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Show FOSTER TELLS OF BONEHEADPLAY "Talk about bpnes I pulled one ta.t Is just about as good ab anything anyone ever did, and if some scout had been taking a look at me that day I'd have had to change my name to got into the big league." says Eddie Foster, Fos-ter, third baseman of the Washing ton team. "It was when I was playing with the Oak Leas in Chicago, a pretty decent de-cent port of Gemi-pro team, I think It was in tho game against a team out at Blue Island, I was playing third, and, It was one of the hottest and hardest fought gajnep I ever took part In. "We were tied when it came down to the ninth. I think the scoie was 2 to 2, and they weio last at bat., There was one man out, Two men hit pafe in succession, and so hard that the first runnoi had to stop at second base. The next batter drove pne down between me and the shortstop short-stop a mile n minute. I saw that ball coming and saw I had a chance to roach it I divod nt it, and the ball stuck to my hands. Slid Away. "The atop was a fort of accident, and 1 was so off balance that I could not gpt into position quickly to make a throw or to get back to third base. I recovered and jumped in toward the line to try to touch the runner who was poralnp up trom seeopd He mndo a slide away from me. and I missed him. I was too late to throw to first. The runner I had failed to Ntouch threw himsdlf bo far inside to escape m that he overslld the base. I saw MP" " 'i i iimnE ii'mMui ' f -T T-." 1 MM him tiy to set back and made a second sec-ond Jumu for him just ae he staggered stagger-ed to his feet. To Tag Him. "He dodged, but was between him and the base, and he started for the plate with me after him to to.j him out. lie never gained or lost a fraction frac-tion of au Inch all the way to the plate. I wns Within a foot of touching touch-ing him all the way, and was tagging alter him desperately I chased him clear across the plate with the winning win-ning run, and touched him juat as he crossed it. "Talk nbout call downB you should have heard our crowd after me on the way back home." rr |