Fielder's Friend outfield gadget thrills Oakdale ball club
Upper Oakdale B B C players uncover a cement contraption named the Fielder's Friend in the Oakdale grounds. Pliny Quick demonstrates its use to improve fielding and solo practice for players like Gus Rankin, hoping to reduce missed balls and boost team chances.
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Oakdale B. B.C
Oakdale Grounds
Gus
Walter Armstrong
Chub McAlister
Nine
Pliny
Pins Quick
Gus Rankin
Guy
Four for the Boy Dave Dweller
The story follows the Lowers and Uppers in a village baseball rivalry at Oakdale Park. Denny Quinn leads the Lowers while fielding issues and misadventures with the Fielder's Friend strain the Uppers before a big crowd.
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Austen
Fickls
Denny
Denny Quinn
Mystery of the Boy's Den and Crafty Doll Bath Tub
A reader describes making a doll bath tub and shower from a soap box and wood scraps, detailing steps for a cave-like play area with roof, trap door, and improvised plumbing. The piece shifts to a baseball game recap where Pliny and Sliver White propel the Lower team to a 6 to 5 victory over the Uppers after a ball deflects off a Fielder's Friend.
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Finetead
Pliny
Dolly
Terry O'Toole
Naila
Terry
Gerim
Tig McClockey
Denny Quinn
Sliver White
Denny
Sliver
The New Wind by Robert Gilbert Welsh
A brief poem follows a childlike search for wind on a sunny day. The narrator tries to see wind moving objects but cannot, sensing wind only by its subtle effects on the garden and trees. The piece ends with a quiet inference that God sent a small new wind.
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Robert Gilbert Welsh
Puzzle Answer Hidden In Old Zoo Clues
This brief notes a puzzle answer about birds and insects hidden in an old fashioned zoo. Readers last week uncovered themes including a raft a dipper a cricket and a cram fered the epider, pointing to wordplay clues in the page puzzle.
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Arthur Morgan Lan
Rhy
Hareta
Podoo
Inming
Chub
Anot
Life
Gsrulz
Dave Dweller
R. S. Munson
Ital
Ed Hall
Austen Quick
Neil Martin
Smolst
Quick
Oakdale Park
Pliny Quick
Retiee
Ogbie
Denny Quino
Welter Armatrong
Chih
Total
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