Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-25

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80 s...i, .no armour boys took their
places In the field and the game was on.
Everson led or for Lowell and drew q
base on balls Captain sacrificed him to
second, Honus drove hot one to the
shortstop. who fumbled. but recovered in
time to catch the runner at first, Everson
over second bag and Everson came in,
Ty taking second on the throw in. Iris
came up and drove hot one past third
base and Ty came all the way home on
the hit. iris being held on first, Delvin
hit a screamer down the first base line
which rolled to the fence and Arthur
made the round trip with iris ahead of
him. Ross. the next man up. struck out.
That's a bad sign" said Hughie to
himself as Ross walked down to first and
picked up his glove.
Carter. the first man up for Armour,
fouled out; Wilson, the next batter, nit
long fly to Ty; Blair, the next man up. hit
grass scorcher over second Honus
rushed over, made a beautiful pickup
with one hand and a perfect throw to
Ross ten feet ahead of the runner, and
Ross muffed the ball. Gibbie signaled TO
Miner to throw to first to eaten the run
ner. who had taken big lead. HIS throw
was good, but Ross again muffed. The
next man UP made a clean hit over third
and Blair, the man on first, got clear
around to third. Hughie signaled the IN,
field to play In close, because hit WOULD
bring in a run anyhow. The batter TAP
ped an easy one toward Ross, who picked
it up neatly, but while he was making up
his mind where to throw 1t the man on
third came in and the batter reached nrst
The next man sent high fly to left
which Cap. gathered in. Score, to l.
In Lowells half Of the second we went
out in one two, three order In Armour 5
half Miner was unsteady and passed
Clymer. the first man. Then he struck
out the second batter. The next man up
laid neat bunt down toward third
Delvin came rushing in, scooped 1T up
neatly and hurled 1t straight for the bag
Again Ross muffed the ball, and before
he had recovered 1t the batter was safe
and Clymer, who had received the base
on balls originally, was perched on thard
BY this time the nervousness had spread
to the rest of the team. hit would
mean another run.
The next man up, who was the pitcher
dropped an unexpected hit In short right,
but Ty, who had crept in pretty close
made q quick pickup and threw to first
ahead of the runner, who had expected
the throw to go to the plate and mad
come down slow. But Ty had seen at
once he could not catch the man going
caught the man at first, and as good luck
would have it Ross caught the throw.
while every body felt that he would haze
muffed 1t again If 1t hadn't been SO UNI
easy grounder to Ross, who touched first
and the side was retired. Score, Lowell,
20
1t was easy for Armour to see that the
weak spot in the Lowells team was
first base, and they directed all their
nj arl nOint- the hafterS try
ing to drive the ball down that way con-
tinually. Then for three innings and in
Lowell's half of the sixth the sides went
out in one, two three order. Miner knew
he must make them either strike out or
put them up in the air. and the flies were
all caught by Lowelrs flelders, so the
other boys made no runs. Practically the
same thing happened to Lowell We got
one or two more hits, but they were scat
tered, and nothing happened.
But in the last half of the sixth inning
came more trouble. The first man up
batted pretty swift grounder toward
first base and 1t passed through Ross
legs, though Ty came racing in and held
there would be more runs II they con-
tinued to direct the attack on Ross. Ever
son and Miner stalled to give Ross
chance to cool off, and jenkins was tear
ing his hair on the bench because he had
no one to send to take Ross place. Dill,
the only 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 that Bag?
Il have never tried it, said Hal, but
if you order me in there I'll do my best
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,
and that II they did stop anything Ross
would miss the throw. Miner temporarily
lost control again, giving another base
on balls, making man on first and one
on second with nobody out. This helped
to increase the nervousness of the whole
team, and even Hughie began to lose
his nerve apparently. Wall, the batter.
hit the next ball pitched for long drive
over Honus' head, who did the best he
could and knocked it down, but too late
to get his man at first. Three men on
bases and nobody out, any kind of a hit
meant a run. and possibly two. The next
man up again directed his attention to
Ross and hit another easy grounder
toward him. Ross made a beautiful stop,
and, setting himself deliberately for the
throw. for he had plenty of time, threw
straight for the plate. but ten feet over
Gibbies head. and two runs came In.
| tying the score. Hughie was wild, the
team was wild. the Lowell rooters were
wild. The score was tied, no one was
out and Marsh OF Armour was on sec
ond. Hughie walked over to Hal and
said:
Go 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 unknown
quantity to deal with at the initial sack.
Hal was the most nervous Of all Of them,
of course, although as soon as Honus saw
what was up he walked over to 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
you got to do 1t.
OF course, the Armour team knew Hal
must be untried or Hughie would not
have hestated SO long about putting him
in. and they decided II they could they
would continue their attack upon the
custodian of first base. The situation
now was a tied score, no one out and a
man on second.
The first man up sent hot grounder
to Honus. He got it, held it long enough
to hold the man on second close to the
bag. but too long to make the throw to
first easy Therefore he threw it with
all his might at Hal, and in doing so
he threw il very wide off the bag. Hal
saw 1t coming with the speed OF a bullet.
He also saw the runner rushing toward
him along the base line. His throwing.
| or really his pitching, hand was his left
hand and that was bare. To run up the
base line far enough to get that ball in
his gloved hand meant collision with
+ba r,pner- tn take IL with his bare left