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8/10 Radio Broadcast - Continued

The Turn of Century center fielder, Duffy,
will lead off
He'll be followed by Roger Bresnahan
And then Amos Rusie
Fozborg likes the sign
And the cripple pitch...
Sinker, at the knees...
Swung on...
Duffy hits it into the hole
on the right side
Blade ranging to his left...
Scoops it up...
Throws on the run...
And Duffy is out by a step at first
Turn of Century with one away
Fozborg steps off the mound as
he waits for Roger Bresnahan to
come to the plate

Next up is Roger Bresnahan, the
Turn of Century catcher
Looking to Dode Criss for a sign
Bresnahan awaits the delivery
Fozborg is into his rocking motion
Now his right arm comes around
A hanging curve...
Bresnahan laces it hard just
to the right of Nights
He makes a stab at it...
Just misses it!
It's on into the outfield for a single
A wide turn by Roger...
but he'll stay at first
as the ball comes in

Rusie coming to bat
Walking slowly from the on deck circle
Bresnahan on first, with one away
FOFC is set up for two
Fozborg steps on the rubber
Fozborg's into the stretch...

Looks over at first
Quick throw!
Bresnahan dives back in!...

SAFE!...

Potpie tosses it back to Fozborg
Now here's the pitch
Bouncer in the hole
It's past Blade into right field
An opposite field hit!
Bresnahan is tearing around second
Coach Dode Criss is waving him on to third
He'll make it easily

Rusie slowly moves away from the base
Fozborg continues to hold the runner close

Jesse Burkett is up next
for Turn of Century
One out, top of the 5th
FOFC on top 6 to 5
Wee Willie Keeler is on deck
Fozborg has the sign from Hays
Fozborg checks the runners
at first and third
Bresnahan bluffs a move toward home
Fozborg doesn't flinch
Here's the 3-1 offering
Grounded towards the sack
Potpie grabs it
Fires and nails Bresnahan going home!
Score It: 3-2
The runner on third, Bresnahan, is out
Rusie takes second
That's the second out of the inning
Time to check the scoreboard

Late 20th is edging Negro League I 1 to 0
Clemens and Williams currently dueling
Negro League II clipping Left Outs 5 to 1
AL Pre WWII leads Japanese League 2 to 1
Dead Ball Era slipping by
NL Post WWII 4 to 2
Johnson battling Koufax
NL Pre WWII besting Caribbean 5 to 0
AL Post WWII and Old Timers are scoreless

Two on, two outs...
Keeler steps to the plate
Keeler is 2 for 3 today
Wee Willie singled last time up
Sirr peers in for the sign...

Shakes off the first one...
Likes the second one
The righthander delivers
Keeler swings awkwardly... strike three
Fozborg took something off
of that breaking ball
He had Keeler way out in front
That retires the side...
Keeler fails to come through in the clutch
For Turn of Century, No runs, 2 hits,
no errors and 2 men left on base

The catcher Hays will
start things off for the All Stars
Hays wiggles the bat above his head
Hays awaits the delivery
With a 2-2 count
Rusie kicks and fires
Swing and a miss
Struck him out
Number 104 on the season for Rusie
That's one away

Nights is up now for FOFC
Nights is looking for lightning
to strike again
He's boomed 1 homerun earlier today
Jeff is 1 for 2...
Batting .276 on the season
The umpire says let's go
Nights is ready
Rusie's 3-1 pitch...
Nights pulls one to the left side
It's going to scoot on through the infield
Burkett will retrieve it
without difficulty
He tosses it back in to second
as Nights retreats to first
after a wide turn

Deacon Palmer steps in
Palmer digs into the box
Palmer cocks the bat
He rocks and fires
Grounded towards the sack
Kelley grabs it
Throw to second for one
Over to first
Double Play!
Score It: 5-4-3
And that retires the side

Kelley saunters to the plate...
He stretches out a little
Then kicks the dirt from his spikes...

Now he steps into the batter's box
So far this season
Kelley is hitting .324
when facing righthanded pitching
Fozborg studies his sign
The righthander Fozborg's delivery
Fastball... just outside
Kelley will take first on the walk
Joe knows how to get on base
His OBP of .407 is among
the league leaders

Nap Lajoie steps up to the plate
Kelley, with excellent speed, is at first
Lajoie digs in on the right side
of the plate facing the righty Fozborg
Fozborg adjusts his cap...
Now he's set
The pitch to Lajoie...
The runner goes
Lajoie likes the hit and run...
Lajoie misses the pitch!
The steal attempt...
Hays comes up throwing!
Snaps a beauty to first...
The tag...
SAFE!

Lajoie leaves the on-deck circle...
He's going back to get a new bat...
Now he jogs to the plate
The outfield's shaded towards
left for Lajoie
He's 1 for 2 today
Fozborg looks down at Hays for the sign
Now he's ready
He's into the stretch
Looks over at first
Quick throw!...
Kelley dives back in!...
SAFE!
Potpie tosses it back to Fozborg
Now here's the pitch
Liner drilled to third
Palmer makes a great catch!
Score It: 5
One down for Turn of Century
Honus Wagner is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to the
plate for Turn of Century

Honus Wagner steps into the box
Tapping the plate is Wagner
He has 33 steals this year
7th in the league!
If he gets on Fozborg will have to
watch him closely
Wagner tells the umpire he's ready
Fozborg brings it to the plate
It's low
and it gets away from Hays!
It's rolling to the backstop
Now Hays has it
too late, the damage is done.
It's scored a wild pitch.

Honus Wagner steps into the box
Wagner is batting .317 with
10 HR's this year
Fozborg is happy with the sign
Fozborg's righthanded delivery...
Wagner hits a fly ball
in the left field corner
K. A. Ton is chasing it
It's in there for extra bases!
Wagner pulls up at second base
He's just batted in the tying run

Wagner stretches his lead
Fozborg turns and fires
a strike to Nights...
Wagner dives back...
He's safe!

Wagner represents the go-ahead run
1 on, 1 out here in the top of the 6th
Jake Beckley is walking toward home plate
Fozborg likes the sign
Way ahead in the count
Fozborg turns the 0-2 pitch loose
Beckley just gets a piece of it
He 'drizzles' it to second
Blade races in quickly...
Barehands it...
Over to first
Just in time!
The runner moves up easily...
And there's two away

Hugh Duffy, the center fielder,
strides to the plate
Duffy has hit 5 home runs this year
Fozborg looks down at Hays for the sign

Now he's ready...
Fozborg fires
He hits a tough grounder to short
Nights comes up with it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 6-3
That wraps up the inning
for Turn of Century
By the way, Turn of Century is 5
and 5 in their last ten games

Barrett Blade will face Amos
Rusie to lead things off
The crowd is coming to life
Blade is 0 for 1 today
Bresnahan flashes the sign to Rusie
Rusie quick pitches him
Curve ball...
Blade swings and misses by a mile
The bottom dropped out of that one!
A wicked pitch!
One up, one down

A. J. Tucker up
The score is tied
A. J. will be facing the
right-handed Rusie
from the left side of the plate
The switch hitter is 2 for 3 today
He singled in his last at bat
Tucker, batting lefthanded
Gets in his crouch...
Ready to face the righthanded Rusie
And the delivery by Rusie
Slow ground ball
Beckley is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
Two up, two down for FOFC

Potpie coming up for FOFC
Nobody on, two away
Potpie is 2 for 3 today
Amos is ready
Here's the 2-2 offering
Sinker, at the knees...
Swung on...
Potpie hits it into the hole
on the right side
Lajoie ranging to his left...
Scoops it up...
Throws on the run...
And Potpie is out by a step at first
That's all for the All Stars
After 6 innings in FOFC this evening,
The score is tied at 6

Bresnahan is walking to the plate
Now he steps into the batter's box
Bresnahan is looking for another hit
He has 1 hit so far today
He is hitting .275 on the year
Bresnahan, a righthand hitter
Waits patiently for the pitch from Fozborg
Fozborg's into the windup... the delivery
Fastball, a beauty...
Steee Rike THREE!
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games

Late 20th and Negro League
I are all knotted at 1
Left Outs is on top of Negro
League II 7 to 5
Pennock battling Manning
AL Pre WWII is edging Japanese
League 2 to 1
Dead Ball Era is edging
NL Post WWII 4 to 3
NL Pre WWII is embarrassing
Caribbean 8 to 0
Rixey enjoying the big NL Pre WWII lead
AL Post WWII is edging Old Timers 1 to 0

Amos Rusie will face Fozborg
Righty against righty
Rusie is trying to get comfortable
in the box
Digging that back foot in
Amos is set for the pitch
Fozborg goes into his windup
And here's the 2-2 offering
Struck him out on a fastball
Rusie goes down swinging
Two down
Fozborg retires the first two
Turn of Century batters

Walking up to the plate now is Burkett
Wee Willie Keeler waits on deck
Against righthanders
Burkett is hitting .333
Fozborg looks down at Hays for the sign
Shakes him off once... twice...

Now he has the pitch he wants
Fozborg kicks and fires
A hanging curve...
Burkett laces it hard just
to the right of Nights
He makes a stab at it...
Just misses it!
It's on into the outfield for a single
A wide turn by Jesse...
but he'll stay at first
as the ball comes in

Here's Wee Willie Keeler
Wee Willie is 8th in the league in batting
with a .336 average
Wee Willie steadies his bat
And waits patiently for Fozborg's pitch
Here's the 3-1 offering
Keeler chases the sinker...
Lines a hit into left...
Burkett's not slowing at all
Rounds second heading to third...
Ton throws in to Blade covering second...
Burkett is in at third without a play

Joe Kelley, the Turn of Century
third baseman,
steps into the batter's box
The score is tied at 6
He has a chance here to drive
home at least one
Kelley has hit 5 triples this year
Full count on the batter, 3-2
Hunter checks the runners
He quick pitches Kelley...
and it's in there
Strike three
That ends the inning for Turn of Century
FOFC has 6 runs, 11 hits and no errors
While Turn of Century has 6 runs,
12 hits and one error
Turn of Century has now stranded
12 baserunners

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

The All Stars will get their licks
here in the bottom of the 7th
K. A. Ton, Gerald Gazelle, and
Persimmon Pflaggstettler
are scheduled to face Turn of Century
righthander Amos Rusie
Here's Ton stepping in...
Ton is 1 for 1 today
Amos Rusie steps off the
mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a toss
Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
The pitch is on the way
There's a line drive in the gap by Ton
That looks like an easy two-bagger
Hugh Duffy dives to get the ball
And fires it in to second
Ton has himself a double

Gazelle moseys up to the plate
Persimmon Pflaggstettler is heading
for the on-deck circle
Gazelle has hit 25 home runs this year
Rusie is slow to get ready

He has a 3.75 ERA this year
Now he's ready
Here's his delivery
Fastball, belt high, away...
Gazelle goes after it...
There's a fly ball to Keeler
Keeler is gliding under it...
He flags it down on the run
One down for FOFC
Persimmon Pflaggstettler is still
in the on-deck circle
and Harry Hays is looking
for a bat in the dugout

Rusie looks down at Pflaggstettler
as he steps in
Persimmon is ready to go
Pflaggstettler has 19 doubles this year
Pflaggstettler is set
Rusie brings it to the plate
A high pop-up to short
Wagner is under it...
He backpedals
Got it just in fair territory
Fake pump towards second
Ton gets back to the bag
Two gone for FOFC

Bresnahan heads out to the mound . . .
They want to talk strategy.
They might be discussing walking Hays.
Now the ump comes out to break it up . . .
And we're ready to go . . .
They are issuing a free pass to Hays
Bresnahan holds out his glove
That's ball four

Nights steps in to face Rusie
2 on, 2 outs here
in the last half of the 7th
Two men on, two men out
Rusie wastes no time
He has the sign from Bresnahan
Rusie rocks and fires
Grounded towards the hole
Fielded nicely by Wagner
Tosses to second
He's out
Score It: 6-4
The runner on first, Hays, is out
That is the third out for FOFC here
in the last of the seventh
The attendance has just been
announced at 47054

Nap Lajoie, Honus Wagner, and
Jake Beckley are due up
Lajoie is batting .380 with
16 round trippers in 1900
The bat is cocked
The righthander delivers
It's a smash over third
Palmer leaps
Just over his outstretched glove
Lajoie makes a wide turn at first
He will hold at first
The ball comes in quickly

Lajoie takes his lead from first...
He's challenging Hunter's pickoff move
Lajoie is held closely by Hunter

Wagner fouls off the bunt attempt
The count goes to 1 and 2, we'll have
to see if they keep the bunt play on

"The Flying Dutchman" will be up next
Honus looks at the sign from
the coach at third
Dode Criss flashes a series of them...
Now Wagner taps the bat on home plate
Right-hander Hunter eyes the righty Wagner
Hunter brings it to the plate
Base hit to center for Wagner
Dode Criss puts up the stop sign...
Lajoie will stay at second

Beckley squares to bunt
It's dribbled down the third base line
Palmer bare hands it...
Sidearm toss to first...
Just in time!
Nice play by Palmer to get Beckley
Jake's typically great bunt
almost ended up a hit!
One down, two to go...
Owen Hunter has to bear down now

They are going to put Duffy on
Duffy takes ball four

First base coach Ray Chapman
wants a word with Duffy...
Now we're all set to go...
Roger Bresnahan steps in
Roger is hitting at .274 on the year
He has 78 hits in 285 at bats
This includes 12 doubles, 3 triples
4 home runs and 31 RBI's
Bresnahan gets set for the pitch
Turn of Century has the bases loaded
Hunter is taking a little
extra time out there
Hunter looks at all the runners
A 3-0 count
Here's the pitch
Bresnahan flies out to left
Dode Criss is waving the runner home...
The throw is cut off...
And that allows the run to score
Lajoie scores!

Rusie steps in
Two out, Duffy at first, Wagner at second
Stepping out, Rusie looks into the dugout
Steps back in
Rusie is ready
Now to the belt, here it is...
Grounded towards the bag
Potpie takes it to the bag himself
Score It: 3
Three down for Turn of Century
Still a 1 run deficit for FOFC
Let me point out that
coming in to today's game
Turn of Century is 24 and
25 in one run games
FOFC has a 28 and 14 record
in these tight contests

Palmer saunters to the plate
He does some stretching...
Knocks the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Palmer has hit 6 home runs this year
Amos Rusie on in relief of Rube Waddell
Amos rocks and fires
Ball four is the call
Rusie can't believe the call
And barks at the home plate umpire
The ump points out at Rusie
Palmer takes first base

FOFC second baseman, Barrett
Blade, will be up next
He will be followed by Owen Hunter
One on... no one out
Turn of Century leads FOFC by 1 run
Palmer takes his lead
Rusie looks down at Bresnahan
for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
Here comes the cripple pitch
A low change-up by Rusie...
Blade chases it...
Manages a slow bouncer to Kelley...
He takes it, tosses it to Lajoie...
Getting the force on Palmer
The relay back to first...
Not in time...
Blade beats the throw by a step
One away in the bottom of the 8th for FOFC

David Gonzalez steps into the box
Gonzalez, a lefthand hitter stands ready
He's hitting .298 currently
He was practicing hitting to leftfield
earlier today in batting practice
David steadies his bat
Waits patiently for Rusie's pitch
Rusie goes into his stretch...
Looks over at Blade
Fires to Beckley...
Blade is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Rusie comes home
It goes wide, and off the
mitt of Bresnahan
It rolls a few feet away
And Blade decides to go for second
He's safe
It's a passed ball

David Gonzalez steps into the box
Bresnahan flashes the sign...
Rusie shakes it off, he wants another...

Now he's happy
The pitch is on the way
Base hit to center for Gonzalez
Dick Howser is giving the green light...
The throw is coming home...
Aggressive baserunning by FOFC...
Not cut-off...
Blade scores!
Trailing runner advances.

There is going to be a pitching change
Amos Rusie will head to the dugout
as Vic Willis will come on here
in the bottom of the 8th
Willis has appeared in 33 games
His record is 9-6 with a 3.92 ERA
over 44 innings

The All Stars' first baseman is up next
FOFC has 1 on board with 1 out
Potpie looks for a sign from third
Dick Howser delivers it to Jeeberoni
Jeeberoni is 2 for 4 today
grounded out his last at bat
Potpie is waiting on the pitch
It's coming down the pike
Curveball, in and low
Potpie hits it to Beckley at first
Takes it cleanly...
Races to the bag...
It's going to be close...
And...
Out is the call
That could have gone either way
Gonzalez is now perched over at third
Two down
Bresnahan asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Bresnahan and Willis

We're all tied up at 7, two outs
Ton is up to see what he can do
Willis has the sign from Bresnahan
Willis brings it to the plate
Ton swings and lifts one toward center
Duffy drifts over slowly...
He is under it now...
And makes the easy catch...
We head to the 9th...
The scored is tied, 7-all

Here's Burkett to lead off the inning
Before he does...
lets take a look at the scoreboard
These scores are final...
Negro League I nipped Late 20th 4 to 3
Negro League II edged out Left Outs 8 to 7
AL Pre WWII nipped Japanese League 4 to 3
NL Post WWII squeezed by
Dead Ball Era 6 to 4
Banks has hit his 41st homerun
for NL Post WWII
NL Pre WWII man-handled Caribbean 10 to 1
Hornsby has hit his 19th homerun
for NL Pre WWII
AL Post WWII nipped Old Timers 3 to 2
Burkett is 1 for 5 today
Jesse singled last time around
Jesse seems to be relaxed
and ready for the pitch
He steadies his bat now
Now Bo delivers
Grounded towards first
Gonzalez grabs it
IT'S A RACE TO THE BAG
OUT!
One away
Wee Willie Keeler, a fine
hitter, is due up next
Joe Kelley will follow

And the batter is Wee Willie Keeler
Joe Kelley is on-deck
Wee Willie steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Keeler is 3 for 5 today
He singled last time up
Keeler readies himself for the pitch
The southpaw Knowles delivers
the 0-2 pitch
Keeler rips a whistling
liner down the line
Bingo! Gonzalez spears it!
A shot hit right on the screws
but right at the FOFC first baseman
Two down

Up now for Turn of Century is Kelley
Two away, nobody on
Against lefthanders
Kelley is hitting .292 this season
Knowles is on the third-base
side of the rubber...
The lefthander delivers
The pitch is just inside
and Kelley holds up
Hays points down at the first base umpire
He gives the "safe" sign
Joe trots down to first... ball four

Kelley a few feet off the bag at first
Curve, inside corner...
Kelley's on his way to second!
He couldn't resist
after getting a very nice lead
Hays up quickly and throwing...
It's way over the head
of shortstop, Nights...
Blade takes it, however,
backing up the play...
Kelley has himself an easy stolen base

Nap Lajoie steps into the box
Nap is batting .381 with 16
home runs on the season
He is 2 for 4 today
Waiting for the pitch is Lajoie
The lefty Knowles delivers
Stroked to third
Clean single for Lajoie
Turn of Century will take the lead
Turn of Century leads 8 to 7

Wagner gets set at the plate
Wagner grips the bat handle
Bo looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
Bo comes home quickly with
the 0-2 offering
Wagner drives the ball to
left for extra bases
Dode Criss is waving the runner home...
The throw is coming home...
Aggressive baserunning by
Turn of Century...
It's cut-off
The run scores
Here's the play on the trail runner...
All runners are safe!
Double for Wagner

Beckley finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Beckley is 0 for 4 on the day
He looks around at the FOFC infield
Gonzalez is kicking the dirt at first
Palmer is even with the bag at third
Blade and Nights are ready
with hands on knees
at second and short
Beckley is set for the pitch
Wagner is dancing off third
Knowles is ignoring him
Here's the pitch
Lined to center...
And it will drop in for a base hit

Hugh Duffy moves in to face Knowles
1 on, 2 outs here in the top of the 9th
Duffy is a tough man up there at the plate
He's hard to get past in the lineup
Hugh certainly knows how to get on base
He'll make Knowles earn his salary
Hays flashes the sign...
Knowles waves it off...
Now he's happy
The southpaw's 1-1 delivery
Base hit to center for Duffy
Dode Criss puts up the stop sign...
Beckley will stay at second

Roger Bresnahan is up next
He'll be hitting with 2 men on board
Bresnahan has a .255 average against
righthanders this season
Rodney tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
Rodney brings it home
There's a long drive...
Its' way back there...
K. A. Ton is at the wall...
(Possible HR or Out
Fielding ability: Average,)
He's jumping for it...
He's got it!!!
What a great play by Ton!

Here's the center fielder Gazelle
To lead off the inning
He'll be followed by Persimmon
Pflaggstettler
And then Harry Hays
Gazelle is batting .274 with
25 homers this year
Willis is on the first-base
side of the rubber...
Here's the 2 strike pitch
Breaking ball...
It darts down and out
as Gazelle swings way over it
He was fooled completely
Bresnahan loses it momentarily,
but now finds the handle and tags
Gerald as he was heading for the dugout
With one gone
FOFC will have Persimmon Pflaggstettler
coming up
A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it

Next up for FOFC is Persimmon
Pflaggstettler
Pflaggstettler gets set
He's 0 for 1 so far
Pflaggstettler waits for the pitch
Now Vic delivers
Swung on...and it's in the
air to the left side
Backing just a bit is Burkett
And he pulls it in
That's two away
Wagner comes over from his shortstop
position to say a few words to Willis
Harry Hays will be next up...

Hays walks from the on deck circle
Now he steps into the batter's box
Turn of Century ahead 10 to 7
Hays is batting seventh in the order today
He is hitting a fine .341 for FOFC
He also has has contributed with 39 runs
6 doubles, 3 triples and 12 home runs
Hays waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Righthander Willis' delivery
Fastball...
Swung on...
Lined to left... Single for Hays
HE TRIPS OVER THE BAG AT FIRST!!
The throw to first...
He manages to scramble back safely...
Hays' not getting up
Joe Adcock, the first base coach
is calling for help
Here comes the trainer, Tay Pemup...
They are looking at his ankle...

Now he's on his feet, walking a bit
Looks like he'll be OK, at least for now
Give him a single on the play

Jeff Nights, will be up next
Deacon Palmer hopes to
get a chance as well
One on... two away
Turn of Century leads FOFC by 3 runs
Nights is at .277 on the season
Nights awaits the pitch
Willis goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Hays
He lobs one to Beckley...
Hays is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Willis comes home
Swung on and missed...
Nights is down on strikes
And that will do it for FOFC
Turn of Century wins 10 to 7
Willis gets credit for the win
Knowles takes the loss
The hitting star for Turn of Century
was Nap Lajoie
He was 3 for 5 with a homerun
He also knocked in 4 runs
And that wraps things up
So long from FOFC.