Judge, 1915-05-15 · page 18 of 24
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The central feature is a humorous baseball story told by George Stovall, manager of the Kansas City Federal League team. The yarn concerns pitcher "Rube" Evans, described as an erratic but talented southpaw. The joke: Evans's catcher instructs him to "bean" (hit) an opposing batter attempting a squeeze play. Evans literally obeys—but hits the base runner instead, knocking him out cold. When confronted that night, Evans protests he followed orders exactly: the catcher said to bean someone if they tried the squeeze, and he did. The humor lies in Evans's literalist defense: he got the right play stopped, just the wrong player. The story illustrates baseball slang and tactics of the era while poking fun at both misunderstandings and overzealous rule-following. The page is primarily advertising otherwise (golf liniment, whiskey, cigars, law school).
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