New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1912-08-07
CHAPTER Y.

BpcAstt. eager to cuarludo ~ q,
rand and join his cempanions, 1ost ~
time on tho ruad BIZ I'VE o'oloek to
tail youngstsr vas busiiy saeagsd n
An argument accompanied By p1ao
deal demonstrshoos pro and coo, %
10 the utility Of The LANCE steal. Some
twenty Of Brookett's friends cas1ks
Nke himself. oollegians homo on vana-
ton, and even tho two sons q Z Sian,
ese legation omcal-debated the prac,
ticability Of the trick b. which Big
Bill LANCE. the great star Of the long
ago. was wont to annex the middle
station. Brockett and half the crowd
maintained that the steal vas not
only possible but almost unstoppable;
the siamese youngsters and the rest
OF the little gathering declared that
An alert battery, backed By quick
thinking infislders. would make the
play certain loser.
You have . catcher With any bead
and any arm 1t ALL" declaimed Chula
Ian Kon Of Siam and Princeton. "aad
. second basaman who can come M
fast to the bag. and you can't put II
over. No chance excepting on Q mum
or Wild throw
= You don't grasp the point" Brock
cit responded. '"The catcher doesn't
figure in this steal ct all He u q
dead one. He II exactly % II he had
never existed. The trick in tho LANCE
steal 10 to stop on first till the pitch
is over; and then, when tho catcher
begins to return the ball to the pitch.
er, you 60 down. It's three to one,
easy, that the pitcher viii get ratified
and throw wide. or that the second
baseman. not figuring on a steal, has
moved away to play for the batsman."
"A pitcher who keeps his wits
about him." negatived Ramon Solano,
the Junior cashier Of the Cuban to
bacco house, wouldn't fall for that
play at all. Try 1t, with me on the
slab, and see how it goes through"
The experiment was Immediately
made. Chula Ian Kon, donning the
mask, went behind the plate; Solano
took pitching attitude on the slab
and Brockett impersonated the darina
base runner. Second was covered by
q fast little inflelder from Annapolis
and Dartmouth shortstop prepared
to take alternate throwA It took AZ
teen minutes to fully work cut the
theories az the Lange. steal, and the
Of the whole throng were
voiced when Chnla Ian Kou 70
marked didaotically, II you make It.
you are . hero. and II you don't make
It you are bone.head."
Darkness dispersed the crowd, and
dead tired but full Of the
sheer Joy Of living, strolled away with
Ramon Solano-his chosen friend and
and linked In comradeship
by that strongest Of youthful tics
The brotherhood Of the ball neld
Brockett was an undergrad clark do
Ing his best to care for . widowed
mother and younger sister. solano's
lather was the lord Of broad acres IN
Matanzas and Havana, and the Junior
Solano had an Independent income,
aside from his liberal salary, that
would have turned the brain Of the
lverage American boy. Az far % the
went between Cuban and
American, however. Solano's wealth
counted exactly a. much in the scale
IS Brockett's poverty: nothing what.
.ver. The alliance cemented when
10Th played on team Of ten.yeaT-olds
lad only grown flrmer with the lapse
f time, until Ramon Solano, pitcher,
considered Harry Brockett, center
lelder, the finest fellow Of his numer.
us acquaintance, while Brockett
lassed the Cuban as his most loyal
riend. ~
1--WE go for q vacation to the Vel.
owstone," said solano, as the boys
cared Brockett's home. my father,
rother, and two or three friends win
ONE over to get met will be q
oily crowd. II I could persuade you'll"
Brockett laughed gayly. Some day,
anon, but hardly this year. III
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