Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-02

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son hurried over. made very graceful
| reach with his right hand and, turning.
| threw. without looking. straight to
| Church. and Johnny was out by a foot,
! One out. Tie crowd sat up. for it was a
hard ball to field, although Larry made il
! look easy.
1arke was the second man up He
| fouled off the first two balls offered to
him. let one pass for ball, and as
| the next one seemed TO be coming where
he liked ii swung hard at it and missed.
| Out" said the umpire and darlington
| trotted up to the plate.
| He hit the first ball pitched far out to
| right field, but Mellen had motoned the
| fielders to play back and the ball went
straight into Twitchells hands for the
| third out.
The sides now changed places amid
| the cheers of the crowd, for the game
promised to be particularly interesting.
| Laird. the first man up. after missing
| one, hit a pop foul over by the Jeffer-
son bench, which Delvin caught after
| a quick run.
| Beach drove a hot grounder to Delvin,
| who made fine stop and throw to
Case. and there were two out
| Capt. Church of Jefferson was next
| up Miner sent one of his fast inshoots
| but it was little wide, and as Church
couldn't get out Of the way, the ball
| grazed his shirt, and Church got his
base.
Hollins was next at bat, but Gibbie
got the idea that Church would try to
steal second right away. so he motioned
Church tried it. but was caught dozen
| feet off the bag by Gibbies perfect
| throw to Everson.
In the second inning Robb was first
up. He struck hard at the first ball
pitched and missed. Then he hunted
the next ball, but it rolled straight to
MelIen. and he was an easy out Mellen
! to Church
| Then Hagner came up for the first
| time at bat. The Lowell crowd began
Il great noise of cheering, for they had
a feeling that something would happen
now. They had long been in the habit
of expecting action in the game, when
| Hans came to bat. But Hans showed
no signs Of excitement as he walked to
awkward way, studying Mellen, and
Mellen was studying him. Perhaps
Mellen had better thoughts than Hans:
for he served up a ball that looked
j good to Hans and he struck at it hard
| and missed.
The second one looked just as good.
and he missed that one. too When
thought he would look it over carefully.
and If ii looked like the other two he
would let it go by. 1t did look like the
others. coming straight for the plate.
! and so he waited for it to curve. but it
came straight over the plate and Hans
didn't move but the umpire said Three
| strikes-batter up, and Hans had
struck out
| Hal now came up. There were two
out and he wanted a hit. The second
ball looked good, so he hit for a ground
er to the right OF Laird and raced to
| first, but Laird made a stab, got the
ball and without setting himself made
q very quick. but low, throw to Church.
The jefferson captain. however, made
a beautiful pickup and Hal was out.
Now it was the second turn for Jeffcr-
son at bat.
Holiins. without. waiting drove hot
grounder right over first base that looked
like a hit for Hal was playing about
| twenty feet off. Somehow or other
| Hal got over near it, threw himself
the ball while falling and then as he lay
on the ground tossed to Miner. who had
covered first for putout. The rest OF
the Lowell team looked pleased. for he
had saved a hit and the crowd was ex-
cited. The Jefferson boys couldn't figure
how they could get hits when such field
ing was possible.
At any rate. they all thought this but
| Larry. He walked up to the plate and
stood there swinging his bat carelessly.
Whenever Miner pitched ball Larry
| would reach up or down with his bat
and touch the ball somehow. He fouled
off one after the other until he had lost
seven balls over the stand behind him,
and then he hit the eighth one fair and
square for a long liner to center, which
ought to have been good for double,
only Talkington raced over and by ex-
tremely fast fielding held 1t to single.
The seven fouls and the hit by Larry
had made hard work for Miner, and so
! when Warcford came up for his first
! time at bat he hit a Texas Lacquer to
short left. which fell safe, and he took
first while Larry reached second
| 1t looked as though Jefferson would
score surely, and especially with Twit-
/ chell at the bat and runners like Larry
and Warcford at the base 1t looked
even more dangerous when Twitchell hit
the first ball Miner pitched for a very
fast grounder right over second but Ever
son raced over. made an almost impOs-
sible stop. tossed the ball to Hans on
second who relayed 1t to Case at first,
completing fast double play and letting
| Miner out of a dangerous hole.
/ 1t was The beginning of the third in
i ming So far jefferson had the better
of ii, two hits, while Lowell hadn't had
i man on base.
i Arthur came to bat and struck out So
did Gibbie, and when Black came up