The young folk's cyclopædia of games and sports ; (1899)
Champlin, John Denison, 1834-1915, Bostwick, Arthur Elmore, 1860-1942, joint author · New York, H. Holt and company · leaf 66
.When there are no men on bases,and the batsman has less than twostrikes, the Catcher usually standsback and takes the Pitchers balls onthe first bounce, or allows them tostrike the high board fence at hisrear without trying to catch them.When the Batsman has two strikes,the Catcher stands close to… … Catcher.—Fig. i. plays close to the bat, so as to givethe base-runner no chance to reach
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