Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 534
erally conceded to be the mostdifficult place on the in-field wherein to become astar. Although the short-stop will often havemore assists to his credit than the third baseman, ipn.] THE BATTLE OE BASE-BALL 999 those the third baseman gets usually result frombrilliant plays. The ball comes hotter… … play. Upon him, too, the catcher depends formany throws in, to stop a man stealing home,or coming home on a grounder, and, inasmuchas a man may slide over home plate as much ashe will, the sliding, diving base-runner comesthere with more force than to any of the bags,so that there is the more…
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