Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 49
ry by the count of 19 to 17— and largelybyabitof goodluck that befell me. With my hands awkwardlycrossed on the bat, as usual, I just happened toswing where the ball was coming once, when thebases were full, and I knocked it over the left-fielders head. That lucky hit won the game;and that was… … ALL THE OTHER BOYS WATCHED ME LEAVE WITH THE MEN. school course, there being no high school in Fac-toryville at that time. I played on the Keystone team during my firstyear at the academy, but I was still young, andthey thought that it was up to some older boy topitch, so I covered second base. I…
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