Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 July 1895 — Caught Galvin's Only Hit. [ARTICLE]

Caught Galvin's Only Hit.

Umpire Galvin’s decisions in the recent Chieago-Plttsburg series of ball games have eaiised a great deal of talk among the “fans” and’ihtidentally has brought out a gi*eat md£y stories about the' genial Jamfe. One of. these relates to JariHejs when he was at the zedlth 6f his fame as a pitcher. All season Galvin had been twirling In rare .bis batting 1 , never strong, had been particularly weak. The others used to say that wbeh Jimmy saw a hot one coming across the plate he WOTW shut Ms eyes qqd. “swipe” qt It The season was drawing to an end aad

Galvin had made scarcely a hit. It was a critical point In the game, with two out and the bases full, when Galvin walked to the plate. Every one expected him to shut bis eyes and fan the air. He may have closed his eyes when a swift ono came toward him, but he didn’t fan the air—he caught the ball with the end of big bat and sent a skyscraper far Into center. It was a beautiful hit and gave the fielder a race to the limits, where, as the ball came down, he reached out and gathered It In—a phenomenal running one-hand catch. Galvin had reached second when he saw the fielder gather in his solitary long hit of the season. He kept on running, straight into the cen-ter-fielder’s garden and directly for that individual, breathing fire. The player who had gathered in Galvin's only hit saw him coming, recognized his danger and scaled the fence for a safety. Jimmy Galvin never forgave him for catching what was apparently a home run.