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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 661

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ITS PLAYERS [Oct.: People often ask me which team gives me themost trouble, and which batters I find most dan-gerous. I have discovered that in these moderndays of base-ball, no team can be regarded as acinch. Any club is liable to knock you out ofthe box, even though you appear to be in thebest… … CUTTING LOOSE A F.\ST ONE. have my measure. In a game in Cleveland, oneday, they hit my offerings to all corners of thelot. It was quite dark—a day that was made toorder for my style of pitching. I dont believeI ever had more speed, and my curve had a fastbreak, but I seemed unable to get the ball…

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