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Show FArlOUSDfiNEIMDWS on Major luout Diamonds fto J. fvu?ro 1 By HERMANN SCHAEFER. , I f-'irat Baieman and Utility Man. Wuh ' Inyton Club, Who It Acknowledged One of th Smurtftt Players In tht Butlnett. j Whi tii'ViT miyoiirt K' '" 'n ti-llln mo j t tint luck Itti't On lilCKM tlitiijc In J tumchall I ulttuyn till tlio ntury of I I lie worHt tin-itk t think I rvir in fid i'. j It a ntut ut tlu wnrt iinyihi rvi'f j in.iiU', iiml utterly Hm x tini.tilu, but II , won n (c u tn 0 fur lift j I It hnjipciiiMl In n Kiinip nt t'lrvclaml 1 itftrr I wMit to iihhtiiKtnu. and ttn only jiy 1 rvir kiih nhl to explain It wiin Hint my iniml got ti. ur otT tint :uni. Thry hml iin hiMttfti by tlM ruiiH In tlio 4'lKhth IhiiIhk unci ho weren't htttliiK I'IioukIi to ai'nrn tlvn I ruiiM in it week. TIim ninth 'iiau riuI thiMr pltrhi-r got It lltdn wild, anil thi II rut thltiK ' knew wo hud tlireu incii dii tlio liaxm, ih run In and mily ono out. I wan on llrnt. '1 lie n ut butter hriit two atrlkoH rnllfd, and I KttoMK I got a bit UlKKUHtPd and for trot whut waa K"tnK n. Anyhow, be hit a Hlmrt II y to centnr tlold, onn of the t'UHlt'Ht kind. I atip.ioHe I had It ttxod Hermann 8chaefer, In my bead that the out ended tha gnino, for the minute I aaw where the ball wua going 1 aturted down to sec-olid sec-olid at top speed. The tin t Is, when I started 1 wua ou niy wuy to the club houiio. I let out a yell ut the tup or my voice and started. 1 suppose everyone ev-eryone In the stun. Is and on tlio Held thought I was crucy. There waa the young fellow who was Retting a tryout In center wultlng to cutrU the bull. 1 waa within about twenty feet of Bee-and Bee-and when auddenly I aaw the runner ahead or mo standing on the bug watching the llvlder, and It flushed over me thut I, who waa claiming to be a wise guy, was pulling for a John Anderson. Thero wasn't a ruunre for mo lo get back to first It be mude a throw ii ml It was up to me to euve niyseir some way. 1 could bear the gang telling me about It for tho next I wo years ns I stopped as ir aome one bud bumped me. Then 1 lot out a yelp Hint waked everyone within a mllo and stood still yelling "Third! Third!" at the top of my voice. It worked. I saw that fellow catch that ball and make a terrific heave toward third bum, and I turned and sprinted back to first the best 1 could, to cover myself even If the game did end. The fellow In center heaved that ball a block over the third baaemun'a head, and two runs scored, and 1 got back to first and then got dow n to second sec-ond again before they found the bull and I tell you I breathed easlor to think that I baa escaped. The next bntter splashed one, and the next on crashed oiie, tied the score, and we won out In the tenth Inning. Queerly enough, no one In the 'bus thut night suld anything about my brenk, and 1 had to tell them whut a brainy guy I waa to pull that throw bofore they noticed It. Uut I've always al-ways shuddered to think what they would hare said If that center fielder bad shied the ball back to first and doubled me up. The mistake won the game for us, so-I waa a smart fellow. (Copyrlalit. nit, by W. O Chspman.) |