StNicholas [serial] . That s Cook, answered Tom. He plays overthere; you know he s short-stop. Of course, murmured the lady I knew Ihad seen him. Cook reached first, more by good luck thangood playing, and the Willard supporters foundtheir voices again. Then came Brown, third base-man, and was thrown out at first after havingadvanced Cook to second. Here comes Don, announced his youngerbrother, in a trace of envy. I do hope he 11 hit the ball! cried his mother. Oh, he 11 hit it all right, answered Satterlee2d, only maybe he wont hit it hard enough. Nor did he. Durhams third baseman gathered i9
StNicholas [serial] . That s Cook, answered Tom. He plays overthere; you know he s short-stop. Of course, murmured the lady I knew Ihad seen him. Cook reached first, more by good luck thangood playing, and the Willard supporters foundtheir voices again. Then came Brown, third base-man, and was thrown out at first after havingadvanced Cook to second. Here comes Don, announced his youngerbrother, in a trace of envy. I do hope he 11 hit the ball! cried his mother. Oh, he 11 hit it all right, answered Satterlee2d, only maybe he wont hit it hard enough. Nor did he. Durhams third baseman gathered i9io.] THE TRIPLE PLAY 965 in the short fly that the batsman sent up, and soended the inning. Something s going to happen now, I 11 bet,said Tom. Carpenter s up. He did nt do much last time, objected Sat-terlee 2d, even if he is such a wonder. Willingsstruck him out easy enough. Carpenter, who played third base for the visi-tors, was a tall, light-haired youth with a reputa-tion for batting prowess. In the first game of. MR. AND MRS. SATTERLEE, TOM, AND SATTERLEE 2D, WATCHING THE GAME. the series between the two schools, Carpentershitting had been the deciding feature. Threeone-baggers, a two-bagger, and a home run hadbeen credited to him when the game was over,and it was the home run, smashed out with a manon third in the eighth inning, which had defeatedWillards. In the second game, played a fort-night ago, Carpenter had been noticeably out ofform, which fact had not a little to do with Wil-lards victory. To-day the long-limbed gentleman, despite his retirement on the occasion of his firstmeeting with Willings, was in fine fettle, andscarcely had Satterlee 2d concluded his remarkwhen there was a sharp crack and the white spherewas skimming the second basemans head. It wasa clean, well-placed hit, and even the wearers ofthe blue had to applaud a little. Carpenters longlegs twinkled around the bases, and he was safeat third before the ball had been returned to thein-field. Then t
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