Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 224
nadventurous runner. This precaution is nec-essary, because any wild throw of the catcherswhich the base-man fails to get will surely ad-mit of the runners going home unless the short-stop secures the ball. Sometimes a very goodtrick is played upon the runner in this way:The shortstop and… … PLAYING A TRICK ONCATCHER OVER TH THE BASE-RUNNER. THE BALL IS PURPOSELY THROWN BY THEE THIRD-BASE MANs HEAD INTO THE SHORTSTOPs HANDS. it too high — in fact, throws the ball over thehead of the base-man to the shortstop, and thusdeceives the runner into the belief that he canrun home, which, if…
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