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Show Inside Baseball as j Played by Orioles j "Inside baseball" has had a lot of publicity since the game took a firm foothold In the affections j of the American public. J The Baltimore Orioles, the j wonder team that developed Mc- Graw and Robinson and Jen- j nlngs Into the leading strategists j of the present, thoroughly be- lieved in the "inside" game, but a lot of their stuff looked like ordinary trickery to modern f eyes. For Instance: I The Giants were playing a " closely contested game in Baltl- i more. In one of the late innings ; Hughey Jennings hit a sharp f 1 bounder to Ely, the New York ; !! shortstop, who threw wildly to ? " first base. i In those days the clubhouse of j ; the old Union park grounds In i Baltimore was situated directly behind first. Tom Murphy, the f Baltimore groundkeeper, was j watching the game at the open ? door. i :t He saw the ball come rolling f f toward him. He allowed It to i 4 roll into the locker room and T then slammed the door and f i locked It. Roger Connor, the ; Giants' first sacker, swearing ? j like a trooper, tried to tear the 4 door down, while Jennings raced t j around the bases and scored the i 4 deciding run. T "That was inside ball," said f McGraw, in recounting the story, "but just try to get away with f j anything like that in these calm J and effete days !" f X ,-"......--..4 "."..-.----..-" o |