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thdb8day aooost 30th 1938 the acton free press gjhe 3tte irflh hart tnrg pardon the home rwsj by harry goldberg ayne ddcson waa just going out to the baseball acid for the dally vax practice session when his room mate stopped him buy wayne want you to do me favor the captain of the baseball team grin ned was just going to ask you for one too ye well listen to mine first light of enthusiasm shone in the tall fellows eyes you knotf how ive been practicing my magic as cull it the last year well wouldnt it bo great idea if started club or society or some thing like that its bo culled tlui miracle men trcmont lmms laun der waynes voice was sarcastic trc mont lie laughed trcmont muit even give that numc to my dog samuel pretended to be insulted ifle looked even more hurt when wayne laughed at him and dcmandedvvrml do you want me to do you know rnimll and ho lias ta approve of new society suppose you talk to him and fix things up its crazy idea decided wayne it is not samuel was empltatic it is great idea ive been thinking of it for long time there are many useful tricks the fellows in school here could learn tim mmmiall riwhi pu hlw hwiwle his hips and with serious ejyes regarded the eager face of his roommate iistcil sain he asked slowly just how much do you want to found this club are you in earnest samuel grabbed hlnllmdcadlyw earnest think of the honor of found ing new club here club thai will live forever and that will get bigger and bigger every year want to do this more than anything else in the world his enthusiasm died out and his hand dropped from waynes shoulder but the whole trouble is russell says no ivo talked to him twice but cant budge him you know him well way up wont you talk to him for me one one condition sam that is you play baseball with us this tyeaf samuel made helpless gesture with his hands cant play kv7 youl dldnt play for three ycara on the varsity in high school did you and you dkint make uie squad here tlie last two years did you the only reason you havent showed up this time is be cause of the magic youve been learning sam im worried this is the worit team bellalre has ever had why dont you help by coming out oh guess its because dont have the time aiid yes you lmve you can find tlia time waynes words were clipped samuel slapped the others buck sure 111 be out but you promise to talk to russell wayne stared into his lanky room mates eyes sam if you hit one homo run during the whole reason ill make ituseu give his okell riim1 jpahkvl hnhri thats so come get me into uniform while they were waiting down to the field wayne suddenly clamped his liand to his head say where did my base ball cap go luul it when leftour room imve it grinned samuel taking it out of his pocket when stuck my hand hi your coat pocket before aacl you grabbed my right lmud just ullj oifyourcapwluitnyothekliathi wayne looked surprised youre prettyslick mr slmms he bald pre tending to bow iic captain uw that samuel was still in training lie was able to judge flis with accuracy and he made several nice catclies that warmed the coachs heal well play him in the outfield and lie goes on tlie vaaslty the coach tol1 wayne with this bunch weve jit orouiid here sam looks like niul hell be ull right as long as we can keep his mind on the garni answered wayne and had to smile to himself the minute tliat fellow dee idea to pull off few of his tricks there is going be some fun tlie coach called samuel in to hit cut some practice flics cooper the coach caught tlie bulla us they were thrown in from the outileld mid then he handej tliem to samuel to hit out again on time rs th team hfml jmiwl hull ri tlie lanky boy the latter grubbed his handkerchief out or his pocket since felt he was going to sneeze wliat slae for handkerchief irrinnedthp ciiuch tlmtvirotltitnntw ture tent is it nope grinned samuel then asked vliere tile ball jniio toised it to you well dont have it in my hand the two of them hunted on the grqs but no ball was in ahjht its purlin ult rlght wins the coachs comment samuel laml itf utui ull yu ihr joke wlwii you threw the ball to me hid it in my handkerchief and when put my handkerchief bark into my pocket tlie bull went too cant work that maglo slick dont know whether to laugh cr wring your neck the coach eomtnenv if youre undecided grinned ikmiul youd better laugh the neck is kind of stringy and you wouldnt get much pleasure out of wringing ltl tlic first game went by but samuel did not get his homo run all the team knew wliatr was up and they teased samuel every time he picked bat when it was his turn to face the pitcher lie scowlcd grimaced and made all kinds of faces when lie was in the batters bo but still the best lie did wad to knock twobase lilt samuel approached wayne ufter the game and the two walked to their room lu tlie dormitory suppose dont hit home run this season demanded th outllelder wayne shrugged turning his face to hide smile ut tlic otliers worried man ner then dont tjilk to itusscu for you and your club the miracle wen will bo ho lets say figment of your imagination its notlilng to laugh about samuel came back ills slioulders drooped hi eyes werv sad and lie was the picture of despondency suppose dont hit home run this year itcmembcr wayne pointed his linger and pretended to bo serious we liavo an agreement and iyou sold youd stick to your port of it of course xwlu samuel said in dignantly thouq haekoul hear the umpire he kept tight on run ning speeding down the home stretch as though road dog were chasing him he crossed the home plate straightened up with wild whoop and yelled horn run he was stopped by the sight of the bellalre players puzzled scowl ovo spread ills features lie shook wayne whats wrong whats the matter between gasps the captain explained to him that his hit had been only un ordinary double and that the third base man had tagged him out before lie had reached tlilrd samuel scratched his head well ill be switched can you imagine tlint and had my mind made up that was going to get home run at the beginning of the anal gome of the year with the tech aggie samuel wlio had not yet achieved home run was picture of nervousness he stood up and sat down in tlic draw ingroom no less than dozen tlmei before the team ran out to tlic held he dropped two flley while warming up for the game maybe youd better not play today uggested wayne you look nervous the captain kept his hand over his mouth to keep from laugblng huh wllat no feel great honest wayne feel great ive got to play today the couch isnt going t3 bench me now li lie immediately samuel dashed oft to see cooper who reassured him tlie ilrst time up samuel struck out jjfe liad abandoned his usual type of swinging today he was out to murder tlie bull fjveu triple meant nothing it was either going to be home ruri nothing bellalre went into the lead and was never in danger the score went from two to five then seven then ten 10 nothing coach cooper changed uii whole llaeux with the cxceptioji of samuel tt ltvr wh wuhnr tivwr here ttis 7tlajstu the dldnt you no knew you wouldnt but ive still got to hit home hun dolly on the field samuel tried ills disappearing tricks just to keep in trim as said whe one the fellow demanded to know where his cap had gone or how samuel could have swap ped gloves with him while he was talk ing to samuel and holding the glove in his hand the lanky feuw simply replied thai if he was going to be the founder of such club as he was planning lie would just have to be better than qie rest hcllnlre won the second game on its schedule even though samuel nearly threw it away by the weirdest exhibi tion of base running ever played on tlie ueliaire held it was tlie end of ths seventh inning and the score was tldd ut four all with one out samuel got tp to bat and clouted the first offering hlh into tlie outfield he was off like streak and he sped around first rull steam ahead wild hope idiot uuough him maybe tlilrf was going to be his home run head dawn he plowed past second and swerved to his left to go to tlilrd coach cooper standing on third was violently waving samuel back to seconj samuel could not tee him he had visions of home run his miracle uon club he could picture tlie meeting of tlic club in full swing with tremont slmms presiding on tlie bench the bellalre sauad was threatening to go into convulsion tlie players doubled up with uncontrolled laughter some were sprawled on the ground helplessl kicki their fess with tears running down their faces tli6ypolntdatrsamuelftrid speak but always yell of laughter choked their own words like an un gabily sprinter samuel was hunched over and running straight at tlic third baseman who was calmly holding the ball in readiness to tag him samuel was not looking at the tlilrd baseman or at the coach or at anybody he ha his mind on re home plate tlie enemy tlilrd baseman reached oat his hand and touched the runner with tlie bail tlie umpire waved his hand imlleaiittjjr thar qa was out latter never felt tlic touch nor did lis his team were one run behind and the state batting tlie eighth inning was his lost turn at bat it took samuel fully minute to choose club only the umpires warning to hurryup mode hlmdecde on his choice the pitcher threw fast one tliat tlie umpire called strike tliat had hop on it samuel told the umpire lies tampering with tne scams want to see the ball under the baseball rules tampering with the fcoams is not allowed and batter may demand to inspect tlie boll being thrown to him the umpire called for the ball the batter looked it over and threw it aside want anotlier ball lie sold and tlie umpire produced new splterc on tho next pitch tlie same thmj liappened want to see the ball samuel requested and again it was hand ed to him willie inspecting tlie ball the batter sneered he grabbed for his luuidker chlef wave of laughter rippled uirough tlic crowd of fans when uicy saw the huge piece of linen ho carried he then threw tlie ball back to tho pitcher and stepped into the batter box tlie ball came over he caught tlie ball squarely in tlie middle tlie crowd was up with roar and tlie bellalro players stood up and cheered their team mate tlie boll liad disappeared over tlie fence the lanky player was in high good humor in the dressingroom well he reminded wayne you pe sure to talk jo russell tonight can get tlie miracle men club started before tills fieniesilerlsoverrsotliiitltllbe infull swing when school starts next oeor sure samuel drew wayne aside must tell you this wayne when pretended to sneeze but there on tlie field when was at bav it was fake bought rubber ball the other day and sowed new cover of real baseball on it worked for houxstomako itlook rights had the fake ball hi my handkerchief and swapped balls when eveybody thought was sneezing couldnt help wttirignrtttnnettmce lb was uilrubbc wouldnt liave done except that we wcreio far ahead it didnt matter and well had to mt home runt dont start me laughing again bag ged wayne or ill burst my appendix boy how clever knew you wouldnt have done it if we hadnt been that far ahead jus want to tell you that talked to russell three days ago and fixed it up with him samuels jaw dropped somty horns run wos wasted it was worth it though answered wayne it proves youre fit to be leader of brothernuts real popularity is something not caught with lariat or fished for nor even consciously tried for emily post hul moet important why tommy whats tlie matter the fond mother asked lier young son who had just returned from ids first football match with ills junior school team the boy continued to taob did you get kicked slie asked no lie sadly replied did you loce then she went on mystified tommy shook his head then what is it slie insisted they they forgot to give us oranges at lialf time lie told licr when wobds fcail tlie golfer stepped up to the tee and drove off tiie ball sailed straight down tlie fairway leaped onto tlie green and rolled into tlie hole tlie golfer threw 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