Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 397
OFNATIONAL LEAGUE. Naturally, Cobb wanted to bunt. He is a beau-tiful bunter, and so fast that he turns more buntsinto hits than you would well believe, unlessyou saw him do it. And a bunt, successful, meant 884 THE BATTLE OF BASE-BALE [Arc. the bases full and none out. Such a situationmeant a run,… … LONG TOM,HUGHES, OF THE WASHINGTON CLUB. uring that the bunt would be fielded to third basefor a force play on OLeary, expected everyman to do his duty, which, translated into base-ball, meant that he expected that OLeary wouldtake a big lead and run and slide, that Cobbwould bunt short toward…
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