The Red Cloud chief., 1898-06-10

Eut, III spite OF all tnclr Waty
and care. the WATERSHEDS madey
run, which brought their scorSy
seven.
I'VE must do some tall playing N
follows, said Rodgers. gravely. as IN
Hillvicws came In from the field. IN
Is our very last chance"
It was his turr at the bat, and ne
made q hit = ricd him to the sec.
ond; then :. came with his usual
luck of "A foul and out.
Things began to look serious. and
Snasgles went to the bat under a fire
Of admonitiuns.
Just do your prcttiest, old fellow
cntrcatcd Andrews. Make a hit that
viii lc; Rodgers in, If you can. That
will tie us"
Snagglcs nodded. and, with body
bent aud nerves tense. did do his pref
TEST, The irat two balls were passed.
but the third seemed to- suit him, for
there was another of those quick. sharp
strokes. which sent II out into the
grass. beyond the short-stop and left-
it"lder. But this time they had made
some preparation. for when he went TO
the bat they had hurried farther out
into the field. BY the time he reacaed
tho second base they had recovered
the ball and passed it to the third. ana
from there 1t went swiftly to the eaten
cr. But It came In just a second TOO
late, Even as 1t touched the catchers
hands Rodgers throw himself forward
upon the home base. This made the
score even.
'Hooray.' yelled the crowd Of spec
tators, enthusiastically. "hooray! hoo
ray''
If they could get one more run the
championship would be theirs. but II
was Andrews turn at bat, and both
he and Dill were dubs. However. with
long-legged Snaggles on the second.
there was good reason to hope.
Andrews passed the first ball. n
struck wildly at tho second. hitting II
so hat 1t few directly into the hands
OF the shDrt-stop. Green did better.
gaining the first base and giving Snag-
giles an opportunity to reach the third.
The pitcher of the WATERSHEDS now
tried to draw the two into
danger by feignlng pitching. Andrews
was standing several yards behind the
first base. ready to run backward or
forward. as occasion demanded; and
Snaggles occupied Il similar position
near the third. The pitcher made n
sudden step forward and brought back
his arm, as though about to deliver
the ball; then whirled quickly. and
] 4 Irnu AZ 4 30 thn tItpl haanynnn vlIt
Snagglcs was not to be caught. When
the ball arrived he was back or the
base. Then the ball shot to the sec
Ord and found Andrews half way be-
- cen that base and the first. He saw
his mistake, and started to run back.
but the ball passed over his head and
then the two basemen closed In on
him.
But the few intervening seconds be-
fore the umpire called "Out!' was suf-
ficicnt for Snaggles. He saw Andrews
start down the line. and had an in
stinctive conviction that he would ~
put out. As the ball left the hands OF
the third baseman, he shot forward
like a deer. and before 1t reached the
hands of the first he was receiving
the congratulations Of hiS friends
amid the vociferous "hoorays" Of the
spectators.
1T a n close game" said the
captain Of the WATERSHEDS, grimly, as
he shook hands with Rodgers, land II
It hadn't been for that deerhound oil
yours. would have ended differently
As the hilarious crowd moved away
from the bal. ground a tall, portly
gentleman approached ~Snaggles.
Aren't you the fellow VINO asked m,
for a job in my factory the other day?'
he asked. graciously.
Yes. sir"
well, suppose you call round In thu
morning. | think can let you hav,
a job in my factory. and as soon a,
there is n better place you can hav,
II. Jove. hut you played a good game.