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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
JACK CHESBRO, by WILLIAM A. PHELON
First Line: Jack chesbro, good old hurler, you were a
Last Line: It's hard to say it, jack, old friend, but you will get the hook!
Subject(s): Aging; Athletes; Baseball; Chesbro, Jack (1874-1931); Sports
First Line: Jack chesbro, good old hurler, you were a
Last Line: It's hard to say it, jack, old friend, but you will get the hook!
Subject(s): Aging; Athletes; Baseball; Chesbro, Jack (1874-1931); Sports
JACK CHESBRO, good old hurler, you were a wonder once—
You made the average batsman look like a goat-horned dunce;
You fooled them and you fanned them, and you stung them in a row.
But all of this, our good old pal, was in the long ago!
And now, when you would speed 'em, the arm has lost its fire—
You shoot 'em for a little while, and then you quickly tire;
The basehits rattle here and there, the runs flow like a brook.
It's hard to say it, Jack, old friend, but you will get the hook!
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