Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 418
and he turns hastily andthrows, but the distance is a long one, his posi-tion poor for throwing, and the runners leadenables him to make the base before the ballreaches the third-base man. There are many emergencies in base-runningwhich call for attempts when desperate chancesmust be taken. But… … SHUTTING OFF A RUNNER AT TJIK HO.ME-PLATE. To sum up, the duty of the player, as soonas he becomes a base-runner, is to be one bun-dle of activity, actuated by the keenest desire totake advantage of any misjudgment or weak-ness of his adversaries. THROUGH THE BACK AGES. By Teresa C. Crofton. Fifth…
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