The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-02


course that the last ball took. and it's
just an inch and half wide of the out
side corner of the plate Are you salts
fied?'
But the climax came in the Lilies
half OF the ninth, with the score 10
in favor Of the Roarers, two out. Bull
THOMPSON on third and one OF the
Foote twins at the bat. I say one Of
the Foote twins; just which one it
would have been impossible TO say.
Right Foote and Left Foote. you see
they held down right and left fields
respectively for the Lilies--were mates
If ever two feet were mates
Both of them were ali 90 the good
as outfeiders. but while Right Foote
was a holy terror at 10 Left FOotC
couldn't have hit bunch Of toy bal
looms if you'd held 'em i'm front of him.
For that reason Captain SluEgCT
Burrows always put their names pretty
far apart on tbs batting list. SO that
neither of them ever came to bat while
the other was on base. In this way 1t
was possible TO have Right Foote bat
for both Of them. and on account OF the
| brothers extraordinary resemblance
the opposing team could never spot the
change.
Therefore. in the ninth, although 1t
was Left Foote's turn at bat. good
many Of us had sneaking impression
/ that it was Right Foote who really
toed the plate.
ball over the ceuterdeId fence, coming
in behind Bull Thompson with what we
thought was the winning run, we had
no doubt as 70 his identity
The Lily ROSTERS. cheering like Bed
Lana on election night, swarmed out on
/ 20 the field.
ICY Priest rushed up to the umpire
( gesticulatinG wildly.
That was the wrong FOote. he was
protesting. That was Right FoOtc. He
hat n of az ha
! right FOote.'
/ Order commanded the umpire
motioning back the crowd with his
! hand. 1 scent foul play
/ He trotted out to left field and eX-
anined the ground with his maSnifyinE
t glass. Then he came ia 10 the players
! bench where the FOOte twins were sit
/ ting and seized one Of them by the Les.
/ Let's see the bottom of your shoe
/ he said. L have learned by the foot
prints in left field that the man who has
/ been playing there has a broken cleaC
1 on his right shoe Ha, As / expected
] Your cleat is not broken. Therefore
! you must be Right FoOte-
/ Wei. what if I am2 suarled Right
/ Foote. ''Tain't me that made the last
hit. Twas me brother Lefty Hey.
therel What are YOU DOING
| Before FOote could prevent him the
4 umpire had whipped out d hunting
knife and slashed a long strip of the
! sole OF mis- shoe.
Wen soon see whether your brother
made that run or not he said.
He walked over and lOosed the
bloodhound that he had chained to the
grandstand 1T the beginning Of the
game.
Leading him to the plate. he rubbed
the leather he had just cut from Right
Foote's shoe across the bTute's nose
- After him. FidO, After him.
After a moments hesitation the
beast, nose to the ground, set Oft like q
fash for first. He rounded second and
third without waiver and came tear
( ing down toward home as if 81 differ
ent kinds Of Eliza were pacing him over
the ice course in Uncle Toms Cabin.
d" AS / expected the umpire calmly
! announced Right FOote out for bat
ting out of turn. The ROarerS win
! Before the spectators could TecOvC1
! from their aStonlshment the strange
and his dog had sifted quietly on
through the gate. And that was tn
/ last we ever saw of-say. I don't care
| that must have been Sherlock Holmes
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