Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 718
it.There was fear in the boys heart; but somethingiron was in his muscles. His nerve was not yetbroken. He pitched a strike—then a ball. Then a sharpcrack of the bat sent the ball sailing far over Danshead. Davis, the center-fielder, judged it ac-curately, ran under it—and muffed it! Daviss quick… … THE TEMPTATION TO ACCEPT WAS STRONG (SEE NEXT PAGE) 1072 WIN OR LOSE! from the pitchers box to the plate. He sensednothing except the ball in his hand, the catcherssignal, and the path along which he must sendthe ball. Twice he hurled curves which broke so sharplythat Sturgess, at bat, missed the…
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