HITS AND RUNS
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REMEMBER the Chillicothe ball players grappling theRock Island ball players in a sixteen-inning gameended by darkness. And the shoulders of the Chillicothe players were a redsmoke against the sundown and the shoulders ofthe Rock Island players were a yellow smoke againstthe sundown. And the umpire’s voice was hoarse calling balls andstrikes and outs and the umpire’s throat fought inthe dust for a song. 19
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