{"id":8290,"date":"2022-06-19T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-19T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newspaperhistory.com\/?p=8290"},"modified":"2022-06-19T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-06-19T05:00:00","slug":"the-little-ball-player","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/the-little-ball-player\/","title":{"rendered":"The Little Ball Player"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>From the <a href=\"https:\/\/chroniclingamerica.loc.gov\/lccn\/sn91064011\/1914-06-19\/ed-1\/seq-10\/\">Newark Evening Star, June 19, 1914<\/a>. By Minna Irving.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With legs apart and shoulders bent<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And sparkling eyes he stands,<br>The magic sphere of his delight<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Clutched tightly in his hands.<br>With all his strength he sends the ball,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And views its rapid flight,<br>A frown upon his chubby face<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;So softly pink and white.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His aim was true, he straightens up<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And feels himself a man<br>Who hears upon a crowded field<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The plaudits of the fan.<br>Tricycle now, and teddy bear,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And choo-choo cars and all,<br>Are toys he\u2019ll never want again\u2014<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;He\u2019s learned to play baseball!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Newark Evening Star, June 19, 1914. By Minna Irving. With legs apart and shoulders bent&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And sparkling eyes he stands,The magic sphere of his delight&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Clutched tightly in his hands.With all his strength he sends the ball,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And views its rapid flight,A frown upon his chubby face&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;So softly pink and white. His aim was true, he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,3],"tags":[237],"class_list":["post-8290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newark-evening-star","category-newspapers","tag-minna-irving"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8290\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}