The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-25

close, made a quick pickup and threw
TO first ahead OF the runner, who had
expected the throw to go to the plate
! and had come down slow, But Ty had
seen at once he could not catch the
man going home. so he did the uneX
pected and caught the man at first and
as good luck would have t. Ross caught
the throw. while everybody felt that he
would have muffcd ii again IL 1t hadn
been so unexpected Brain. the next
batter. hit an easy grounder to Ross,
tired Score: Lowell. AZ.
1t was easy for Armour to see that
the weak spot In the Lowelfs team was
first base, and they directed all their
play toward that point the batters try
Ing to drive the ball down that way
continually. Then for three innings and
went out in one. two, three order Miner
knew he must make them either strike
out or put them, UP in the air, ana
lelders so the other boys made no runs.
Practically the same thing happened to
Lowell We got one or two more hits.
but they were scattered, and nothing
happened.
Blu, in the last half of the sixth in
ming came more trouble. The first man
up batted pretty swift, grounder toward
first base and II passed through Ross's
legs, though Ty came racing in and held
the runner on first, 1t was a sure thing
there would be more runs Il they CON
Everson and Miner stalled to give Ross
chance TO cool off and jenkins was
tearing his hair on the bench because
he had no one TO send to take Ross
place. Dill the ony other man who had
ever played the bag. was not with the
team, and Huyler was unexpectedly hurt.
Once Hughie turned to Hal and said:
"Do you think you could cover tina;
bag9"
''I have never tried it," said Hal. but
for you and Lowell" BY that time, how
ever, play had been resumed. The whole
team was nervous They felt that any
ball batted to Ross would be missed 5s
| and that II they did stop anything Ross
would miss The throw. Miner temporar-
lily lost control again, giving another
base on balls. making a man on hrst
| This helped 10 increase the nervousness
of the whole team. and even Hughie be
;. gan to lose his nerve apparently. Wall.
! a long drive over Honuss head, who
did the best he could and knocked IT
down, but too fate To get his man at
first. Three men on bases and nobody
! out and any kind of a hit meant run.
and possibly two. The next man up
again directed his attention 10 Ross and
Ross made beautiful stop. and. set
ting himself deliberately for the throw,
| for he had plenty of time: threw
straight for the plate, but ten feet over
Gibbie's head and two runs came in.
| tying the score. Hughie was Wild the
| team was wild. the Lowell rooters were
| Wild. Inc score WIS lleu- Ip olle out
and Marsh Of Armour was on second
Hughie walked over to Hal and said;
"Co in: you can't do any worse than
| that"
Hal said: 'In do my best"
Halls entry into the game didn't help
the rest of the team back to confidence
any The whole team was up in the
air and now they had an entirely un-
known quantity TO deal with at the ini-
tial sack, Hal was most nervous OF al.
of them, Of course. although, as soon as
Honus saw what was UP he walked over
10 meet him. and said:
! Don't worry: l told you several times
you would make good first baseman.
and YOU paid no attention to me. Now
or course. the Armour team know Hal
must be untrled, or Hughie would no,
him in and they decided II they could.
they would continue their attack upon
the custodian Of first base The situa,
ton was now tled score no one OUT
and man on second.
The first man up. sent hot erounder
| to Honus. He Sot it. held IL long enough
| to hold the man on second close TO inc
bag, but too long to make n the the throw W, G, to
all his might at Hal and in doing so
he threw II very wide OF the bag Hal
saw 1t coming with the speed Of bull
let; he also saw the runner rushing
toward him along the base line. His
throwing. or really his pitching hand
get that ball In his g!oved hand meant
a collision with the runner; TO take 1t
with his bare left probably meant n
crippled hand and the loss OF his pitch
| ing ambition
All this he seemed 10 think of as that
| ball was rushing at him across space
of possibly one hundred feet from
where Honus stood and in probably one
half a second Of time, By that time
the ball upon him. Should he
take II with his left or should he run
| fha bac nd Uat lt
right? He did neither; he stuck his
left foot in the bag. whirled quickly
around with his back TO the ball
stretched out his right mitt stuck II
out In the air and caught the ball with
one hand
Runner OUT" was all he heard. and
the crowd and his teammates; the Ar
mour boys. and even the man on second