Outfield West again emerged triumphant from the golf tournament, and the little pewter mug remained securely upon his mantel, a receptacle for damaged balls.
The third day, when he had kicked that football down the field, and, later, had made the acquaintance of Outfield West, seemed now to have been the turning point from gloom to sunshine.
A box of biscuits went down with a crash, and Outfield turned indignantly.
Outfield West heard him in silence after one exclamation of surprise, and when Joel had finished, cried: "Why didn't you tell about Cloud?
So Stephen Remsen and Joel March sealed their agreement by shaking hands, and Outfield grinned approval.
In July Joel received a letter from Outfield asking him to visit him in Iowa, and, at the solicitation of his parents, he decided to accept the invitation.
Many of them were "stunning," to quote De Vere, who took a position in theoutfield during practice.
Well, if I can make the outfield I suppose I ought to be satisfied," spoke Jimmie Lee.
Philadelphia's sterling young infield seemed to stand up all right all the year, but the outfield and the slab staff gave Connie Mack sleepless nights.
This switch and the return of Stahl, who is a grand mark to throw at on first base, gave the infield the same dash and confidence as the outfield possessed, and the addition of some pitching strength in Bedient and O'Brien did the rest.
Not only did he play in the greatest number of games of any outfielder, but his general work in the outfield was sensational.
Spectators were so thick in the outfield that they crowded upon the bases and prevented the players from doing their best.
The outfield trio of wonderful performers did not perform any more wonders last year than in the previous season, but what had been holes on the infield were plugged tightly.
So much speed had been put into it by the stalwart Indian catcher that had the ball got into the outfield it would have gone to the fence.
If the third strike is called in accordance with Section 4, Rule 43, in such case the Umpire shall, as soon as the ball is hit, declare infield or outfield hit.
Third, to watch the batsman closely so as to know just when he is temporarily 'out of form' for making a good hit; and Fourth, to tempt him with a ball which will be likely to go high from his bat to the outfield and be caught.
There is usually an infield and an outfield captain for the special purpose of calling the name of the player who is to take a certain fly ball, to prevent collisions.
He ran over in his mind the other members of the outfield and infield, never once thinking of the pitchers, who were assumed to be out of the question.
The outfield had gone back when he first came to the bat, but they had not gone back far enough.
Almost like a World Series crowd," agreed Joe, as they made their way across the green velvet turf of the outfield toward the Giants' dugout.
So Frank languished in the outfield much to the disgust of Turner and the Codfish who thought he was being done an injustice.
Some say it struck an automobile on the far side of the outfield fence, and some even say it continued its flight on down to the river.
The outfield is allowed to remain fallow for one, and sometimes two years in succession, but the infield is generally turned over every year.
The outfield is seldom well drained, although it might be easily done without any additional trouble or expense.
The outfield is the land which has been last brought into a state of cultivation, and in most parts the soil is mossy.
In the last half of the third inning, when Jump dumped a Texas-leaguer into the outfield and perched proudly on first, S.
For the rest of the school, Barrett caught, Sheffield held down third base, and the outfield was made up of Collins, Kiproy and Turner.
This arrangement was quickly made, the captain of the scrub team having filled his outfield positions with youngsters who were even weaker than Tuttle.
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.
Springer will bat to theoutfield and Grant to the in," directed the captain.
Sile took second on the throw to the plate, and stole third a moment later, romping to the pan after Cooper's fly to the outfield was caught.
A team, to win, must have hitters as well as fielders, and it is therefore usual to fill up the outfield with good batters, even at the expense of a slight weakness in fielding.
A runner to first on a base hit or fly to the outfield should always turn first base and lead well down toward second, so that if the ball is fumbled or handled slowly or missed, he may be able to reach second.
One thing he could do that brought warm praise from the coach--he could line the ball home from deep outfield with wonderful speed and accuracy.
And when on Weir's fly to the outfield Reddy raced in to the plate, making the throw-in look feeble, again the din was terrific.
The batter found it, there was a sharp crack, and the ball was sailing into the outfield over second baseman’s head.
There was nearly an hour of batting practice, a good thirty minutes of fielding work, with Manager Arbuckle knocking fungoes to the outfield and Coach Talbot hitting balls to the basemen.
I was afraid to lay the ball over the plate in this crisis, as a hit or an outfield fly meant the game.
At last, when Delehanty came to the bat for the third time in the game, Van Haltren walked into the box from the outfield and handed the ball to me, after he had just gone to the fence to get it.
When he removes his sun-glasses that is a sign for a pitcher to warm up in a hurry, and "Babe" Adams sprinted to the outfieldwith a catcher and began to heat up.
The grass in the outfield was permitted to grow long and was unkempt.
The next batter came through with an outfield fly which would have scored Devore from third base easily.
Tommy was galloping by this time across the outfieldand all the time pulling up this wire.
In the Cincinnati half of that inning, "Mike" Mitchell tripled with the bases full and later tallied on an outfield fly which tied the score.
Then Lobert, the tantalizing Teuton with the bow-legs, whacked out a triple to the faroutfield and stopped at third with a mocking smile on his face which would have gotten the late Job's goat.
Reddie Ray went to bat and, with the infield playing deep and the outfield swung still farther round to the right, he bunted a little teasing ball down the third-base line.
There was Reddy Ray playing outfield alone, and the Grays with all their desperate endeavors had not lifted the ball out of the infield.
But if I should take Matson out of the box right now and play him in the outfield every day, I'll bet that by the end of the season he'd be running neck and neck with Kid Rose and perhaps a wee bit ahead of him.
Detroit had started out brilliantly, and with its hard hitting outfieldwas winning many a game by sheer slugging.
McRae had played him in every game, putting him in the outfield on the days that he was not scheduled to pitch.
It was he who introduced the trapped ball on outfield flies.
When Warcford came up first in the fourth, Hughie signaled the outfield to play way out.
Others were batting flies to the outfield and the coaches were moving about watching the work of each man as he was tried in the different positions.
The second time he did it, Kesner found it and went to first on a clean hit into the outfield past third, and the purple banners flaunted exultantly.
Or, worse, supposing he showed up no better here in the outfield than had Stilson!
Both the outfield and infield were on their toes all the time, and drives that ordinarily would have gone for hits were turned into outs in dazzling fashion.
But the base paths are a sea of mud, and the outfield is a perfect quagmire.
That one hundred thousand dollar infield of the Athletics is a stone wall, but I think the Boston outfield is stronger.
Fudge plunged into the business with heart and soul, determined to make himself not only a useful member of the outfield but a regular Ty Cobb or Home-Run Baker at the bat.
If he ever hit a ball as far as the outfield he'd fall in a faint!
Both the infield andoutfield seemed to go to pieces all at once.
With Hodge in right, Flynn in center and Drake in left, his outfield left nothing to be desired, either from a fielding or batting point of view, and he could now devote himself entirely to the development of his batteries.
A safe hit into the outfield would bring the man on third to the plate with the winning run.
A sacrifice will take you down to second, and then with only one man out and two good batters coming up, a single to the outfield brings you home.
It was a bunt or a sacrifice or a long fly to the outfield or waiting for a base on balls or anything else he wanted.
One safe hit to the outfield was all they needed, and they sent a pinch-hitter to the bat to bring in the fellows that were dancing about on the bases.
Although at times he had played every position in the infield and outfield and behind the bat, he soon gravitated towards the pitcher's box, and for the last three years had played that position steadily.
I guess I'll be in the outfield if I get in at all.
The outfield had conscientiously muffed every fly that had come its way, and only the quick recovery of the ball had, on several occasions, prevented High School from scoring.
In the outfield Bissell, center-fielder, was speeding back, cutting over into Jack's territory as he went.
When he did he found the ball fairly, and drove a terrific grounder into outfield between first and second bases.
High School's first man at bat heroically tried to smash a long fly into outfield and, all by good luck, bunted the ball into the dust at his feet.
King was speeding to first, having made a clean hit to the outfieldjust over shortstop's head.
After a vicarious existence as a general outfield substitute, he had settled down as substitute second-baseman, a position which he had never attempted hitherto, but one which he took to in a way that vindicated his right to it.
I want to get into the open, with the green grass of the outfield to fall on.
Come on, Sid, and get some of the outfield mud scraped away.
Durham's players were eager for just that sort, and the batsman made a long, clean hit into the outfield between first and second.
They'd played in the outfield ail their lives and I'd always been at second--except one year that I caught when I was a kid.
In the corner sat Sergeant Olster with a flush on his face, and the corporal who had been on the Red Sox outfield and another sergeant, a big man with black hair and a black mustache.
The corporal who had been in the Red Sox outfield had been transferred to a Base Hospital.
The corporal who had been on the Red Sox outfieldbroke into a fit of coughing.
The outfield was, to say the least, equal to that of any of the other League clubs, and the infield admittedly the strongest in the country.
Dahlen at short was a tower of strength to the team, being as agile as a cat, a sure catch and an exceptionally strong batter, while the rest of the infield and the entire outfield was away above the average in playing strength.
