St. Nicholas, Volume 39Mary Mapes Dodge Scribner & Company, 1912 - Children's literature |
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Page 591
... throw along the edge of the field , to his right end , who caught the ball over his shoulder , and ran to Crofton's thirty - four - yard line . A try at the line netted two yards . Then Gould again hurled the pigskin , this time ...
... throw along the edge of the field , to his right end , who caught the ball over his shoulder , and ran to Crofton's thirty - four - yard line . A try at the line netted two yards . Then Gould again hurled the pigskin , this time ...
Page 605
... throw all the curves imaginable , but if he can't put the ball where he wants it , the batters keep walking around the bases , and he will never win any ball games . Therefore , I would , first of all , advise my young readers to ...
... throw all the curves imaginable , but if he can't put the ball where he wants it , the batters keep walking around the bases , and he will never win any ball games . Therefore , I would , first of all , advise my young readers to ...
Page 606
... throw a curve with a base - ball , and one of the pitchers on the town team undertook to show me how this was done . He taught me to hold the ball for an out- curve , and then to snap my wrist to attain the desired result . After ...
... throw a curve with a base - ball , and one of the pitchers on the town team undertook to show me how this was done . He taught me to hold the ball for an out- curve , and then to snap my wrist to attain the desired result . After ...
Page 607
... throwing , and I was " putting everything that I had on the ball . " After a full hour's dress rehearsal , and when , at last , I " fanned " out the captain of the team , he came up , slapped me on the back , and said : " You'll do . We ...
... throwing , and I was " putting everything that I had on the ball . " After a full hour's dress rehearsal , and when , at last , I " fanned " out the captain of the team , he came up , slapped me on the back , and said : " You'll do . We ...
Page 609
... was a left - handed pitcher named Williams who could throw an out - curve to a right - handed batter . Now the natural curve for a left - handed pitcher is the in - 1912. ] 609 HOW I BECAME A " BIG - LEAGUE " PITCHER.
... was a left - handed pitcher named Williams who could throw an out - curve to a right - handed batter . Now the natural curve for a left - handed pitcher is the in - 1912. ] 609 HOW I BECAME A " BIG - LEAGUE " PITCHER.
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