Show 1 t t I 4 A VERY PECULIAR HOME RUN 4 4 4 Frank label Isbell who is now with 4 nine tella a prize story f 4 about a baseball game 4 4 4 In ISM 19 I was pitching for or St StPaul 4 4 4 Paul says Isbell We were not f 4 4 allowed to play Sunday games in Incorporation ine 4 4 s de e corporation limits and so a h f 4 little park pack was mas fitted up outside 4 4 for Sunday Sund play The park was 4 extremely small sm Jl The field was so Q 0 f 4 4 abort short that a fence twelve or Jute fifteen en 4 4 feet high had bad been built behind it to 4 4 keep the balls alls from going out of 4 4 bounds 4 4 As a consequence c of or the small 4 4 1 field it was almost Impossible to 4 4 4 hit aft out better than a 4 for or the ball would strike the fence 4 4 and roll back into the Infield 4 4 One DIM Sunday we were playing in 4 4 Minneapolis I was pitching for forSt 4 4 St Paul Minneapolis was at bat batin batin 4 4 in the last half halt of the ninth Inning 4 and we were two runs ahead 4 4 There were two men out and two 4 men teen on en b boson ces The next man at bat 4 I 4 4 lined out outa a high fly It struck the 4 I 4 high center field fence about twelve 4 4 fe feet teet t above the ground and every everybody 4 I 4 body was certain we had the game 4 4 won 4 4 4 4 But we The ball struck s ck 4 4 the fence and anti stayed there It 4 4 4 struck directly on the sharp end 4 I 4 of a wire nail and before belore we could 4 4 get a step ste ladder and climb uP UD 4 I 4 4 after it It the Minneapolis nine had 4 4 its three runs in and the game was 4 t I 4 over Oft 4 1 |