Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 137
; not a bat nor ball insight. What does it all mean ? Truly, you havenever seen so abrupt an ending to a game ofball. But look; coming up the street, a blockor more away, in all the stateliness of blue uni-form and brass buttons, idly twirling his club,appears the awe-inspiring copper. For youmust… … BASE-BALL. CALL THE GAME! THE COP S GOT THE BALT-! game ended ? By no means ; wait a moment,this is only time. Slowly the retreating blue-coat fades in the distance; then like magic eachplayer resumes his place, and the game is re-sumed with all its former ardor. Real base-ball, however, has been…
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