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THE GREENVILLE DAILY PIEDMONT, TUESDAY, MAY 28, 1912. SEVEN
THE DAILY PIEMONT'S PAGE OF LIVE SPORT NEWS

[column 1]

GILROY WAS COMPLETE MASTER
OF THE SITUATION YESTERDAY

Billy Laval's down-trodden Spar-
tans were perfectly helpless out at
League Park yesterday afternoon
before the masterly pitching of one
Gilroy. At no time did they have any
more chances of winning than a one-
legged man running on banana peel-
ings would have of distancing Lon-
nie Noojan in a sight race. Mr. Gil-
ry was three-fourths of the after-
noon's attention and the remaining
Spinners were the other fourth.

Laval sent in Pitcher Hogue, who
wound up like an eight-day clock be-
fore delivering a ball. He was rap-
ped pretty soundly, fast work on the
part of the Spartans preventing a
much larger score. Eddie Doak in
left field shut off one or two very
dangerous looking drives while Kel-
ly grabbed a hard one or two. Joe
Kipp at second saved several hits.
The men of Stouch had on their
swatting clothes.

Brighter than a diamond shone
Ellis Blackstone in the left garden.
Foul drives that other outfielders
look at and wait for spectators to
throw in were nabbed by him on
three different occasions. Before the
handsome house which used to orna-
ment left field was moved Black
could not have gotten these balls.
Which shows Tommie's wisdom in
having the house moved. It didn't
bother the other left fielders of the
league because they don't go after
balls that far from the field but it
did bother Ellis Blackstone who goes
after everything that he can see
coming down towards that part of
the ball ground.

The Spinners counted first in the
second inning when Goodman shot
the sphere over the left field fences,
amid much handclapping and shouts
of joy. Two more crossed in the
fourth when Lon Moojin, first up,
singled, and Blackstone doubled.
Goodman singled, scoring Blackstone
Brown's triple in the fifth scored
Gilroy with the last run.

It came very near being a goose-
egg affair for the visitors. With one
out in the ninth, Harbinson, ex-Co-
lumbia player, sent the ball over the
fence, scoring the only run for La-
val's gang The fans beat it for
home in a good humor.

The pitching of Gilroy, the fielding
of Blackstone Doak, Kipp and Bar-
bare and Tommie Stouch's single
were the features of the evening.

Following is the box score:

SPARTANBURG	AB	R	H	A	PO	E
Laval, 1b	3	0	0	3	0	0
Kipp, 2b	2	0	0	1	5	0

[box score and article continues on column 2, top section]

[cartoon of pitcher's wind-up]
Pitcher Hogue Wound up like
an eight-day clock.

Harbison, 3b	4	1	1	0	2	0
Kelly, ref	4	0	1	3	2	0
Doak, cf	1	0	1	1	0	0
Wagnon, lf	3	0	0	2	0	0
Martin, ss	3	0	0	3	2	0
Coveney, c	3	0	0	5	2	0
Hogue, p	3	0	0	0	1	1
* Hall	1	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	27	1	3	27	14	1

* Batted for Kipp in 9th.
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GREENVILLE	AB	R	H	PO	A	E
Brown, ss	4	0	1	3	0	0
Noojin, cf	3	1	1	1	0	0
Blackstone, lf	3	1	1	4	0	0
Powell, c	2	0	0	[6?]	1	0
Goodman, 1b	3	1	6	[6?]	0	0
Piez, rf	2	0	0	3	0	0
Barbare, 3b	3	0	0	3	3	0
Stouch, 2b	3	0	1	0	2	1
Gilroy	3	1	0	2	2	0
Totals	26	4	7	27	9	1

Score by innings:	R
Spartanburg	000 000 000 —1
Greenville	010 210 000 —4

Summary:
Two base hits, Blackstone; three
base hits, Brown; home runs, Good-
man, Harbinson; sacrifice hits, Piez,
Kipp, Wgnon; base on balls, off
Gilroy 2, off Hogue 2; struck out
by Gilroy 4, by Hogue 4; wild pitch-
es, Hogue; left on bases, Spartan-
burg 4, Greenville 1; first base on
errors, Spartanburg 1; time 1:22,
umpire, Mr. Gallager, attendance
600.

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SHARPE MADE
HIT COLUMBIA
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Jimmie Sharpe, the local second
baseman last season who reported to
the Columbia club of the South At-
lantic league last Saturday after he
had been released by Savannah,
made a hit with the Columbia peo-
ple in his first game. Of him, The
Columbia Records says:

Manager McGrew injected still
another new face into his lineup by
playing Jimmy Sharpe, formerly
with Savannah at third base. While
a member of the Indians [Sharple] had
been covering the territory adjacent
to the Keystone cushion, but his
work at third in Saturday's game
made it appear that he had been used
to the position all along. Jimmy's
debut was decidedly suspicions of
that there is no room for doubt. His
first trip to the plate was in the
second inning when he poled a two-
base knock down the right field line.
On his next appearance he drew a
pass, went but to Fox the third time
up and concluded his day's work with
the willow by heating out an infield
hit. It is understood that McGrew in-
tends to keep Sharpe in the lineup
regurlarly just as long as he contin-
ues to deliver the goods. That should
be for the balance of the season,
for Jimmy's past record in the Car-
olina association indicates that he
can swat the pill safely often.

[column 2, middle section]

BASEBALL YESTERDAY
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CAROLINA LEAGUE
Greenville 4; Spartanburg 1.
Winston 4; Greensboro 6.
Charlotte 4; Anderson 4, 2 in-
nings.
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American.
Cleveland-St. Louis rain.
Boston 6; Philadelphia 12.
New York 10; Washington 5.
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National.
Brooklyn 2; New York 6.
Chicago 4; Cincinnati 1.
Philadelphia 5; Boston 4.
Philadelphia 0; Boston 3.
Pittsburg 3; St. Louis 6.

Southern.
Chattanooga-Mobile, rain.
Atlanta-Birmingham, rain.
Memphis 3; Montgomery 9.
Nashville-New Orleans. No game
account change in ownership.

South Atlantic League.
Albany 8; Jacksonville 7.
Savannah-Columbus, rain.
Columbia 6; Macon 5.

Virginia League
Lynchburg 3; Roanoke 9.
Petersburg 2; Norfolk 5.
Newport News 10; Richmond 5.
Portsmouth 4; Danville 1.

United States
Reading 4; Pittsburg 6.
Richmond 7; Cincinnati 3.
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Anderson Twirler.
Anderson Mail.
That kid Covar will bear watch-
ing. He is showing all kinds of
class these days and is due to make
a good twirler for the bunch.
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Waterloo Boy.

[column 3]

GREAT AFFRAY
AT CHARLOTTE
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League Leaders Battled for Twelve
Innings to no Avail—Contest Was
a Beautiful One and Excitement
Was Great.
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Anderson and Charlotte—battling
desperately for the league leader-
ship, went twelve innings yesterday
afternoon to a tie. The Observer
this morning says of the game:

"Both the Hornets and the Electri-
cians seemed to have such a dispo-
sition to tie up the score in yester-
day afternoon's engagement that
darkness found the two battling
clubs with four runs apiece and Um-
pire Hickeyaid it was dark enough
to quit, which it was. The event
unraveled a grand specimanof
pitching on the part of both Shees-
ley and Wolfe, the former having
the shade on his opponent. Sheesley
was especially effective in the fast-
nesses, one time retiring the side af-
ter the first two men up had reached
second and third. Wolfe, however,
is not to be discredited, the sample
of slabbing he was offering being
mighty hard to overcome.

The insects should have won.
While they had to fight manfully to
wrest their ancient hoodoo to the
tall and unsawed, they worked like
tigers for the big end of the bout.
In the first inning they should have
scored when Agnew beat an infield
hit to the bag and Biting errored
Bentley's sacrifice. These persons
were moved up by Osteen's sacrifice,
but neither of the mighty men of
valor, Wofford or Weiser could de-
liver.

"Sheesley pitched one of his best
games and if anybody deserved the
title, it belonged to him. Wolfe was
hit more freely and was in far
more frequent trouble than the Char-
lotte moundman. It was no disgrace,
however, for either club to come
away as they did, the honors being
about as nearly even as it is possible
in baseball.

"The umpiring of Hickey was
pleasing and the enthusiasm of the
stands, themselves filled with ardent
and devoted followers of the insects
was notably continuous."
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STANDING OF CLUBS
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CAROLINA LEAGUE.

Clubs	W.	L.	P.G.
Charlotte	18	8	.692
Anderson	18	8	.680
Spartanburg	14	14	.500
Greensboro	12	15	.444
Greenville	11	15	.423
Winston-S.	8	20	.286

American.

Clubs	W.	L.	P.G.
Chicago	26	9	.743
Boston	26	13	.618
Philadelphia	15	15	.500
Washington	15	18	.471
Detroit	15	17	.469
Cleveland	14	17	.553
New York	13	19	.406
St. Louis	12	21	.364

National League.

Clubs	W.	L.	P.G.
New York	24	6	800
Cincinnati	28	13	.683
Pittsburg	16	15	.516
Chicago	17	16	.515
Philadelphia	13	17	.433
St. Louis	16	21	.482
Boston	13	22	.371
Brooklyn	9	21	.300

Southern League

Clubs	W.	L.	P.G.
Birmingham	24	16	.600
Chattanooga	20	16	.556
Atlanta	20	18	.526
Montgomery	21	20	.512
Memphis	19	19	.500
Mobile	21	21	.500
Nashville	15	21	.417
New Orleans	14	22	.389

South Atlantic League.

Clubs	W.	L.	P.G.
Jacksonville	21	10	.677
Albany	13	15	.594
Savannah	17	14	.548
Macon	17	18	.486
Columbus	13	18	.419
Columbia	11	21	.344

In Fine Shape.
Anderson Mail.

All the Ramsay clan are in fine
shape and, barring the accidents
which sometimes come, there will be
a hard fight in every game before
the hopefuls from the Electric City
are defeated.
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Waterloo Boy.

[column 4]

SPITBALL PITCHER
SHO LOOKS GOOD
[photo of Peters]
PETERS OF THE WHITE SOX

Peters is the young spitball pitcher
who is now being tried out by
"Jimmie" Callahan, manager of the
Chicago White Sox. The youngster
appears to have everything that goes to
make a successful twirler, with a good
change of pace and mingled with the
deceptive spitter he bids fair to land a
regular berth on the Sox pitching staff.
Peters stands more than six feet in
height and is one of the giants of the
diamond.
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DOYLE TRIES
TO STRENGTHEN
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Manager Frank Doyle of the
Greensboro club is trying to
strengthen the weak spots in his ag-
gregation. Yesterday's Winston-
Salem Sentinel said:

Manager Doyle brought two new
players with him. They are Mullan-
ey, an outfielder, and Davis, a short
stop. The former will be in right
garden this p. m., and Davis may
be given a showing at short, in
which event Lorran and Titlow will
adorn the bench. Mullaney is an
experienced man and has played in
the Virginia and Cotton State lea-
gues. He is touted as a great [clon-?]
ter and is speedy on the paths. Davis
played with "Tiney" Stuart on the
Atlantic Christian college team. "Ti-
ney" thinks he has the making of a
Charley Carroll.

For the game today Doyle has re-
vised his lineup, the batting order
being as follows: Richard, cf; Doyle,
2b; Clapp, 1b; Doak, 3b; Mullaney,
rf; Slater,lf; Stuart, c; Davis or Tit-
low, ss; Eldridge or McKitheat, pit-
cher.
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PIEDMONT LEAGUE

Following is the box score of Sat-
urday's game at Piedmont between
Piedmont and Easley in the Pied-
mont League:
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PIEDMONT	AB	R	H	A	PO	E
Long, 3b	5	3	2	3	1	0
Poole, 1b	5	1	2	1	0	0
Ballard, cf	4	1	1	0	0	0
Murman, ss	5	1	2	2	1	2
Boyce, 2b	5	2	3	2	1	1
Fisher, c	5	1	3	0	0	7
Ellison, rf	5	0	0	0	1	0
Castleberry, lf	4	1	1	0	1	3
Jameson, p	4	1	0	1	0	0
Totals	49	14	14	10	1	27

EASLEY	AB	R	H	A	PO	E
Dunn, rf	5	0	1	0	3	1
Melton, c	5	0	1	0	9	0
Harris, 1b	5	0	2	2	[6?]	0
Bishop, cf	4	1	1	1	[0?]	1
Nabors, 2b	4	0	1	2	0	0
Garrell, rf	[?]	0	1	0	[0?]	0
Vannell, ss	4	0	0	1	2	1
Kinkaid, 3b	5	0	0	0	0	0
McCoy, p	[?]	0	0	0	1	0
Dunn, p	[?]	0	0	1	[5?]	0
Totals	[?]	1	8	7	[?]	3

2 base hits, Long, 2; Poole 1; Bel-
lard 1; Harris 1, Boyce 1; Bishop 3;
hit by pitched ball, Ballard. Atten-
dance 300. Umpire Donnald. Struck
out by Jameson 7; by Dunn 6; by Mc-
Coy 2.

[column 5]

PENNANT TO BE
RAISED TODAY
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Winston-Salem Unfurl to the
[Breezes?] Banner Won by Good
Work Last Year—Program of the
Exercises for the Evening.
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The Pennant for 1911, which was
won by the Winston-Salem club, will
be formally hoisted this afternoon.
Concerning the exercises of the af-
ternoon, The Twin City Sentinal yes-
terday said:

"The 1911 Carolina League pen-
nant which was won by the Win-
ston-Salem Twins, will be formally
hoisted in the corner of the center-
field fence at Prince Albert park on
Tuesday afternoon, with appropriate
exercises which will begin at four
o'clock.

"The owners of the local team are
counting on a record-breaking at-
tendance on the occasion. The
crowd should easily number not less
than 2,500. It is an event that has
never been witnessed in this city be-
fore.

"The exercises will open with an
address in front of the grandstand
by one of Winston-Salem's loyal and
most ardent fans. At the close of
the speechmaking the Twins and Pa-
triots, the latter finishing second in
the race last year, will line up and
march to centerfield, headed by a
cornet band. Manager Clancy and
the members of last year's team will
be given the honor of hoisting the
pennant on an iron pole, 25 feet in
height, and placed in the corner of
centerfield fence. The flag is a beau-
ty and the officers of the associa-
tion had a pole made large and
strong enough to hold the 1912 pen-
nant which is scheduled to be won
by the Twins for the second time.

"On the flag appears these words:

'Champions, Carolina Associati-
on 1911.'

"President [Wearn?] of the Carolina
Association and President Brandt of
the Greensboro club, will be here
and witness the exercises as the
guests of President Apple of the lo-
cal association.

"Manager Clancy's aggregation
proposes to battle hard and they will
be disappointed if they do not find
a winning streak that will last for
several weeks. They realize that the
Greensboro team is here for honors
too and the series should be worth
witnessing.

"The management and owners of
the local team appreciate the splen-
did patronage extended during the
bad slump and they have reason to
hope for larger crowds with the
team going good as it is expected
to be in future.

"The Invincible Peter Boyle will
likely appear on the hurling line. He
will be opposed by either Kidridge
or McKeithan.

"The reputation of the Twins is
at stake and Manager Clancy is out
to sustain the good record made by
his lineup last year."
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[advertisementment for Greenville Grocery]

Fruit jars, rubbers, caps
and jelly glasses. Lowest
cash prices. Greenville Gro-
cery Co.
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[cartoon]
[image of doctor talking to patient]
Sign: DR. KNEWITT
OFFICE
THE LONG-GREEN WORM.

"It is claimed that the vermiform ap-
pendix is a worthless organ."

"Oh, I don't know. It's worth about
two million a year to the medical pro-
fession."

[column 6]

[headline, spans cols. 6-7]
SPRING FOOD

Good business.
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Gilroy is as steady as a seven-day
clock.
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Greensboro has a new shortstop.
Davis is his name.
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The Spinners played like cham-
pions yesterday.
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The attendance was not quite as
good as it ought to have been.
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It did old Bull Powell good to win
over some of his former team-mates.
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Wouldn't care if all three of those
Anderson-Charlotte games resulted
in ties.
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A man who doesn't enjoy a game
like the one yesterday ought to see
a doctor immediately.
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The umps had a hard day of it.
He gave one close decision to Green-
ville and four to Spartanburg.
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Harbison got only one hit but it
was over the fence and saved the
visitors a shut-out.
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Kipp played a good game at sec-
ond for the Spartans. He is little
but he is fast.
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Dear old [Magvarland] is going to
do the hurling today. He will prob-
ably get away with a victory too.
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There is no truth in the report
that Johnny Clancy is to join the
Winston-Salem team. The Twins
made New Orleans an offer for him
but it was rejected.
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Curley Brown got a pretty three-
bagger, scoring one. He was caught

[article continues on column 7]

trying to convert it into a [four]
sacker.
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Clancy can testify to the [adage]
that it is mighty hard to [get out]
of a rut after you have gotten
good.
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Tommie Stouch turkey
along the coaching lines for
niser got a single in the exc
of the afternoon.
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Ellis Blackstone wants a t
the big show and he is going [to get]
one if he keeps up his grea[t work]
in left field.
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Bull Powell ought to calm [down in]
this hot weather. The big
doesn't like to see things go
the home team.
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There was not as much
yesterday as usual. We don't [know]
why either because some [good]
opportunities presented them[selves].
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Hall who will pitch for S[partan-]
burg today, was sent to the
recently by Manager Buck
of the Roanoke club of the V[irginia]
league. He hasn't been
much as yet.
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Barbare put up a great g
third yesterday. He has won
already and promises to
even more as the season ad[vances.]
There are many who predict
he will go up.
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The team which the S[partans]
went up against yesterday was
a different team from the [one]
faced on the opening day.
a majority of the players w[ere the]
same but played different
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[return to column 6, middle section]

Around the Circuit

Billy's New Pitchers.
Spartanburg Herald.

With the addition of Taylor and
Llewellyn to the pitching staff, the
Spartans will stand an excellent
chance of climbing from third to
first place.
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New Song Hit.
Spartanburg Herald.

Some of the fans around the cir-
cuit are singing "I wonder if the
Red Sox are ever going to win a
game."
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Walker Goes Home.
Winston-Salem Sentinal.

Dixie Walker, who came here a
week ago Saturday to join the pitch-
ing staff of the locals, left yester-
day for home. In Friday's game he
injured his arm in throwing a ball
to first base. Feeling that he could
not get in shape for some time, he
decided to return home and take a
years' rest.
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The Patriots.
Greensboro News.

That the Greensboro baseball club
is the best proportioned among the
six clubs now contesting for the Caroli-
na league honors is the opinion of
a well known traveling man who
makes Greensboro his headquarters
and who has seen every team of the
circuit in action. This gentleman,
who was speaking to and who gained
the hearty endorsement of Charles
H. McKnight, says that he knows a
ball player when he sees one, and
that he sees no reason why the local

[article continues on column 7, middle section]

team should not take the
He admits that in some positi[ons they]
may be a trifle weak, but av
these spots in mind declared [that]
Greensboro has the best all [around]
team of the circuit. Another [reason he]
says he likes is the personnel [of the]
local club, a team which he de[scribes]
as being made up of clean cut, all
clever gentlemen. He says th
just as gentlemanly on foreign
as on the home lot.

[cartoon]

[image of 2 men talking]
WRONG DIAGNOSIS.

"My dear friend, can you lend [me]
a hundred dollars? I have just rec[overed]
from an operation for appendicit[is."]

"Appendicitis! Your doctor [doesn't]
know his business. He should be
[blurry] for gall stones."

[return to column 1, bottom section]

[6 panel cartoon, spans bottom section of all columns]
SCOOP THE CUB REPORTER
Lesson No. 2 The City Editor Explaines How The Pitcher Works
by "Hop[?]

[panel 1]
[image of older man giving scoop explanation of pitcher duties]
HAVING EXPLAINED
THE DUTIES OF-
THE BACKSTOP-
WE'LL NOW TAKE
UP THE POSITION
OF TWIRLER-THE
BIG NOISE IN
BASEBALL-

[panel 2]
[image of man sending scoop to his position]
-YOU GO BACK TO
YOUR BOX AND PUT
THREE OF 'EM IN
A [blotted] RIGHT
ACROSS THE PAN-
ACCORDING TO HOW
I SIGNAL - I'LL
CALL FOR A HIGH
ONE FIRST-

[panel 3]
[image of man in catcher's position demonstrating signal]
NOW WHEN THE
CATCHER SIGNALS
FOR A HIGH ONE - THE
PITCHER WINGS
THE PILL
ACCORDINGLY

[panel 4]
[image of man looking up over his head]
?
THE
HIGH
ONE

[panel 5]
[image of man being surprised]
!

[panel 6]
[image of scoop behing hit in face by home plate]
CALL A
TAXI AND
CHASE THAT
BALL —