Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-05
A Base Ball Story
won IN THE ninth
dristy Mathewson
Copyright, 1910, By r. ]. Bodmer. O.

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looked as though Cam was going to walk
MIN, but the pitcher fooled him by put
t!ng the next two straight over and
tnen II was strike out or hit it, Arthur
dld his best and struck out, but while
ne was doing this Hans made a clean
steal of third, to the great surprise of
the JeHerson team. and especially Roger
Brest. the catcher, who didn't even
tnrow TO catch Hans. Having in mind
Slooie double in the second inning,
lam gave MIN base on balls. RadamS
then made a good effort to get a hit,
but the ball went to the pitchers box,
SO Cam got credit for an assist, and the
side was out.
et Cam Vas first up for Jefferson in the
nfth He struck at the first one that
Radams pitched to him. The second
ball the umpire called a strike and Cam
bunted the third one and was out. The
Lowell boys and rooters gotta good deal
OF amusement out of this, but any one
is liable to make a mistake of this kind
II, however. gave Lowell the edge on
JEFFERSON for that inning. Laird next
up, drove one to Hans which almost
shocked him down. Hans tried to throw
IT Just as hard to Case, but threw it
nigh, and Hal had to jump for it, which
ne did, and saved Hans an error
Beach let one strike be called on him
and then he banged into the next one
fence and was an easy triple. In fact
would have been the easy homer
which Beach tried to make out of 1t
put for the wonderful relaying of the
ball by Capt. Larke and Hans. Hans
ran out into left field and caught the
ball as Larke threw it to him and
turned, without looking. and threw 1t
straight to Gibbie at the plate. who
dlon't have to move his hands an inch
to make the catch and who tagged Beach
cfy
Hans had stopped before making the
throw to get his direction Beach would
nave been safe, but he couldn't have
made more perfect throw even If he had
looked. 1t was the greatest play of the
game SO far
In the Lowell half Johnny hit a ground
er to Church. who was playing back on
the grass, and the two had foot race
to first, Everson sliding feet foremost
II looked to many as though Johnny beat
Church. but the umpire waved him out.
ana after few remarks Johnny stuck
his chin in the air a little higher and
walked to the bench
Capt. Larke came up. determined to
make up Tor what he thought was a
poor decision and placed a neat single
over second base, which rolled to center,
ana stole second on the first ball pitched
Brest's throw being little late and high.
iris felt like doing something, but his
best effort was foul fly in the direction
OF the bleachers. near third base, which
nobody had a right to CATCH but which
Laird got just the same after a long run
and beautiful catch.
Ty Robb now came up swinging three
Dats Larke was on second and watch
ing Ty closely, as the hand with which
the batter threw away the extra bat was
signal which gave the runner the tip
on what his instructions were, but Ty
was carrying three hats, and three bats
had never been included in the signal list,
SO Capt. Larke was puzzled. Just be-
cause he was puzzled. perhaps. he
thought this signal might mean steal
him and tapped the ball for a bunt toward
third and beat 1t out, while Larke perch
ed safely on third. Hans then came up
and singled to right. scoring Larke, but
Ty tried to get to third on the play and
was caught by a fine throw from
Twitchell to Laird.
Church started the ball rollins in the
sixth by an easy grounder to Eyerson,
who fumbled. and the Jefferson captain
was safe. Hollins hunted along the
first base line, but Hal was on his job
and fieded the ball quickly to Hagner,
forcing Church. La JOY then dropped
beautiful single to left and Hollins had
to stop at second. making runners on
first and second. Warcford drove a long
liner between first and second and La
Joy started toward second. The batted
ball hit him on the left foot and rolled
into Hals hands.
and Hollins had to return to second
Twitchel1 now came up and hit the third
ball pitched for a two-bagger to right
center, which Robb received and threw to
scored and Twitchell went to third on the
throw In. He overslid the bag. however.
and was out when Gibbie snapped the
ball to Delvin. who tagged him before
he could recover. Hughie sent Miner out
to warm up.
Case put up foul back of the plate
and Brest caught it near the screen
This was close to the box in which
the Vice President and the notables
Were Rn9 made t has said bs Tes
President turned to see who had spoken.
What kind Of base ball talk is this?"
say Hes got it, not HE has It," Del
vim hit grounder which struck Sam
ton of first base. where Church picked
1t up and touched the bag for an out
Gibbie tried to get base on balls, but
was called out on strikes.
seventh. Babe managed to give Roger
a base on balls. Cam sacrificed him to
second, and Laird, the third batter, hit
sharply to Hans who threw to Delvin
and caught Brest. Beach, the next bat
ter. gave the signal to Laird for the
hit and run and worked it successfully
and then also tried to work the double
steal. They were unsuccessful, as Laird
was caught at the plate by quick work
between Everson and Gibbie.
In the second hail. with the crowd
standing. Huyler. the pinch hitter, went
into bat for Babe and drove a long fast
liner to right, which Twitchell caught
after a great run backward 1t should
have been triple at least, but the way
those two teams were fielding it was
almost impossible. seemingly, to drive
the ball out of their reach. Everson
went, out, pitcher to first. and Larke
also was out by way of shortstop to first.
CTo be continued tomorrow