Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 574
al game of the 1912 series,his team lost a victory in the big event. Immediately after dropping the fly ball, whichwas hit by Engle, a substitute batter, Snodgrassmade a most remarkable catch of a line-drive offthe bat of Harry Hooper. I was umpiring in thatseries, and was in an excellent position… … FRED MERKLE, THE ORIGINAL HOODOO M.\N.Perhaps no player in the records of base-ball has been treated morerudely by the break in luck than Fred Merkle, the first baseman ofthe New York Giants, who is really a sterling player. In igo8, hisfailure to touch second in a game with the Cubs cost his team…
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