St. Nicholas, Volume 39Mary Mapes Dodge Scribner & Company, 1912 - Children's literature |
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Page 607
... coming once , when the bases were full , and I knocked it over the left- fielder's head . That lucky hit won the game ; and that was really my start in base - ball . This happened toward the end of the summer season ; and in the fall I ...
... coming once , when the bases were full , and I knocked it over the left- fielder's head . That lucky hit won the game ; and that was really my start in base - ball . This happened toward the end of the summer season ; and in the fall I ...
Page 612
... coming along . He did n't give me a chance in a regular game until toward the end of the season , when he put me into a contest that had already been lost by some other pitcher who had been taken out . But , the next spring , just ...
... coming along . He did n't give me a chance in a regular game until toward the end of the season , when he put me into a contest that had already been lost by some other pitcher who had been taken out . But , the next spring , just ...
Page 613
... coming . " Phenom John " Smith came to me one day and said : " Matty , you ' ll have to cut that out . You telegraph to the batter by the way in which you wrap your fingers around the ball every time you are going to throw a curve . It ...
... coming . " Phenom John " Smith came to me one day and said : " Matty , you ' ll have to cut that out . You telegraph to the batter by the way in which you wrap your fingers around the ball every time you are going to throw a curve . It ...
Page 614
... coming from the one that is really to be delivered , and thus prevent- ing him from " getting set " to hit it . That is what gives the fade- away its value . I pitch it with the same motion as a fast ball , but it comes up to the plate ...
... coming from the one that is really to be delivered , and thus prevent- ing him from " getting set " to hit it . That is what gives the fade- away its value . I pitch it with the same motion as a fast ball , but it comes up to the plate ...
Page 618
... coming home ? -but what more need I say to you when you are determined to throw away your luck ! " help believing the dwarf , and , at length , in a fit of desperation , he seized the bottle . " Take the cow , " said he , " and if you ...
... coming home ? -but what more need I say to you when you are determined to throw away your luck ! " help believing the dwarf , and , at length , in a fit of desperation , he seized the bottle . " Take the cow , " said he , " and if you ...
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