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6 HOW "BUCK" WON THE MATCH FOR THE INVISIBLES WHEN, the Factoryburg Rangers demanded a return match, the City Invlncibles hesitated for some tlm<> before granting it ,The Invlncibles were composed of Joe Wisher's crowd, while the Rangers were a rough nine made up of tho boys who worked in Factoryburg, .1 manu facturing' town up tho river not far from Frank Williams' home in Pralrie- The Invlnciblea won the first game, playe^ at Factoryburg earlier\in the summer, mainly on" account of Frank .Williams', baseball generalship. While Frank was not a member of tho team he was a favorite with his cousin Joe's city friends, largely because -'of tho' Quality of leadership by which he -had led them successfully through many an exciting adventure — and particular ly In that great game at Factoryburg. ! \u25a0 Every kind of unfair advantage had • been taken by the Rangers in that first; game, besides one of, the Invlnclbles' players being deliberately spiked. .The others were more., 'or less battered In the riot* that followed after the game. So there were good reasons for hesita tion on the, Invlncibles' part. As Frank learnedly called it, "a pro tracted correspondence . now ensued" ' between. Captain Norrie : Hlck3 of the Invlncibles. and Captain Clink van of the Rangers. Captain.- 'Clink had the assurance" to want the game to, be .played at Factoryburg,; while Norrie^heldVout for the- city. Each side was so. suspicious of what might be in ; store for Jt that \ a deadlock - re sulted, which; Frank finally broke by! offering, the" neutral; grounds < of; the County league r park ; at . Prairieville, which- he: could' secure free. ;" ; ';'-. \. This; offer was : - accepted, as there was a further advantage, in, 1 the fact thai the grounds were much" better 'thae ' either * nine ,; could . , have commanded. The suspicion; and 'distrust with which : each nine. regarded « the- other,. however, caused a; lot more squabbling by mall, particularly over the umpire 'question; Finally, ln : order, that no possible favor itism might arise, <it was agreed to hjave.two umpires. They. were to alter nate in'box and- field", decisions every \u25a0 Inning and .were 'to -be .noncdntestants. Each was to -have absolute authority over ; whichever part of the diamond he covered.-* "•" ' rs 'y--. \u25a0\u25a0...'\u25a0"\u25a0\u25a0 *~ ~. .- •- • .".,\u25a0; • . Of .course, the game was widely ad vertised* about Prairieville, particular ly "as f most 'of t : the .juvenile /element knew of the riotous first game.' 'So when thclnvincibles arrived from the train on^ the Saturday afternoon" of the struggle they, were: greeted, by, a 'big crowd, i Theyalso : took the precaution to bring : their, billygoat; mascot. 'Buck. He did'not; usually travel.; but this. was too; important a- game - tt> leave him behind. V.; . '.-..,'.\u25a0 ;Frank had been .chosen", beforehand as the" Invincibles' umpire. . "Babe" McCarthy, \a .young "Factory burg J giant, was \the": Rangers- choice. He glowered at \u25a0> Frank las 'they reluctantly- shook hands; and; Frank' somehow wasn't fa vorably^ impressed. The gong sounded. The game began with tha Invlncibles Jn the field, as they won the- toss, and, chose to bat last. Nothing exciting, occurred during the early /innings,; so I'll skip them. No : fault could ;. be r- found •'"with-; either umpire. VEach side played fine ball, not a run was \u25a0; scored and nothing unusual occurred until the first half of the 'fifth;;' \u25a0*; k-^ : .;- \-r- :: :- -'\u25a0 :\u25a0: - - .v ' • Then Charley, Woodward, the Invln 'clbles'.* pitcher, '.'knocked down" a' line drive. ' He;dropped;the, ball, slipped in I recovering, it,. but^managed to toss'it to " first, beating the"' runner by,' a ; foot; "~ '''Safe!" yelled "Babe", McCarthy. It' was his first "raw", decision, , and .'it re ; suited ''in: presenting : - the Rangers with '\u25a0• a run, as two singles" followed. The In- went; out in one,; two/ three , order asr "Big Barney" Jackson, the Rangers' "box man," Jiad [ his "pitching wing" In prime form; This left the score at -the 'end of the-flfth inning: ' Rangers . ...........: ,0 0 0 0 I— t Invincibles .......... ..0 0 o^.o o—o • r'But If. Frank and the members of the team were to give Babe the benefit of the doubt as to. his good in. . tentions an , incident occurred in. the seventh Inning that was very peculiar, to • say the. least, and yet what could they do?. ..:.'-- They .had got , on to Big Barney at last . Carl Jones , led off with; a grass burner that sizzled through short for v single. Norrie' Hicks advanced, him to uecond with a clever sacrifice, tho next. man up singled,, and then Char ley's fly to right advanced them each a base, 'and the Invincible fans howled themselves hoarse. Two men on bases and only one out! .But the next butter struck out. Then Joe Fisher came to bat, . Now, Joe had a habit of throwing his bat when ho 'finished batting. He usually flung it toward the players' bench and was pretty careless of the way he heaved it. Babe McCarthy stood behind the catcher and Frank judged the field plays. By grand, concentrated rooting the Invincible fans- greatly helped Big Barney to continue his balloon ascen sion, and he grew wilder, putting over three bad ones in succession, which Babe promptly called balls. This re assured Frank, who had been watching Babe intently ever since the game THE SAN -FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1010.-THE JUNIOR CALL started. A Now;. was; Babe's chance for crooked , work;, but he was - certainly giving the Invincible batter a -square deal. Frank's confidence, was further reinforced when ; Babe the fourth ball, and- Joe started for first, thus filllng.the bases. Now, as Joe trotted off he flung, his bati as usual" toward the 1 Invlnclbles' bat boy; and. this is what resulted: /Even as Joe i started to - swing his bat Frank saw ; Captain Cling, the Ranger catcher,; dart sideways at an angle Vwh'lch caused the rolling bat J to strike him; oosn s the foot. ' "Out!", cried Babe McCarthy, who was also .watching closely. //"Side's^ out! Your bat struck one of theother.team. and under the latest league : rules : . it puts you out, and you must also re tire from the game !" Babe ; blandly explained to the excited Joe and ; the other . members; of;; rthe -team, who crowded angrily, around. "Boys, he's right as far as -the rule Is concerned, bOt It's an '"outrage to call this man out under the-circumstarices!" cried Frank, .who had. come In also. • "Go back to; the field. I'm. running this end of the game. He's out,, and If you -kickers don't go to your positions In; three minutes I'll forfeit; the game. I've; a right to, as ; the play happened In my territory!" yolle'd, Babe, 'doubling up : his huge ;flsts defiantly. , \ ,' ; ', : "We'd better go, but only on. my pro test that 'you've taken" a most unfair advantage of your position! You know as .well as I that Clink deliberately ran in the way of Joe's, bat!" Frank hotly replied, but there .was nothing to do. . Babe had 'the authority, as far as the rule was, concerned, and the In vlnclbles were forced to take the field amid an Y awful ; uproar of jeers and hisses that came from their maddened friends as the cause of the trouble was learned. Babe's decision made the third out, weakened the Invincibles by de priving them of one of their best bat Where Natives Eat Clay In the Caroltnas and eastern Ten nessee there are beds of pure white clay, ! a» white as flour, and It Is this sort of clay that is utilized for chew- Ing. The clay Is in small deposits throughout all South Carolina, but only the deposits in the neighborhood of Aiken and Langley are sufficient In extent, depth and quality to; be com mercially valuable. These bed* 'lie anywhere fromi 10 to ! 30 feet under the surface and are worked by side cuts. The earth is first removed from above over as largo a surface as is de sired, and then the wall of clay is at tacked from the hide, an entrance hav ing been cut from some adjacent val ley, so that the mining is really done in an open cut; Mines that have been worked for years are finally nothing but huge white holes or excavations. The clay is cut out by men with picks, ami as the pieces fall other men with knives trim them off, cuttlngr out the Iron stain. They , are then loaded on cars and hauled to a drying shed. Natives often eat the clay, 6'ometimeg chewing up a ters and utterly blasted their great chance to score. /. Then the Rangers got another run In' the eighth, and managed to hand the the usual goose egg, mak 'lng the score'now stand:' Rancrers .....0 0 0 0 1 0 0 I—2 Invincibles ..0 0 <o>o 0 .0 0 o—o0 — 0 The Invincibles .put up a ; desperate fielding game as they strove, to prevent the Rangers from Increasing their lead. Charley Woodward managed to keep his controi;in spite of the "lemon" Babe McCarthy handed him, arid the Invin-. clbles/flnally retired their rivals with- out any further scoring. Then they came to bat for the last time in their half of the ninth. Norrie- "Hieks was the first man up. He grimly waited until Big Barney put one . of his fast ' shoots right "over the groove," and the. next Instant Norrie whacked' it . ever the right fielder's head for a screaming "two sacker," , .'..while the Invincible fans shrieked their ap proval of this .;, auspicious beginning. And then' came the climax!, ..; •'... Walt Colburn, : "the. Invinclbles' third baseman,- was a little chap, but , one of , the best hitters on the team. He had tremendous biceps and shoulders in. proportion to. his site, and it was too funny for ; anything to see hini cometo bat hugging- a .tremendously heavy.stlck-nearly - as ; long as he was tall. But how Walt could -connect! The Invincible fans implored Walt to live up to his "rep,", and Walt did. Smash! _ The ball sailed into left field and -struck the ground about .2o feet In front of Buck, the Invlncibles' mascot, who had been put out there to browse. Then it bounded straight at Buck, hit him on the flank, car omed off and landed out of sight over a low pile* of lumber, that was being used to repair the, fence. But the Rangers' left fielder was equal to ' the emergency. " He had . ac curately measured the drive as It left piece larger than a black walnut. Physicians claim the clay, is very un healthful, but the clay eaters refuse to give up their tidbits. The clay Is quite soft in texture and without, grit. When It is dried out and powdered It looks very much like tooth powder. The beds are located by means of. boring, with a giant auger. Some of the clay is used, mixed with other material, # in the making of melt ing pot* by makers of high tempered steel Implements, but the bulk of it goes into the manufacture of paper. "Please" There was a small person who couldn't spell "please;" She tried it with double "c," Just as In cheese, She thought that it might have a "a," aa In sneeze, Or else that the letters were placed Ju»t like these. Impatient, she. cried that the word was a tease! But that didn't help her (how strange!) to spell "please." —Eunice Ward In Bt. Nicholas. Walt's bat, and, Jumping ncrosa the lumber, he recovered the ball before it stopped rolling. He mad© a superb throw to second base right over tho lumber. The man on base had corao In by this time, but the Welder's quick work prevented Walt from getting any farther than second, where : he perched out of 1 breath' from his hard run. r You can imagine the tremendous sen? sation when Frank, who was giving the' field decisions, ran up to Walt and cried in a loud voice, so all could hear: j -'."'\u25a0." s "Don't stop! Go on around. You get a home run under the rules!" "Wha-a-t!, You're crazy!" shouted "Babe" McCarthy and the astounded Captain "Clink," while the other Rangers ran in and shook. their fists in Frank's' face, and pandemonium reigned in the stands, '.''.'\u25a0''[i; V.Frank coolly measured the huge, threatening form of his , brother um pire and, pulling a book out'of his In side pocket," he remarked: * . . "You ought to be the first to back me up : — you're so blamed particular! I . wouldn't think. of putting this one over If you hadn't taken advantage of ,us when Joe's bat struck 'Clink.' Now it's my "turn— read this paragraph," and he pointed to a certain page. "Babe" was compelled to read aloud , an .obscur.e technicality that ,rilne umpires 'out of ten wouldn't have remembered, and the tenth, wouldn't have applied — un less It was used for just such a rebuke as Frank intended. The . rulo specified that a home run hit should be recorded when the ball goes over something in fair ground so the -'sphere '-is ' beyond ' the umpire's sight. > •...-\u25a0', ' > ' ' :. The, ball had done, all that exactly, and; after, a great deal of bluster, and threats from the Rangers, Frank final ly pulled out his watch and gave them five minutes to resume play. His fel low umpire was especially nasty and tried to . overawe : Frank, . who had the power, and he knew It. , To add to the confusion, Buck broke loose from his moorings and came trotting into the diamond; Then "Babe" McCarthy lost his tem per and lunged, at Frank f who hap pened to be standing behind the goat. Frank ducked, and the goat evidently feH "Babe" had Insulted him, for Buck "went Into action" in great style, while the crowd which had streamed out on the field howled with delight; The big umpire was too clumsy to. get out of Buck's way, and. maybe the animal didn't live up \to his name! Anyhow, he took all the fight out of "Babe," who with one despairing jump finally managed to escape. Order was at last restored, and the Rangers, beaten at every point and overawed bjr the threatening crowd, returned to the flelJ. Then the next Invincible went to bat, with the score a 2 to 2 tie. thanks to Frank's decision. I guess a stronger nine than tho Rangers would. have lost its narve after such a mix up. "Big Barney" never did have very good "control," and that de cision simply put him "up In. the air." With none out, "Bob" Allen, the next man to bat, knocked a three bagger, and "Charley" Woodward "won his own game," bringing "Bob" in with tha winning run by a heat single, making the final score 3 to 2 in favor of the Invlnclbles! "It was a mighty good thing 1 studied those rules over carefully," laughed Frank when they congratu lated him on his memory, "but here'd the. fellow that gets the credit," he con tinued, as he patted Buck on the head. "Buck did liia duty at the right time in the right place, and I only backed him up with my memory, You ought to tak4 him home in a parlor car!"