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8/25 Radio Broadcast Continued

Sisler is walking to the plate
Now he steps into the batter's box
Nielsen looks down at Hays for the sign
Shakes him off once... twice...

Now he has the pitch he wants
He brings it home
Hard inside slider...
The swing...
Sisler hits a grounder into the hole
Potpie makes an incredible stop...
But he's in no position to make a throw
Score that a single

McGinnity fouls off the bunt attempt
The count goes to 1 and 2, we'll have
to see if they keep the bunt play on
McGinnity squares to bunt
He bunts at it . . .
It's popped up...
Caught by D.Fouts
a poor bunt by McGinnity
One down for Dead Ball Era
Eddie Collins is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to the
plate for Dead Ball Era

Sisler is taking his lead from first
Nielsen freezes the runner...
Now he zips a quick throw to first...
And...
He's safe on the pickoff attempt

Collins moseys up to the plate
Frank Chance is heading for
the on-deck circle
Collins scuffs up the lines around the box
He cocks his bat
Collins has choked up, just
trying to make contact
He has 2 strikes on him
Nielsen looks at the runner
The pitch
Swung on and missed...
Collins is down on strikes
That's the second out of the inning
Time to check the scoreboard

Caribbean is edging Japanese League 5 to 4
Negro League II is in front
of AL Post WWII 4 to 1
Holland comfortably ahead
for Negro League II
NL Pre WWII is giving it
to AL Pre WWII 6 to 1
Ott has hit his 37th homerun
for NL Pre WWII
Turn of Century is edging Left Outs 4 to 3
Joss battling Sutton
NL Post WWII clipping Negro
League I 6 to 2
Late 20th and Old Timers
are deadlocked at 4
And in our matchup FOFC on top 1 to 0

Chance comes to the plate
FOFC leads by 1
We're in the bottom of the 5th
Frank is hitting at .245 on the year
He has 82 hits in 335 at bats
His speed has propelled him
to 28 stolen bases
Chance waits on Nielsen
The pitch on the way, here it is...
Base hit to left for Chance
Jim Thorpe is waving Sisler to third...
The throw is cut off...
That holds Chance at first

The Ghosts centerfielder,
Tris Speaker is up next
And what a centerfielder!
He hits for average, hits for power,
and has excellent speed
He's a Dead Ball Era fan
favorite; and why not
So far this year Speaker is batting .323
He has 35 doubles, 10 triples
21 homeruns with 100 RBI's
and 26 stolen bases
After getting set, Speaker
waits on the pitch
The lefty Nielsen delivers
Drilled on the ground to the mound
Nielsen comes up with it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 1-3
That retires the side...
Tris Speaker fails to come
Through in the clutch
That's something you won't see very often

Stan Gunner stops at the on deck circle
Puts a little more "Black" under his eyes
It's very sunny here today
Now he steps in
Stan is batting .255 with 14
home runs on the season
He is 1 for 2 today
Joe McGinnity steps off the
mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a toss
Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
Into the windup... here's the pitch
Gunner rips a hard grounder
to the left of third
And on by the diving Baker
Gunner takes a big turn at
first...but holds up
Nice hustle by Jackson to get
that ball in quickly

Gunner edges away from the bag
McGinnity's move keeps Gunner guessing
He's not getting a very good lead

Persimmon Pflaggstettler
steps up to the plate
Fleet-footed Gunner is at first
Gunner takes his lead
McGinnity steps on the rubber
He's into the stretch
Looks over at first
Quick throw!...
Gunner dives back in!...
SAFE!
Sisler tosses it back to McGinnity
Now here's the pitch
It is a high hard one...
Pflaggstettler goes on a fishin' trip
Strike three swinging!
That one sailed up out of the strike zone
but Pflaggstettler couldn't hold back
One out
Jeeberoni Potpie is due up next

Potpie, the first baseman, moves
into the batter's box

FOFC leads 1 to 0
Potpie steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Jeeberoni is 0 for 2 today
Jeeberoni waits...
He steps out as McGinnity takes too long
Now he's back in the box
The pitch is on the way
Potpie hops out of the way
Chance makes a great stop
Wait...
Potpie is showing off his
shoe to the umpire
Now he has been awarded first!
Must have hit his foot!

Walking slowly up for FOFC is Fouts

The outfield is playing him deep
And shaded to the right
They are showing respect for his power
McGinnity tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
Joe checks the runners
Steps off the rubber...

Again he's into the stretch...
The pitch
Grounded towards the bag
Taken by Baker
Gets the out at third
Over to second
He's out - double play!
Score It: 5-4
That's it for FOFC
FOFC has one run, 4 hits and no errors
While Dead Ball Era has no runs,
4 hits and no errors
FOFC has now left 4 runners stranded

The right fielder Cobb will
start things off for the Ghosts
Ty is 0 for 1 this summer afternoon
He flied out in his last plate appearance
Cobb waits patiently
The southpaw delivers
Curve, at the belt...
Cobb times his swing...
Hammers a long fly ball...
Persimmon Pflaggstettler retreats
toward the fence
He leaps...

It's gone, put that one on the board
A home run!!

Joe Jackson coming up
It's a tie game in the bottom of the 6th
Jackson swinging from the left side
facing the southpaw Nielsen
Jackson waits patiently for the pitch
His bat is coiled
The 3-1 delivery by the lefthander
Hanging curveball...
Jackson times it, swings...
There's a high drive...
Crunched deep towards right center...
Gazelle doesn't have a chance
Home Run for Jackson
That was way over the fence

Home Run Baker plants his left foot
The lefthanded third baseman for
Dead Ball Era appears set
Nielsen has the sign he wants
Nielsen goes into his windup
Here it comes
Smash to short
Jeff Nights boots the ball
He's charged with an error
That's 1 miscue for Nights

Wallace shows bunt
It's a beauty!
Harry Hays has no chance at second
So Wallace gets the sacrifice
With one gone, Dead Ball Era leads 2 to 1
George Sisler is running
back to the dugout
Now he emerges again
He is always a welcome sight
for Dead Ball Era fans
Opposing pitchers are having
a bit of a hard time
keeping him off the bases
this year, though

George Sisler is up next
Dead Ball Era's first baseman
finds 1 on with 1 out
Sisler is at .325 on the season
Nielsen ready quickly, looks
in for the sign
Nielsen fires
Sisler hits one straight up
Hays moves back to the screen
and makes the catch
Two away now for Dead Ball Era
They're ahead by 1
The Ghosts have 6 hits on the afternoon

Now here's McGinnity
McGinnity steps out...
Takes a few more practice swings...
Now he's ready
Rob Nielsen still on the mound
for the All Stars...
Nielsen has gone the distance so far
He's given up 6 hits in 5 2/3 innings
The home town crowd is
yelling out to Baker
telling him to watch out
as Blade sneaks in behind him
He shortens up his lead...
Now Nielsen delivers the 2 strike offering
Hard slider...
And McGinnity takes it right
down the middle
Strike three called
That will do it for Dead Ball Era
but not before they ring up 2 runs
to overtake the All Stars by 1
The score now stands at 2-1, Ghosts

Here's Hays to lead off the inning
Before he does...
lets take a look at the scoreboard

Caribbean with the lead over
Japanese League 7 to 4
AL Post WWII is comfortably ahead
of Negro League II 10 to 4
Yount has hit his 13th homerun
for AL Post WWII
NL Pre WWII is pounding AL Pre WWII 9 to 2
Ott has hit his 37th homerun
for NL Pre WWII
Turn of Century leads Left Outs 4 to 3
Joss and Pennock currently dueling
NL Post WWII clipping Negro
League I 6 to 2
Aaron has hit his 46th homerun
for NL Post WWII
Late 20th leads Old Timers 5 to 4
Johnson battling Radbourn
Remember, FOFC is 1st in the National
Hays is taking his practice swings
Harry is 0 for 2 this afternoon
Hays readies himself for the pitch
Now ready, here it is...
Swung on and popped up
Collins is waiting...
And that's an easy out
With one down, up next is Gerald Gazelle
To be followed by Jeff Nights

Gerald Gazelle will try his
luck against McGinnity
It's a very difficult background to hit
against here at Shibe Park right now
There is shade at home plate
But, bright sun on the mound
Gazelle is hitless today, 0 for 2
Gerald hit into a force play
in his last at bat
Gazelle waits
McGinnity's into his windup... the pitch
Gazelle tries to hold up
Chance points down at the
first base umpire
The ump says he went around
STRIKE THREE!
Two up, two down for McGinnity
He's working on a fine performance
Very hot in Dead Ball Era today...
McGinnity's uniform is sweat stained
The humidity is way up there too

Next up is Jeff Nights,
the FOFC shortstop...
If he gets on, Rob Nielsen would bat next
Jeff comes to the plate batting .282
with 17 home runs

He is 1 for 2 so far today
Chance flashes the sign...
McGinnity shakes it off,
he wants another...

Now he's happy
McGinnity winds
Kicks the left leg high...
Ground ball to the left side...
Wallace scoops it up
Over to first for the putout
The All Stars go down in order, 1-2-3
After 6 and a half innings,

Dead Ball Era leads 2 to 1

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

Eddie Collins up first for Dead Ball Era
He is a threat to steal if he gets on
Collins is 1 for 2 today
Eddie struck out last time around
Collins cocks his bat
Nielsen brings it to the plate
He walked him, ball four
The lead-off batter gets on here
in the bottom of the 7th

Chance squares to bunt
It's dribbled down the third base line
Fouts bare hands it...
Sidearm toss to first
Just in time!
Nice play
Credit Frank Chance with a sacrifice
One gone for Dead Ball Era

The Ghosts' center fielder is up next
Dead Ball Era has 1 on board with 1 out
Speaker is at .323 on the season
Nielsen has been a rubber armed workhorse
for Dead Ball Era in 1900
He has started 32nd games
for a total of 226 innings
And we are only in August
He's has gone deep into
this game as well
Rob shakes off the sign from Hays
Now he has one he likes...
The lefthander Nielsen delivers
Groundball to short
Collins is trying to advance
to third base...
A quick glance at the lead runner...
The play is to first...
And Speaker is out

Ty Cobb, the right fielder,
strides to the plate
Cobb swinging from the left side
facing the southpaw Nielsen
Hays flashes the sign to Nielsen
Here's the 0-2 offering
Comebacker, right to Nielsen
Over to Potpie for the easy out
The Ghosts are gone
No runs, no hits, no errors and
one man left on base...
We've played through seven
here at Shibe Park...
The score... Dead Ball Era leads 2 to 1

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

Now he steps into the batter's box
Treacy grips the bat handle
The righty shakes off the sign...
Now Joe brushes off another one...
McGinnity has an effective spitter
and an underhand delivery
McGinnity's 1-2 pitch...
Treacy skies one very high
The ball drifts a bit
Wallace calls for it
Puts it away!
One up, one down for FOFC

Walking up to the plate now is Blade
Stan Gunner waits on deck
So far this season
Blade is hitting .250
when facing righthanded pitching
Blade, batting righthanded
is in his crouch
Ready to face the righthanded McGinnity
Righthander McGinnity's delivery
Blade rips a whistling liner down the line
Bingo! Baker spears it!
A shot right at the Dead
Ball Era third baseman
Piece of cake!
That's two away

Gunner finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Stepping out, Gunner looks into the dugout
Steps back in
McGinnity is saying a few
words to Collins...
So far in 1900,
Joe has a 13 and 9 record
with 11 complete games
OK, now he looks in for the sign
The righthander delivers
Gunner drives one into center
Tris Speaker sprints over to make the play
Three down for FOFC
Now the Ghosts will be coming up
for what they hope will be their
last at bat of the afternoon
They lead by 1, 2-1

Joe Jackson, Home Run Baker, and
Bobby Wallace are due up
Jackson adjusts his glove...
Steps into the box...
Joe is 1 for 3 this afternoon
After getting set, Jackson
waits on the pitch
Knowles rocks and fires
It's a quail shot headed
towards the outfield
Blade takes off after it...
Leaps...
And Jackson is OUT!
Very impressive range shown on that play!
Barrett is very fine fielder!
So one up and one gone

Knowles glares in at Baker as he steps in
Home Run just glares back
Home Run is hitting at .310 on the year
He has 143 hits in 462 at bats
This includes 23 doubles, 10 triples
12 home runs and 89 RBI's
Baker waits patiently
Windup by Knowles
And the pitch
Baker swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Knowles strikes out Home Run Baker
That's the second out of the inning

Wallace coming up for Dead Ball Era
Nobody on, two away
Wallace digs in from the right side
of the plate against the southpaw Knowles
Wallace awaits the delivery
The southpaw's 1-0 delivery
Change of pace...
Wallace waits on it...
Rips it deep into left
Gunner going back...back...
The ball is over his head
And there's Wallace around first base
coming into second and stands
up for a double
As the throw finally comes in
That's 25 doubles for Wallace on the year

Pounding the plate with his bat
Sisler awaits the pitch
Sisler is at .324 on the season
The umpire says let's go
Now Bo delivers
Change up...
Fools Sisler...
He still manages to hit
a grounder to first
Potpie BOOTS THE BALL!!!
Sisler is safe at first on the error
Score It: E3
Wallace takes third
Sisler to first

Now batting for the Ghosts...
Max Carey...
He'll pinch hit for Joe McGinnity
Eddie Collins is on-deck

Sisler edges away from the bag
Fastball running in on the batter...
And Sisler is running!
Quickly out of his stance Hays fires...
Super throw by Hays
Sisler is a dead duck!
Hays has a rifle for an arm
Three Finger Brown will be coming
on to pitch for Dead Ball Era
Three Finger has appeared
in 43 games this season
He has a record of 4-6
with 7 saves
His ERA stands at 3.38

Persimmon Pflaggstettler
steps into the box
Pflaggstettler is 0 for
2 today, with 1 walk
He's ready
Now the delivery, here is is...
Pflaggstettler hits one on the
ground to the left side
Persimmon, who moves well,
is motoring to first
Wallace wings it quickly to Sisler...
OUT by a step
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games
These scores are final...
Caribbean squeezed by Japanese
League 7 to 5
AL Post WWII beat up on Negro
League II 15 to 4
Brett has hit his 21st homerun
for AL Post WWII
NL Pre WWII cuffed AL Pre WWII 10 to 7
Ott has hit his 37th homerun
for NL Pre WWII
Quite a year for the slugger
Turn of Century squeezed
by Left Outs 5 to 3
Duffy has hit his 6th homerun
for Turn of Century
NL Post WWII toppled Negro League I 7 to 3
Late 20th squeezed by Old Timers 6 to 4
And here in Dead Ball Era Dead
Ball Era on top 2 to 1

Potpie is up now for FOFC
Potpie wiggles the bat above his head
Brown shakes off two signs
Now he's ready
Brown's righthanded delivery...
Potpie sends a wicked smash in the hole
Baker can't cut it off
Wallace makes a great backhand stab
Leaps and fires to Sisler
Jeeberoni is out on a bang-bang play!
Great play by Bobby Wallace!
That's two away
Wallace comes over from his shortstop
position to say a few words to Brown
Dan Fouts will be next up...

Fouts leaves the on-deck circle
He saunters to the plate on
this muggy summer day
Three Finger gets the sign from Chance
Brown brings it to the plate
Curve ball...
Fouts swings and misses by a mile
The bottom dropped out of that one!
A wicked pitch!
And that will do it for FOFC
Dead Ball Era wins 2 to 1
McGinnity gets credit for the win
Brown notches the save
Nielsen takes the loss
The hitting star for Dead Ball Era
was Ty Cobb
He was 1 for 3 with a homerun
And that wraps things up
So long from Dead Ball Era.