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Updated: May 12, 2025
And they have traversed several villages also, Basque villages, all grouped around these two things which are the heart of them and which symbolize their life: the church and the ball-game. Here and there, they have knocked at the doors of isolated houses, tall and large houses, carefully whitewashed, with green shades, and wooden balconies where are drying in the sun strings of red peppers.
There are, of course, no such rules as in a specialized ball-game of civilization; and I saw no disputes. There may be eight or ten, or many more, players on each side. The ball is never touched with the hands or feet, or with anything except the top of the head.
There is to be a grand ball-game next Sunday, for the feast of Saint Damasus, in the borough of Hasparitz. Arrochkoa and Ramuntcho, companions in continual expeditions through the surrounding country, travelled for the entire day, in the little wagon of the Detcharry family, in order to organize that ball-game, which to them is a considerable event.
This convict had then frantically kicked dirt over the boards, had clawed down still more dirt, to make sure nothing could be seen of the hole had made the thing look just like part of the big dirt-pile indeed and then had legged it to the ball-game now in progress on this midsummer Saturday afternoon, at the extreme south end of the yard, behind the mat-shop.
Having completed the satisfactory deal, the jeweller threw off the business manner and became chatty. "So you are going to the ball-game? It should be an interesting contest." Reggie van Tuyl, now by his own standards completely awake, took exception to this remark. "Not a bit of it!" he said, decidedly. "No contest! Can't call it a contest! Walkover for the Pirates!"
Women have abounded in these parts to-day: Mrs. Peck, scurrying about more than usual; an aunt from home, getting away with her baggage more than she needed to bring; and then the two who have just gone. It all makes me feel like wanting to take part in a track-meet or a ball-game though, as I am now, I might not last two minutes at either. The lady who called was Mrs. Phillips.
I sneaked out next day and bought a passage on the Carmantic she sailed the Wednesday after you left and came straight here. They gave me this job right away." Mr. Crocker paused, and a holy light of enthusiasm made his homely features almost beautiful. "Say, Jim, I've seen a ball-game every darned day since I landed! Say, two days running Larry Doyle made home-runs!
Even the deserted condition of Hummingtown, where we disembarked about eleven o'clock in the morning, and found that the entire population had apparently gone to a Decoration Day ball-game, leaving post-office, telegraph station, fruit store, bakery, all closed even this failure to meet our expectations did not put us out of humour with the universe, or call forth rude words on the degeneracy of modern times.
'I certainly shall. 'But but this fellow came all that way to see the ball-game. It seemed incredible to Mr Birdsey that this aspect of the affair should not be the one to strike everybody to the exclusion of all other aspects. 'You can't give him up. It's too raw. 'He's a convicted criminal. 'He's a fan. Why, say, he's the fan. Waterall shrugged his shoulders, and walked to the telephone.
He met people who stopped him, with a kind and welcoming air, who talked to him in the dear Basque tongue ever alert and sonorous despite its incalculable antiquity; old Basque caps, old white heads, liked to talk of the ball-game to this fine player returned to his cradle.
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