Hits, Runs, and No Errors

Horace Taylor authors a letter from Buffalo far too good to be edited so here it is in full: "Helen (Mrs. Horace, Ed.) and I visited my brother Chase (Col. Stoopnagle, Ed.) in So. Norwalk, Conn., this summer. You may have read that Lowell Thomas has organized the "TheNine Old Men Softball Team" which plays regularly for charity at various points about the country. Lowell Thomas catches, Stoopnagle is the pitcher, James Melton covers first base while other positions are taken by Paul Webb, the cartoonist who draws the tall, lanky hill-billies seen in Esquire, Ted Shane, Woody Cowan, author of "Major Hoople" and "Our Boarding House," Henry Burbig, etc., etc. While I was down there I was pressed into service as a guest star. Being an unknown, they were very skeptical of my ability around the sacks but being a sterling athlete I feared nothing of my prowess and proceeded to prove my ability by pounding out a home run with two men on base during the first game at Ridgefield, Conn. The second game was at Peekskill, N. Y., and I was immediately assigned the right field position which is, of course, the spot reserved for the heavy hitters. Again I did not fail them—in four trips to the plate I got three hits and a walk, handled two chances in the field with perfection and made the last out of the game which we won 29 to 7." To which we are willing to make the additional wager that even in that professional company Horace was right up with the leaders in the story-telling league.