The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-17

are a failure, and the great circle of
spectators groan for your Incompe-
tency; if 1t is but a lightning streak,
you are the great man of the baseball
that 80 feet instead of l~engthening 1t.
How many things converged in the
few moments he stood there! He
watched the signals of the Cleveland
high bali. A high bail meant that the
runner might duck low to the base
while the catcher's hands were in the
air after the ball. Moriarty knew, too,
pitcher wind up" his arm in a certain
have a way of winding up" when they
don't intend to throw the ball. More
box vas left-handed, and could not
keep his eyes on third when winding
up That was why Moriarty closely
followed all the strange little signals
pitcher and catcher were making.
MulIin was up to bat. Moriarty knew
that Mullin a a batting average OF
something like $50, which means that
Mullin hits safely about once in four
times at bat. Would the ball about to
be thrown be n Of the hit. Or one
of the missed? No human calculation
could even guess at it. If Mullin miss
ed it would be useless for Moriarty to
run. If Mullin hit, there were still
ing Moriarty's run wholly ~uncounted
and ending the inning. There was
only one thing to do-make home be-
tween the time the pitcher wound up"
his arm past all recall and the time
the ball landed in the catcher's glove
make home in the second Of time
when Mullins hit or miss hung in fu-
turity. 1t was to be a contest Of speed
between a ~five-ounce ball delivered
with all the force of a superb pitching
arm and the 170-pound body of Nor
iarty. An unequal contest at that, for
the f1ve-ounce ball travels only so feet
while the runner from third must hurl
his body over a distance Of 90 feet. AL
these considerations are in the mind OF
Moriarty, He builds up his prospective
run as an engineer builds a bridge over
pains. Now the Cleveland pitcher is
winding up" his arm-round and
round it swings-he poises himself
there is yet a fraction of a second II
which he can recall his intended throw
-Moriarty is crouched like a tiger
about to spring-Now! Now!
There is a white streak across thu
field! g..
A cloud of dust at the home plate!
The umpire stands with hands ex'
tended, palms downward.
A bursting roar of acclaim echoes
and re-echoes across the space Of thu
park. Again and again it bursts fortf
in thrilling, electric power. T~hirty-si1
thousand, eyes strain toward the mar
who is %slapping the dust from his whit
| uniform. III
Moriarty is home!
All the worlds a baseball diamond
You are one of the players. Perhaps
you have Reached first by your owl
efforts. It may be that the sacrifices O
your parents or friends have enabled
you to reach second. Then on some
one's "long fly into the business worlt
Ia "fy" that was not long enough
to prevent him going out--or someone
duke on the rules Of simple moralit!
and square dealing, you have advanced
third is stronger thai at either first O
second. AT third you are to- be reck
oned with. Your opponents converg'
4 all their attention on you. Pitcher
and catchers, coaches and opposing
fans, are watching to tip off your plan,
I and Illustrate them. From third vol