The man thus adjured leaned back, and as Winters delivered a slow, easy ball he swung viciously and sent a smoking grounder straight for the pitcher's box.
He planted his feet wide apart, and connected with the first pitched ball for a hot grounder that got him safely to first base.
At this moment the batter sent a scorching groundertoward third, but a little to the left of the base.
Barrett went out on a grounder to Mornier, Jackwell taking second.
Mornier popped up a fly that Joe gobbled up, and Larry had no trouble in getting Tonsten's grounder into the waiting hands of Burkett.
Wallace hit a grounder that went straight to Larry Barrett at second.
The next two went out in jig time, one on a grounder and the other on strikes.
Grimm made Burkett hit a grounder to first that was an easy out.
Morton, a new man, struck out as though he were not sure whether he was fighting bears, or was merely in a debate, and Dixon hit a grounder to second and was caught out on first.
One of the regulars' former substitutes hit another grounder that let him on first and the new man on second.
Everybody who comes to bat knocks a baby grounder or a pop-up or something, and Specs stays right there.
Then Bonfire allowed a grounderto escape between his legs.
As luck would have it, the batter lashed a stinging grounder toward S.
Slick drove a sharp grounder at Netterby, who booted it into the diamond, and a run came in before the ball could be recovered.
It was a hot grounder to Netterby, who fumbled it long enough for Hungry Sam to arrive at first in safety.
Bart Hodge stepped out, picked out one of Sparkfair's curves and smashed a hot grounder at Bubbs, who gathered the ball up cleanly and whipped it across to Brooks.
He batted a grounder through Bubbs and reached second.
Jack finally drove a grounder into the hands of McCann, who whistled it over for a put-out.
Silenced, he saw Wyndham, ready to block the hit and run, take Cooper's zipping grounder and turn into a double play what possibly might otherwise have been a safety.
Cline finally managed to hit one of those drops, but he simply rolled a weak grounder into the diamond, and gave up the ghost on his way to first, Sanger taking third on the throw.
The Oakdaleites on the seats implored Eliot to get a hit, and Roger responded by cutting a grounder through into short right field, which let Barker score and placed the visitors in the lead.
Piper fell a victim to the wiles of Sanger; Nelson's scorching grounder was scooped by Roberts; and away out in left garden Dingley made a brilliant running catch of Barker's splendid long drive.
The efforts of the coachers to put Sanger off his feet, however, were fruitless, Crane fanning, Grant expiring on a foul which Copley took thirty feet behind the pan, and Cooper perishing in an effort to beat a slow grounder to first.
It was not his fault that Piper reached first, as Hutt, at third, fumbled the grounder batted at him and followed this with a wretched throw.
Now and then he grinned and nodded over some especially fine catch in the outfield or clever stop of a grounder or liner by an infielder; nevertheless, he let Sanger, who was batting, do all the talking to the players.
Hooker pitched two balls wide, and then put one over; which the batsman hit, rolling a grounder into the diamond for Chipper Cooper to handle.
Piper had succeeded in bumping a slow grounder into the diamond, on which he scudded for first with amazing speed, for he was really a splendid sprinter.
The next man struck a short grounder and was out at first.
That is about all I did do, but he was more wrought up than I and hit only a slow grounder to the infield.
Slade, purple with rage, let an easy grounder roll between his legs, and before the inning was over, two more Truesdell runs came across, making the score three to nothing.
Tommy Beals hit a grounder to right field, which was returned to first base before the plump, short-legged youth was half-way there.
Billings hit a short grounderto first-baseman who scooped it up and tagged the bag before the batsman was half-way toward it.
He played well off of first in obedience to Hanson, and when Mears cracked a short grounder toward third base he was able to reach second with time to spare.
When he did he found the ball fairly, and drove a terrific grounder into outfield between first and second bases.
By the time the bleachers had stopped stamping and bawling, Curtis ended the inning with a difficult grounder to the infield.
Cless swung with all his might at the first pitched ball, and instead of hitting it a mile as he had tried, he scratched a mean, slow, teasing grounder down the third base line.
Carl chopped a bouncing grounder through short and Ash was after it like a tiger, but it was a hit.
Finally, Tay Tay Mohler hit a teasing grounderdown to Bo.
He struck Moore out, retired Reed on a measly fly, and made Clark hit a weak grounder to second; and he walked in to the bench assured of the outcome.
Ordinarily thisgrounder of Tom's would have been easy for a novice to field.
He was nipped a moment later, however, in an attempt to steal, and with the bases again empty Jim fanned Berry and made Loomis chop a grounder to Larry that resulted in an easy out at first.
Walters' second effort was a sharp grounder straight at Denton, which the latter shot to first in plenty of time.
Tom went out on a grounder to Corker, who threw to first.
Smeed tried to get a hit for his side in the last of the fifth, and succeeded in sending a grounder to short.
The Cleverdale boys tried hard to score in the first of the second, but Biddle went out on a grounder to Pod, Corker struck out, and Strange flied out to Lorrens.
Fleet glared at him but said nothing, and a moment later, when Jones went out on a grounder to Corker, all interest became centered on the game.
Kopf sent an easy grounder to Iredell, who ordinarily would have eaten it up.
Bemis sent a sizzling grounder to Iredell and it bounced off his glove, the batter reaching first and Baskerville taking second on the play.
Iredell was still a little shaken by the collision, and fumbled the easy grounder of Walsh that ought to have resulted in an out at the plate, Walsh reaching first in safety.
Curry flied to Russell in right, Iredell went out by the strike route, while Burkett's grounder to Pender at short was whipped smartly down to first.
Russell fanned, Walsh lifted a twisting foul, on which Mylert made a superb catch close to the Giants' dugout and Mullen hit a grounder between first and the box, which Joe captured and fielded to Burkett in plenty of time.
The next suited him, and he sent a sizzling grounder between second and third, on which he might have made a double, had he been quicker on his feet.
Pender knocked a grounder to Larry, but the latter hesitated a moment as to whether to make the play at first or second, and when he finally chose second, Milton had reached that bag, and both men were safe.
Mitchell tried to bring him home, but his efforts resulted in a weak grounder along the third base line.
On the following ball, he rolled an easy grounder to Burkett at first, who made the put out unassisted.
Wheeler, Willis and Larry went out in order, the first two on strikes and the latter on a grounder fielded by Mullen.
The third man connected and shot a sharp grounder which Fred picked up neatly and threw in plenty of time to Durrock at first.
Barry sent a hot grounderto short which was fielded cleverly and sent to first ahead of the batter.
It was justified, for he made a safe hit and went to second on a swift grounder that Dutch Housenlager knocked, the ball rolling between the shortstop's fingers.
He knocked a pretty fly, which sailed over the second baseman's head and the pitcher got to first, stole second and came in with a rush on a swift grounder bunt that Phil Clinton sacrificed on under orders.
Hollins without waiting drove a hot grounder right over first base that looked like a hit, for Hal was playing about twenty feet off.
Delvin hit a grounder which struck Cam on the leg and glanced off in the direction of the first base, where Church picked it up and touched the bag for an out.
He hit a grounder over second base which couldn’t be stopped and the bases were full.
Church started the ball rolling in the sixth by an easy grounder to Everson who fumbled, and the Jefferson captain was safe.
The second ball looked good, so he hit it for a grounder to the right of Laird and raced to first, but Laird made a stab, got the ball, and without setting himself, made a very quick but low throw to Church.
Hal hit a grounder to Hollins, who fumbled and both runners were safe.
The next man up again directed his attention to Ross, and hit another easy grounder toward him.
The first man up batted a pretty swift grounder toward first base and it passed through Ross’ legs though Ty came racing in and held the runner on first.
Twitchell’s was an easy grounder to the box and he was thrown out at first.
On the hit and run he drove a grounder between short and third which Hollins fielded beautifully but threw poorly to Church, and Hans continued on to third while Hal remained on first and Delvin came to bat.
Beach drove a hot grounder to Delvin, who made a fine stop and throw to Case and there were two out.
To restore the line the operator sends out sufficient additional selective impulses to extend the circuit to the end of the line, and thus brings the grounder into circuit.
If there are no subscribers waiting for service, the stop relay at central will not operate until the grounder end of the line is unlatched, the selecting relays being then restored automatically to normal.
The grounderis also energized and restored to its normal position by the same current.
The winding of the grounder is connected in such a manner that the next passing impulse throws off its latch, permitting the long spring to contact with the ground spring.
Bemis smashed out a hot grounder and went galloping to first with tremendous, ground-covering strides.
When Oleson began the seventh with a weak grounder and "got a life" through an error, Lefty actually felt a throb of satisfaction, for it seemed that the test might be forced upon him at last.
I was frightened when Hooker let Foxhall's grounder get through him," declared Ned Osgood; "but Sleuth was right on the job.
Instead of doing this, he smashed a hot grounder straight into the hands of Foxhall, the second baseman.
Pelty and Leach were retired by the strike-out route, and even Crispin's best performance was a weak grounder on which he perished in a hopeless dash to first.
Sile Crane ambled awkwardly forth to the plate and hit into the diamond the first ball pitched, giving Stone, who had a good start, plenty of time to reach third, for Foxhall juggled the grounder a moment.
Instead of a drive, it proved to be a grounder that went clipping over the skin diamond straight into the hands of Pelty.
Taylor, the next man at bat, struck a sharp, bounding grounder toward second base, and the Hopevale second-baseman ingloriously let it go through his legs.
The Boys' final run came in the eighth on Jack Hall's single, Mark the Match Boy's grounder through the lion hunter, and a single by Tom Sawyer.
Tom Bailey sacrificed, and Kim drove a hot grounderright through Allan Quartermain and wound up on second before the outfielders could get the leather back to the infield.
Stahl rapped a grounder to Marquard, who threw Gardner out at third.
With one out in the fifth Yerkes batted for a base, but was thrown out at second on Speaker's grounder and Speaker died trying to steal.
This tool may be used as a grounder when the wood is slightly hollow, or liable to tear up under the flat grounder.
Grounder tools are very prone to dig into the surface and make work for themselves: sharp tools, practise, and a slight sideway motion will prevent this.
Frank, who was playing closer in than he should have been, went for the grounder with all his speed, but seeing no hope of intercepting it by ordinary means, leaped in the air to a point in the line of the rolling ball.
Down along the first base line came a sizzling grounder just inside the base.
Prince batted a hot grounder to Blake, who fumbled.
Graves went up and hit a feeble grounder to Dale and was thrown out at first.
The best that the State players could do in their half was for one man to send a weak grounder to Raymond, one to fly out, and the other to fail on strikes.
Even an ordinarily hit ball must have stung the hands, and the way a hard grounder cracked was enough to excite sympathy among those scornful spectators, if nothing more.
For Place the lumbering Horton hit a twisting grounder to McCord, who batted it down with his mitt, jumped for it, turned and fell on the base, but too late to get his man.
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