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Show LINGO OF AUSTRALIA Description of a Baseball Game -Is Quite Unique. Pitcher "Mounts the Box" and "Trea -Batter With Respect" "Came With Brilliant Hit Right Out to Left Field." The following description of a baseball base-ball game played recently in Australia between native and American resideui. nines gives an excellent idea of antipodean an-tipodean baseball vernacular: "The American mounted the box first, sending Marre to face the attack. Th5. pitcher treated him with respect, allowing al-lowing him to walk to first. Caser" followed, and HearndJh's error enabled ena-bled him to reach second in safety. Caswell then threw wildly at first bag, and before the ball was recovered Marre and Casey had sprinted across the plate. Tucker, meanwhile, had made good on the diamond, but Bragg'S fly, which was muffed, gave the fieldsman fields-man an opportunity of cutting the runner run-ner off at third. Bragg consequently scored on Brown's hit to the country, making three runs for the inning. "Australia sent Hearndon to tho box first, but a putout at first base was registered. Comber followed and. Marre's bad throw saw him safely-landed safely-landed at first. Golby then came ultii a brilliant hit right out to left field, bringing Comber home. Spiller, who had been missed by the catcher, made his way to third and a passed bal! completed the distance for him. la the next term America could not got off the box, and then Australia made o, determined effort to draw level iu th succeeding term. Hearndon brilliantly brilliant-ly smashed to the left "garden" for a Iwo-bagger, and a passed ball sent hl'ji on to third. Another passed bait completed the journey for him, and the score read three-all. "Spiller was indulging in darins pilfering on the diamond, and a well judged steal gave him second base from where he was sent flying across the plate on Golby's clout, which Casey allowed to get past. Golby had reached third when Lambert -cnt into bat, and the Leichhardt playoi brought him hene on a fine outfield : hit, which prod'xed two bags. Caswell Cas-well then brought Lambert home, making mak-ing four runs for the session." |