Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 214, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 September 1917 — ODD STEALING STUNT [ARTICLE]

ODD STEALING STUNT

Stealing third on a pitcher without the twirler delivering the ball was the odd stunt a* a game between the Crescent Athletic club team of Brooklyn, N. Y„ and an organization of collegians this year. The funny part of the play was that the baserunner probably didn’t intend to steal right then at.alL In the course of the pitcher’s elaborate windup, the ball slipped through his fingers and bobbed over his shoulder, landing about fifteen feet behind him. The runner was off like a shot. The second baseman and the pitcher both went after the ball, the latter getting there first The runner reached third long before the ball did. The pitcher’s team-mates were slightly Incensed over the incident.