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How the Office Boy Saw the Ball Game

How the Office Boy Saw the Ball Game

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How the Office Boy Saw the Ball Game

1906

0h 5m

5.3(7 votes)

Comedy

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An office boy plays hooky from work so he can watch a ballgame perched high atop a telephone pole. Includes footage of an actual baseball game as if seen through a telescope.

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