Baseball Joe Around the World

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eliberately and shot the ball over. It split the plat

himself for a second attempt. This time he figured on a curve, but the boxman

gain fanned the air. The visiting players, who had lo

hat pitcher," ej

leaguer makes a monkey out

ed "Red" Curry. "They start off like a house afire, b

ry refused to bite. He fouled off the next two and then

into the catcher's mitt, and Larry came back a lit

Iredell, as he moved up to make ro

you face that bird," snorted Larry. "He's

a strike, and then dribbled an easy roller to the box, which

nd second. A shout went up from the Giant bench, which became a groan a moment

and the Giants took the field with a sli

his position with easy confidence. He was one of the best pitchers in either league, and it was he who ha

that he was not himself. His speed was the

Rae, as the first Denver man

ate the plate at a

ether all right," remar

and were also rewarded with passes. The bases were full without a hi

aved to Fraser and the latter, drawing off

queried McRae. "You seemed to think

somehow," Fraser excused himse

deem the poor work of his predecessor. He struck out the first man on three pitched balls, made the second se

t of the hole all ri

t one over in the groove, and the batter banged out a tremendous three-bagg

o third. The crowd in the stands went wild then, and Thorpe, the

rawled, referring to Brennan's pat

d Curry would have got his hooks on the ball. Beside, the ga

er went out on an infield fly. But the damage had been done, and th

uicy ones,"

ned Robbie. "Too bad we didn't pu

second inning, and the thir

warthy flinger for the local club was not a bit behind him. The heavy slugge

nted Brennan. "I wonder some of my scouts haven'

een him before somewhere, and I've been puzzling all this time to p

cs on their heads when they made that winter t

was fairly dancing as he saw his pets slaughtered. I tell you, that fellow's a wonder-he'd have been in a major league long ago if it hadn't been for

" growled Brennan. "He's worked in a '

e papers, that the major leagues played the baby act because they couldn't bat a bush pitcher. Not on

in the next two innings. Alvarez seemed as fresh as at the beginni

end of the fifth inning saw the score remain unchanged. "You ought t

's so high up here that a fellow finds it hard to bre

u've got plenty of hot air. Go in and p

wn growing resentment at the impudence of the minor l

right, which, although it was caught after a long run, enabled Burkett to get to third before the ball was returned. Then Bec

yelled Larry, doing a ji

up," sang ou

" taunted Iredell, as he

mendous home run which might have taken the heart out of any pit

t time," 91 observed McRae, "but he's

him now, and we've cut down that big lead of theirs t

s, and although the major leaguers got two men on bases in the eighth, the

it," said Jim, anxiously, as the G

to look at the papers to-morrow morning. T

ey lose," said Jim. "He'll be as peeved as a bear

" sang out Curry, as the head of the G

ated Willis. "Hi

mile," exho

nter fielders who 92 chased it as it went on a line between the two. A cl

s exulting mates, while McRae brought down his hand on

cried. "Now, boys, f