BASEBALL
A run in time saves the nine.
Knowin' all 'bout baseball is jist 'bout as profitable as bein' a good
whittler.--_Abe Martin_.
"Plague take that girl!"
"My friend, that is the most beautiful girl in this town."
"That may be. But she obstructs my view of second base."
When Miss Cheney, one of the popular teachers in the Swarthmore schools,
had to deal with a boy who played "hookey," she failed to impress him
with the evil of his ways.
"Don't you know what becomes of little boys who stay away from school to
play baseball?" asked Miss Cheney.
"Yessum," replied the lad promptly. "Some of 'em gets to be good players
and pitch in the big leagues."