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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 177

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l, even if suc-cessful, is foolish.- For instance, what good is itto make second base, by a hair, on a single, whenthere are two out, in the ninth inning, and a bigscore against you ? In such circumstances, theonly thing which can help is a batting rally, andif the next man at bat is going to start… … Every one expected Lord, who had come fromfirst base, to stop on third, as the ball was alreadyon its way to Steinfeldt, Chicagos third base-man, from the out-field. But Lord kept right on,full-tilt, for the plate. Steiny, taken by sur-prise, made a desperate effort to touch Lord, and— dropped the…

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