“The Bowery nine for a silver cup,
And we’re short two men; good players they;
But they couldn’t come to the game to-day.”
“And the Bowery nine,” another said,
“Are bigger boys by half-a-head,
And good at bat and quick to run;
They beat us last time two to one.”
“They don’t play fair,” said another lad,
“They count all balls both good and bad;