St. Nicholas, Volume 39Mary Mapes Dodge Scribner & Company, 1912 - Children's literature |
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Page 607
... hard session I had been through in the morning . I can remember the score of that game yet , probably because it was such an im- portant event in my life . Our team gained the vic- tory by the count of 19 to 17 --and largely by a bit of ...
... hard session I had been through in the morning . I can remember the score of that game yet , probably because it was such an im- portant event in my life . Our team gained the vic- tory by the count of 19 to 17 --and largely by a bit of ...
Page 609
... hard for me at first , and for a long time I could n't hit nearly as well that way as I could with my hands crossed ; but I stuck to the new style , knowing that it would be a big improve- ment in the end . I had batted the other way so ...
... hard for me at first , and for a long time I could n't hit nearly as well that way as I could with my hands crossed ; but I stuck to the new style , knowing that it would be a big improve- ment in the end . I had batted the other way so ...
Page 613
... hard to hit . First of all , the hand is turned in an unnatural position to control , or throw . a ball when the palm is to- ward the ground . Try to throw a ball with the hand held this way , and you will find it very difficult . Next ...
... hard to hit . First of all , the hand is turned in an unnatural position to control , or throw . a ball when the palm is to- ward the ground . Try to throw a ball with the hand held this way , and you will find it very difficult . Next ...
Page 614
... hard on a pitcher's arm , and difficult for the catcher to handle and for the players to field . It has many disadvantages . Occasionally , I used to try one on " Hans " Wag- ner , the great batter of the Pitts- burg club , because it ...
... hard on a pitcher's arm , and difficult for the catcher to handle and for the players to field . It has many disadvantages . Occasionally , I used to try one on " Hans " Wag- ner , the great batter of the Pitts- burg club , because it ...
Page 617
... hard as they could , they had much difficulty in paying their rent . Things got worse and worse , and , at last , a bad year came , in which every- thing seemed to go wrong . Their little crop of oats , that had cost poor An- drew such ...
... hard as they could , they had much difficulty in paying their rent . Things got worse and worse , and , at last , a bad year came , in which every- thing seemed to go wrong . Their little crop of oats , that had cost poor An- drew such ...
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