball player he hadl mado a great record aa a batsman but was notoriously slow in running bass the man who had placed him in nomination made a speech eulogizing him as a man and a citizen he was followed by others la the same vein and things seemed to be going smoothly enough when one of the delegates rose and said mr chairman are good men BO scarce that we have to choose a baseball player for the most important office in the county involving the handling of hundreds of thousands of dollars mr chairman replied the original mover it Is true that the candidate I 1 have mentioned was a ball player but let me ask you mr chairman 13 there a man here who eyer saw him steal even a base |