The Heckler
An obnoxious heckler at a baseball game infuriates everybody.
An obnoxious heckler at a baseball game infuriates everybody.
Charley Chase
Noisy
Tom Hanlon
Announcer
Don Beddoe
Green Sox Manager (uncredited)
Bruce Bennett
Ole Margarine
Beatrice Blinn
Baseball Spectator with Spilled Mustard
Sammy Blum
Train Bartender
Stanley Brown
Thug
Chuck Callahan
Baseball Spectator
Monte Collins
Baseball Spectator with Pipe
An obnoxious heckler at a baseball game infuriates everybody.
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