Baseball Joe, Home Run King; or, The Greatest Pitcher and Batter on Record

talking to from their manager, from the fans, and from the press of the city that they knew they had to do something to redeem themselves. They knew that if they could hold the

one of the tailenders; but there was a fiendish satisfaction in taking the scalps of the team from the "Big Town." So that the managers always saved their best pitchers for the games with the Giants, while they took a chance with

made a phenomenal record the preceding year, and he had been especially rested up and groomed with the Giant series in view. Meran, the manager, had figured t

on of pitchers that Joe was in line for the first game, and he was n

nto the run column. Rutter had superb control for a left-hander, and he showed a most dazzling assortment of curves and slants. But Joe came back at him with the same brand of

r slugger, as the latter came back to the be

at chance have I got of hitting him, wh

ses and none out. As they themselves had only one run, scored in the seventh inning by a three base hit by Joe, aided by a clean single by Mylert, the

hers tried to rattle him and the crowds frantically adjured Thompson, who was at

scramble back, but Denton had the ball on him like a flash. Mellen who was on third made a bolt for the plate, but Denton shot the ball to Mylert, and Mellen was run down between third and home. While this was going on, Gallagher had taken second, and profiting by the running down of Mellen, kept on half way to third. He did not dare go all the way to

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cinnati manager, sat on the bench with his mouth open like a man in a daze. His men were equally "flabbergasted." Thompson still sto

admiration and applause. The stands fairly rocked with cheering. They had seen a play that they could talk abo

chased all the colors of the chameleon. It almost seemed as though he might have a s

John?" he roared.

ff my knees. Yes, I saw it, and I don't mind saying that I never saw anything like it

f his is wonderful, but it's the head on him that tops any other in

er he had recovered from his astonishment, came over to

ht we had it sewed up in the ninth. But there's no use bucking against that

lmed with congratulations, but he mad

"I had the luck to catch Emden off s

s, it was simple enough. That's the re

n tour. For some reason most of the Giant pitchers could not "get going." Jim pulled out a victory in the Cincinnati s

ke up for this in St. Louis. But they found that the fame of "Murderers' Row" had not been exaggerated, and there was a perfect

ittsburgh, there were some adde

e little end of it in Chicago and St. Louis, what wil

us, John," replied Robbie so