Palmer High School - Terror Trail Yearbook (Colorado Springs, CO)

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No You see, the college IS gorng out 1nto the f1eld and the hrgh school 1S commg 1n to bat, he began 1n a much bored manner, but she cut h1m short by askmg What f1eld ! Why dont they keep the h1gh school boys t there to chase the balls? Just then some one below her yelled, Get a h1t Dad! Van can't pltch he w1ll have to hang a br1ck on that ball before he can get xt d wn to you George, why do they want Dad to get h1t7 And I know h ldn t throw the ball w1th a buck on It ' In a few m1nutes Dad started to steal second base and George 3 mped up and yelled frant1cally Hlt the d1rt! Hlt the d1rt!' D1d he h1t the d1I'lZ? was the meek 1nqu1 y Y s, don t you see h1m brushmg lt off h1s Sllltln My but he stole that base sl1ck Ty Cobb couldnt have done better h1mself, was the next comment from George lt back? Why dont you go after h1m, George, you could make h1m take It back, she contmued 1n a doc1le femlmne tone George's reply was drowned 1n a sudden burst of cheenng' The 1nn1ng was soon over and as one of the college players was tak1ng h1s place at bat one of h1s supporters crled out Smash that ball over the fence Just then the batter struck v1c1ously at the ball However he only succeeded 1n touchlng lt, and It went over the backstop 1nto the park then mto some small boy s pocket They always do Just what they are told, don't they George? He s have smashed It too, because they are play1ng Wlth a new ball I then became so 1nterested 1n the game that I d1d not notlce George and h1s enterta1n1ng fr1end unt11 the e1ghth 1nn1ng, when one of the fellows made a home run, and George Jumped h1gh 1n the alr, shout1ng at the top of h1s vo1ce Go home! Get there! Go home After George had come back to earth she asked Why d1d you want h1m to go home? And d1d he go Why yes, d1dn't you see h1m make that frne run Yes, but I d1dn t know they had to run around l1ke that before H . . . . . U I 0 o I K5 ' 7 ' 77 CC ' 7 5 0 .77 KG ' e cou ' ' ' ' . ' .u . ,H .... , H . . . ,, . .r n H e O , Y . . . . . CC ' 7 , . ' 77 Why, George, if he stole a base, why don't they make him take . , . ' . . ,, . . . . . , . . . K6 . . I , 5 ' 9 If ' 7 mu t ' ' ' . CC 66 ' 7 ' ' 77 H . . . , . if ' 7 '

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George zmh 2515 fgtrl When I settled down on the bleachers near the west slde of Wash burn F1eld the f1rst s1ght that met my eyes was a number of players 1n brown and wh1te sults on the d1amond The m1ghty Trgers, decked 1n the1r strlpes of orange and black, were restlng on the bench at the foot of the grandstand My attentlon was next drawn to a very fme tlower garden Just below me But lt was not the hat Qfor such th1s gorgeous d1splay of fmery really wasj that 1nterested me so much It was rather the person under It who attracted my gaze Io be sure I could not see her face, but I could hear her vorce dulcet and rnno cent, Just such a vorce as you hear trom a Q0 ed bhe was talk1ng to a young fellow, who, I notxced, was lmmensely rnterested 1n the game Oh, George, aren t those brown and whrte su1ts beautlful? But, George, why do the hxgh school wear brown and whlte and the college gold and black? Oh, those are then' school colors, he rnformed her I thmk the new dormltory IS Just perfectly lovely from th1s v I do so hope I can stay at the halls when I go to college, she remarked Yes, I hope so, he answered 1n a vo1ce that showed he d1d not hear her, or at least d1d not take any 1nterest 1n what she was sayxng You know, I thlnk Gladys 1S Just terubly sllly about 14 rank, and Grace makes so much fun of her From th1s remark I gathered that the speaker would l1ke to 1n dulge 1n a b1t of gOSS1p, but 1n th1s she was drsappomted, for Just then one of our players threw the ball to f1rst base and put the college runner out Pretty peg! pretty peg! yelled George George, oh George, what are pegs? Oh I see, she burst out know1ngly, after a pause They put pegs so the players wlll know where to stand George seemed somewhat vexed bv th1s fme dlsplay of baseball knowledge but held h1s peace I wonder what they are domg now? WN hy are all those hlgh school boys quxttmg? Is the game overa? ' P' Q 1 . . . . I Y . . , . . 5 . . ' ' rw ' 9 w 1 A l I . . . I , , , . H 1 , . . . .I . i 77 as ' H ' U . . . . . . ICW. ' . H . as 77 ' ' ' H . , v . . . . ., as . as ar . 66 . ar 9 v . 97 . , . cc ' ' , ' . . ,

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they went home It wxll be lots of fun to see them all do 1t, won't It George? The game was over and soon I was started home As I was walk 1ng up the hlll to take the car I found myself Just behmd George and h1s frlend Dld we WIHIH she was asklng h1 No seven to s1x 1n the1r favor he muttered under hrs breath Seven to sm what? Oh they got seven scores to our sw, ' he answered, somewhat, curtly It was easy to see that George was blue over the game or else tlred of belng asked so manv 1nvolv1ng and perplefung questlons Does that show that we have the best tea 'I N he growled as the r1m of the flower garden caught hun across the face Just one week later I went to see the hlgh school play agam and there sat George w1th a d1fferent g1rl Charles Cheese 3 Eminem Two g1rls 1ust home from a dance are talklng over the evemng Place Bedroom of Ahce A1109 Maynard Home from school for Chrlstmas vacatlon El1zabeth Clark Her frlend who has come wxth her to spend the hohdays QAIICQ 1n front of the nurror brushlng her ha1r and Betty seated on the edge of the bed wlth a far away look 1n her eyes 5 Ahce fPaus1ng w1th halr brush IH hand and slnglngj Every body 1S 1n Slumber land But You and I Oh Bettvl D1dD,t you have he grandest t1me? Betty fClasp1n one knee bllssfully wlth l1er armsl Grand tune' Grand doesn't beg1n to express It I had the txme of my hfe Ahce- I'm so exc1ted I don t feel as though tl1ere were a wlnk of sleep ln me I can st1ll hear that last dreamy waltz runnmg through my head but Qs1gh1ngl I suppose we'll have to go to bed sleepy or ' 1 77 H . . . .m. 9 y - ' 97 KK ' 7 , . , m 77 K6 0,77 , 7 ............ ...- Time-One-thirty A. M. 1 . , . 7 . . . . . . . -H 1 ' ' 77 ' - 0 , Yu. t ' !7 . Q A . I . -H , i . . . . ,, . . , , 7 ' 9