Baseball Joe, Home Run King; or, The Greatest Pitcher and Batter on Record

d as he looked at t

een the last of that fellow. I imagined that by

gh," replied Jim. "But just now he's h

or retreat. He decided on the former course, and with an air of bravado came toward them. Joe and Jim would have pa

n," he snarled, addre

red Joe coolly. "Yo

well-dressed form. "All dolled up too. The man who took the bread

hrow him off his balance. But he had been a remarkable pitcher, with a throwing arm that made up for some of his mental deficiencies, and had played in several major league clubs. For some years he had been a member of the Giants,

f an important game, and had got him off quietly to bed so as to hide the matter from McRae. But there was no gratitude in Hartley's disposition, an

was increased when, after being knocked out of the box during a game, Joe had taken his place and won out. McRae at last lost patience with him and ga

r of his misfortunes. On one occasion he had tried to injure Joe in a dark street by hurling a jagged bolt of iron at his head, and the only thing that saved Baseball Joe was that at the moment he had stoo

return you've doped me and otherwise tried to hurt me. You've been your own worst enemy. I'm sorry if you're hard up, and if you need money I'

snapped Bugs. "I'm after

ry it. It won't get you anywh

" growled Hartley. "Ways t

thought s

ters?" he asked, looking k

d sullenly. He was an illiterate man and

y name signed to th

snapped Hartley. "I don't kn

d at random, had missed the mark. He could eliminate Hartley at on

ried to do me up and twice you've failed. Don't let it happen a

ar the way, but the steely look in Joe's eyes made him think better of it.

arked Jim, as th

him a wrong of some kind and his poor brain hasn't room for anything else. It's too bad to see a man that was once a great pitcher go to the dogs

inst him, Joe," warned Jim, in some anxie

bout Bugs," rejoined Joe carelessly. "The chances

iled a taxicab to take them back to their hotel. There they

good game except for one bad inning when he lost control, and hits, sandwiched in with passes and a wild pitch, let

t once great team had been shot to pieces. The majority of the Boston games also went to the Giants' credit. They met a snag, however, in Brooklyn, and the team from over the bridge too

er than those of the East. Cincinnati was going strong under the great leader who had once piloted the Phillies to a championship. Chicago was quite as formidable as in the year before, when the Giants had just nosed them out at the finish. St.

s men, and Robbie agreed with him. "Bea