St. Nicholas, Volume 39Mary Mapes Dodge Scribner & Company, 1912 - Children's literature |
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Page 607
... sure , was the very proudest day of my life . We had to drive ten miles to the opponent's town , and all the other boys watched me leave with the men . And you can im- agine my pride while I watched them , as they stood on one foot and ...
... sure , was the very proudest day of my life . We had to drive ten miles to the opponent's town , and all the other boys watched me leave with the men . And you can im- agine my pride while I watched them , as they stood on one foot and ...
Page 609
... sure of seeing the Y. M. C. A. team play ball , which it did every Saturday . At the hour ap- pointed for the game , I was sitting in the grand stand munching peanuts , when it was suddenly discovered that the Y. M. C. A. pitcher was ...
... sure of seeing the Y. M. C. A. team play ball , which it did every Saturday . At the hour ap- pointed for the game , I was sitting in the grand stand munching peanuts , when it was suddenly discovered that the Y. M. C. A. pitcher was ...
Page 612
... sure precision . I worked hours at a time on it , and then Davis would try me out against batters to see how it was 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 ...
... sure precision . I worked hours at a time on it , and then Davis would try me out against batters to see how it was 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 ...
Page 613
... sure to turn the hand over with the palm toward the ground , and throw the ball by snapping the wrist away from the body , which will send it spinning slowly up to the batter . It comes up " dead , " and then drops and curves in . ers ...
... sure to turn the hand over with the palm toward the ground , and throw the ball by snapping the wrist away from the body , which will send it spinning slowly up to the batter . It comes up " dead , " and then drops and curves in . ers ...
Page 618
... sure I am . " " Will you sell her to me ? " Andrew started . He was afraid to have any- thing to do with the little man , and he was more afraid to say no . " What will you give for her ? " at last said he . " I tell you what , I'll ...
... sure I am . " " Will you sell her to me ? " Andrew started . He was afraid to have any- thing to do with the little man , and he was more afraid to say no . " What will you give for her ? " at last said he . " I tell you what , I'll ...
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