The Crossbill did not appear at that time to be very well known in Guernsey, as neither the bird-catcher nor the people in whose gardens the birds were had ever seen them before or knew what they were.
On my return to Guernsey on the following day I was requested by a bird-catcher to name some birds that were doing considerable damage in the gardens about the town.
The breathless crowd was anxious, For this will tell the tale; The pitcher tied himself in knots, The catcher did not quail.
The fly-catcher builds every year in the vines that grow on the walls of my house.
The engraving represents the situation of a bird-catcher at St. Kilda.
If the situation of the game is such that it will make little difference whether the runner on third scores or not, the catcher will, of course, throw to second to make that put-out.
The importance of a play such as this rests not only in the single put-out made, but in the respect for the catcher with which it inspires subsequent runners.
With runners on first and third the one on first will often try to steal second, and if the catcher throws down to catch him, the one on third goes for home.
If it is between third and home, he and the third baseman attend to one side, while the catcher and pitcher look after the other.
As soon as the catcher returns the ball the pitcher should assume a position as though about to pitch and stand there; he should take all the time the umpire will give him.
But the catcher has almost complete control of his own play, he is dependent upon no one but himself, and, in spite of everything and everybody, the nature of his work remains the same.
He may, in turn, make a feint as if to return to second, and when the catcher throws there he will still go on to third; or, he may feint to go to third and manage to return to second.
There are some cases in which a steady, intelligent catcher is of more worth to a team than even the pitcher, because such a man will make pitchers out of almost any kind of material.
It is a mistake some players make, but a little reflection will convince a catcher that a man in such an attitude cannot change his position and handle himself as readily as if he stood with the feet nearer together.
An intelligent catcher may help him greatly, but there will still remain many points which he himself must decide.
The pitcher will now send the catcher the ball wide of the plate and at a height where the catcher can handle it easily.
In deciding to give the signal for a short or long throw, the catcher is guided by the circumstances of the case and the situation of the game.
Ling Chu was a thief-catcher and a great detective, but he had also taken upon himself the business of attending to Tarling's personal comfort.
The Chinese thief-catcher went about his work in a scientific fashion.
The Charleston catcher was evidently determined to bring in at least one run, or die trying.
And now once more the redoubtable Charleston catcher appeared at the bat.
The Charlestonian second baseman made a sacrifice hit that advanced thecatcher to third.
His anxiety led him into making two foolish jabs at curves that were out of his reach, and finally he caught one just on the tip of his bat, and it went neatly into Tug's hand, leaving the catcher to perish on third base.
But Reddy shuddered for the score when he realized how well the Charleston catcher was studying his best curves.
The Charleston catcher now found Reddy for a clean base-hit between left and center field.
Twice the Cherry-and-Black almost made them good, but once Captain Proctor saved the day and once it was Russell who at the last moment shouldered the expectant catcher aside.
It was a pretty pass, well concealed, well thrown and well caught, and although Harmon brought down the catcher promptly the touchdown was accomplished.
Rhame was on the catcher almost before the ball had landed in his arms.
The catcher fits the skin of an adjutant over his head and shoulders, and in this attire creeps up to a company of the birds as they stand half-asleep, knee-deep in water.
Some are natives of Europe, among which we will name the Spotted Fly-catcher (Fig.
The birds belonging to the Fly-catcher genus (Muscicapidae) have a flattened and hooked bill, furnished with a projecting edge, and with stiff hair at the base.
Besides, I don't see no kind of 'casion for me to be hunter and catcher for other folks, neither.
A bird-catcher may thus, in a few hours, depopulate a whole district of these delightful songsters.
The same course may be pursued for the tit, and with still more success for the chaffinch, which does not enter the snares of the bird-catcher as easily as the others.
If you speak to a bird-fancier or bird-catcher about any of them, you might as well talk of a bird in the wilds of America, for they know nothing of them.
The rat-catcher commenced poking his stick into the various mounds of earth wherever there was the appearance of a hole, and his dogs became at once busy and animated.
The bridle was shaken, and the horse galloped off, and it was not long before the seal catcher found himself standing in safety before his own garden gate.
The seal catcher did as he was bid, and when he found himself safe on the ground, he peeped cautiously over the edge of the cliff, to see if there were any seals lying on the rocks below.
The seal catcher was delighted, for such an order meant a large sum of money to him.
When they left the water their strange disguise dropped from them, and they were now as they had been before, a plain seal catcher and a tall, well-dressed gentleman in riding clothes.
But the seal catcher only laughed at them, and said that those seals were most worth killing, for their skins were so big that he got an extra price for them.
And a sigh of relief went through the halls when the words were spoken, for he was the most noted seal catcher in the North.
The seal catcher agreed to this, and climbed up behind the rider, who shook his bridle rein, and off the great horse galloped at such a pace that he had much ado to keep his seat.
The seal catcher was now thoroughly frightened, for he felt sure that some evil was about to befall him, and in such a lonely place he knew that it would be useless to cry out for help.
The seal catcher did as he was bid, taking tight hold of his companion's coat, for he remembered how nearly he had fallen off on his previous journey.
When two hands are out, however, it does not matter so much, as the catcher can far easier put the third hand out by a throw to second than can the base-runner at the third get home before the third hand be put out.
The catcher plays behind the batsman to receive the ball from the pitcher.
The catcher needs to be a swift and accurate thrower to the bases, a plucky player in facing and stopping swiftly-pitched balls, and a patient player in his efforts to prevent passed balls from inaccurate pitching.
As the position occupied by the catcher affords him the best view of the field, the person filling it is generally chosen captain, although the pitcher is sometimes selected for that position.
When the catcher fails to throw the ball with accuracy to the second baseman, the latter should by all means manage to stop the ball, if he cannot catch it in time to put out his opponent.
The engineer crowded him a little, and throwing back his head, away he went over ties and culverts and little bridges, the cow-catcher turned into a deer-catcher for the moment.
That is why I shall continue the exercises after I have practiced with a mule or a cow-catcher two or three weeks, and feel a little more confidence in myself.
When all are taken the game is finished; and he who was first taken is bound to act as catcher in the next game.
If the ball be caught in the second bounce, the catchermay hoch the ball, that is, throw it through below one of his houghs.
After the fruit has set, jar the trees daily over a sheet or curculio-catcher and destroy the beetles; this is practically the only procedure for peaches, for they cannot be sprayed.
It is advisable to use the catcher soon after the blossoms fall, for the purpose of finding out how abundant the insects are.
I actually saw that skilfully directed spheroid make two complete round-trips, from the pitcher to the catcher and back, before it struck the gong a resonant bing!
The pitcher interfered with the third-baseman, and the first-baseman ran up the line, and the pitcher failed to cover the bag, and the catcher fell all over the ball.
And when the Herne catcher tried to head Homans from making third Raymond kept on toward second.
There was Hogan, catcher for three seasons, a muscular fellow, famed for his snap-throw to the bases and his fiendish chasing of foul flies.
He changed the catcher and, ordering Ken to the pitcher's box, he stepped over behind him.
In the last of the eighth Dean hit one that caromed off Griffith's shin, and by hard running the little catcher made second.
She was flung to the left, but the cow-catcher caught him, and turning him round, heaved him shoulder deep into the pool.
You see, they get their legs under the cow-catcher and that'll put an engine off the line.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "catcher" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
