. Captain of the nine . with heart and soul. Cur-tis was first at bat. This is the inning he weakens, Curt, hechirped. Get your hit. The third baseman grounded THE CAPTAIN OF THE NINE Only one gone, Hardy. Jenkinss voicewas steady. He cant last. Get him. Hardy struck out. Bartley saw the coach wince. Still the manretained his confident bearing. Now, Kaufman! Pick out a good one. Imwatching him. Hes about all in. Huh! grunted Hardy. Kaufman drove a savage grounder toward thethird baseman, and the stands of blue and goldgroaned. The infielder took the ball on abound, juggled it and then
. Captain of the nine . with heart and soul. Cur-tis was first at bat. This is the inning he weakens, Curt, hechirped. Get your hit. The third baseman grounded THE CAPTAIN OF THE NINE Only one gone, Hardy. Jenkinss voicewas steady. He cant last. Get him. Hardy struck out. Bartley saw the coach wince. Still the manretained his confident bearing. Now, Kaufman! Pick out a good one. Imwatching him. Hes about all in. Huh! grunted Hardy. Kaufman drove a savage grounder toward thethird baseman, and the stands of blue and goldgroaned. The infielder took the ball on abound, juggled it and then let it fall. Instantlyhe recovered it, but now he was off his he threw, and the whitesphere sailed far over the first basemanshead. The groan died, and one wild yell broke fromthe stands. Jenkins—Jenkins, the calm, thesteady—sprang to his feet. Whos up? Then he caught himself. Toforget his own batting order was a fine way topreach calmness to his boys. He dropped backon the bench. Oh! Dixon! 276. With Dixon at the plate, the great Caldwell pitched. 19 277 THE CAPTAIN OF THE NINE Kaufman had reached third base on the wildthrow. A hit— Dixon was bending over the uneven line ofbats. Plainly he was hesitating. The coachremembered that other game when Dixon, in apinch, had almost asked to be taken out so thatsomebody else could bat in his place. The manglanced along the line of substitutes. Whichone of these could he send in to pinch hit?Which one had heart? Jenkins! Dixon was speaking. The coach turnedsharply. Hell probably use speed, eh, Jenkins? Hemust be somewhat rattled after that play, eh?A rattled pitcher always uses speed, doesnt he?Isnt that about all he thinks of? Guess Illtake a light bat? The coach could only nod. And he had beensearching for a boy with heart! < l Soak it, Dix, Bartley pleaded. < < Soak it. All in a minute it happened. With Dixon atthe plate, the great Caldwell pitched. Yes, it 278 THE WINNING HIT was speed—and such
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