Judge — June 13, 1931 — page 17: what you’re looking at

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JUDGE c Tur Beacu Season Ovens at Attanric Crry Captain Rotler tosses in the first blonde, who played in the outfield used to wear out two or three pairs of shoes a game chasing balls he hit. ‘Their parents got at this because shoes cost a lot of ugh in Arkansas. Now I had this one ed Wilbur, which I named after 1 cousin of mine named Max.” “LT suppose if you'd named him after Jack Dempsey, you would have called hit Vred,” I niftic “He wouldn't answer to the name of Max,” Pea Ridge Day says, “so 1 had to call him Wilbur on account of numerol- which Iam very. pre looked up a good name for him and it was Wilbur. Well, anyhow, I trained this Wil- bur to chase those balls that Gunboat Hudson hit, and that way the kids didn’t wear out no shoes. Wilbur used to go for miles after those balls, and he'd always come back with the ball in his mouth, Sometimes he'd be gone for weeks, but he never missed. ow that was a long time ago and we all grew up. Last summer I am back home for a visit and the boys come ‘round for a little ball game. Gunboat Hudson is now a prosperous farmer in town, but he can still play ball. I pitch one to him and he hits it clean over the Pea Ridge Mountains, Wilbur happened to be out in the field doing a bit of hay- nd he see that ball go. Without ng. he lights out after it. I try to call him back, but he is gone. Well. that ball went (Continued on page “Oh, 'e’s got talent, sir, Show 'im th’ dollar bill yer made, Sammy.” comicbooks.com