It Happens Every Spring Page #4

[Indistinct chatter]

Ball!

[Smack, cheer]

And it looks like Chicago is staging another rally.

They're whittling down St. Louis' lead.

But, Dolan's leaving Crosby in,

so let's see what's gonna happen.

Chew?

No thanks.

Crosby better tighten up.

He ain't got this game on ice yet.

[Smack, cheer]

Jimmy, put the new man in.

Yes.

Kelly.

Warm up.

Me?

Yeah, you.

Come on, kid. This may be it.

[Smack, cheer]

Start steepin' 'em in, baby.

I got a feelin' we ain't gonna have much time.

[Smack, cheer]

OK, Kelly. Get in there and pitch.

Oh, Mr. Dolan-

I'd like to get it straight about my contract.

If I win this game, it counts for me.

I expect to get paid.

I don't pay you. Go talk to Stone.

Now?

No, no. There's a ball game going on.

Get in there and pitch.

-You talk to him later.

-Yes, sir.

Thank you, sir.

What's this? Another Al Schacht?

We don't need no more comics

with you around, sweetheart.

Guy's name is Kelly.

Kelly, pitching for St. Louis.

Lannigan catching.

[On loudspeaker]

Kelly's now pitching for St. Louis.

Lannigan catching.

Why, he isn't even on the scorecard.

Well fans, there's a scared looking rookie

if I ever saw one.

I wonder where Dolan ever got the courage

to put him into a spot like this.

[Crowd booing]

That puts the tying run on second.

And O'Leary's up.

He's gotten 3 hits for 3 tries this afternoon.

Look, kid. Just take it easy.

Try and get 'em over.

I'm all alone back there,

and they don't let me use no stepladder.

Where'd you find that hooligan?

Jump-In Junior High?

First get a hit off, and then make with the jokes.

Ball!

Strike!

Ball!

Strike!

It's 3 and 2 on O'Leary.

A hit will tie up this ballgame.

Here's your chance to be a hero.

This one's gotta be good.

[Whoop]

Strike, you're out!

Wow!

What kind of a ball was that?

Now, tell me that joke about the high school kid.

Rookie hero.

Way to fire that, boy.

Just lucky, I guess.

We're a great team, kid, me an' you.

Nice goin'.

Thank you.

The kid's a gold mine, ain't he, Jimmy?

He's just what you was lookin' for.

I wasn't lookin' for a headache,

but that's what I got.

Headache?

A guy with a hop like that?

He's a screwball, Monk,

and they do anything.

You're going to have to

keep your eye on him night and day.

Good work, young fellow. Great, great.

I knew you had it all the time.

Glad to have you with us.

We'll have that contract for you

first thing in the morning.

Thank you, sir.

And if there's anything I can do,

be sure and let me know.

Oh, Mr. Stone-

There is one thing.

What?

Well-

Could I have a uniform that fits?

Sure, sure.

Dolan.

Dolan!

[Knocking at door]

Come in.

Hiya, Kelly!

Congratulations, kid.

Your troubles are over.

I'm movin' in with ya.

You're what?

I couldn't stand it,

thinking of you up here all alone

day after day.

Well, I don't mind, Monk.

Really, I don't.

Listen, Kelly-

I took a shine to ya.

It doesn't happen often,

but when it does, the sky's the limit.

I'm payin' for everything-

room, laundry, meals.

It ain't gonna cost you a cent.

Why, that's wonderful, Monk.

I'd be glad to share the room with you,

but I want to share the expenses, too.

Ah, baloney.

I mean it, Monk, really.

All right, I'll break down and tell ya.

I ain't one of those

big-hearted Charlies like you think.

It's sort of a deal between me and the club.

It's a what?

A deal. I move in with you,

they pay all the bills.

They sorta want me to keep my eye on ya.

They do? Why?

Dolan thinks you're somewhat of a

screwball or something.

Are you, Kelly?

Why, no, quite the opposite.

Everything I do is perfectly logical.

That's your girl? Wow, she is hot stuff.

[Wolf whistle]

Sweet lookin' kid, too. What's her name?

Oh, you wouldn't know her.

Oh, cagey, eh?

Well I'll just call her Madame X.

What's in the bottle?

Oh that? That's hair tonic.

It's a special prescription.

Seems to have done you good.

Oh, yes. Yes it has, indeed.

Analytical mechanics.

Atoms, stars, and neb. . .u

Nebulae.

Theoretical ballistics.

Jumpin' Jupiter. Do you read this stuff?

Well, you see, it's that hop I get on the ball-

It's caused by some unique phenomenon,

and I'm attempting to investigate it.

You mean you learn how to pitch

out of scientific books?

Well, no. Not exactly.

Jimmy was right.

Where are you from, kid?

Why all the mystery?

Well. . . well, it's her father.

If he ever finds out,

I'll lose my girl and my job and everything.

Finds out what?

What I'm doing.

I didn't think I could do it, but I am.

And what I'm doing isn't what

he thinks I'm doing at all.

Come again?

Well I'm getting the one thing

he wants me to have,

by doing the one thing

he's most against, you see.

Leave it go, Kelly. Quit trying.

The more you talk, the more mysterious it gets.

Well, maybe it's just as well.

[Phone rings]

Hello?

I'm trying to locate a party by the name of Lannigan.

For you, Monk.

It's Mabel, checking up.

[Sigh]

Yes, Mabel.

Yes, I'm here, just like I said.

[Woman talking]

Yes, I know, Mabel. There's lots of girls named Kelly,

only he happens to be with the club.

And St. Louis don't have

no lady pitchers this season.

[Woman talking, continues]

You never been married, have you Kelly?

No.

[Woman talking, continues]

Yes, Mabel.

Hey, if you're such a scientist,

you oughta read this article here.

Some professor says there's

gold on the planet Mars. Here-

[Woman talking, continues]

Oh, I'm glad I read this.

I'm gonna send a telegram.

A telegram? Tommorow's?

Oh, but I can't do that.

The guy is nuts.

But I gotta do something.

I've gotta think of some way to-

Now wait a minute, Kelly.

You listen to me.

You're gonna stay right here and pitch.

You ain't going after no gold on Mars.

Hey, Kelly!

Kelly!

[Woman talking, continues]

Yes, Mabel, I've been listening to every word.

[Woman talking, continues]

Debbie, dear, I wish you'd come with us.

The concert will do you good.

I'm not in the mood, Mother, really.

Well you can't spend the rest of your life

sitting home because of Vernon.

She won't go ten feet away from that telephone.

[Door buzzer]

Miss Deborah Greenleaf?

Oh, I'll take it!

I'm Miss Greenleaf.

Sign here, please.

Thank you.

Oh, Mother!

It's beautiful.

It's from Vernon.

Vernon?

But that's impossible.

Something wrong somewhere.

He couldn't have come by it honestly.

You've no right to say that.

You don't know anything about it.

I know he acted very strange the day he left.

He was vague and evasive.

There must have been a reason.

Vernon's always vague,

and I don't think he meant to be evasive, Alfred.

-And what does it say?

-Now that's none of our business.

Poor Vernon. He's really sweet.

He's so upset because he didn't

get to say goodbye to me.

What's he doing?

I know that you will have faith in me

and do what I ask without asking why I ask it.

That's Vernon. He even writes double talk.

I'm fine, and I haven't disappeared.

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