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D1 SCR 1 FT ION OF A PITCHER.(I! is r In* popular Cud just now ■‘or reporters to w rift* up glowing account-of base ball panics intheir most humorous vein. The 1!i ’uMoii dounmFs w rite up of t heI h'toration 1 , t \ game between Lanark and Fulton vas right in jline w it h t In* popular fad. This F i lie w ay the journal man startsout: IKisley !Then rose up 1 )ud liFle\ !And he stood up in the pitcher’sbo \ out on t lie ball grounds \ e-terda\ and despite t he dripping ofsweet may showers be went through a series of motions that would make a jumping-jaek feel as small a aII o w b o \ s income. First he wouldranee around like a chicken withiis head cut off. grit his teeth and roll his ryes like a man with tlie jim-jams, then after a few more gy m nasi ie feats a piece of soggyleather would go sizzling throught he air like a limited meteor. 11 is arm is not very great in magnitude vet t here F more strengl li in it than in a square foot of He brooder's most effete limburger, and its mot ions seemed most demonical asit rose and fell until twelve Fulton players were struck out.
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Lanark Gazette
Lanark, Illinois, US
Wed, Jun 08, 1892
Page 12
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Michael T.
WA, USA 07 Jul 2021
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