The Redheaded Outfield, and Other Baseball StoriesGrey, Zane
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The Redheaded Outfield, and Other Baseball Stories
Grey, Zane
Baseball stories, American; Fiction; Short stories
Old Well-Well stood a moment with slow glance lingering on the tumult
of emptying bleachers, on the moving mingling colors in the grand
stand, across the green field to the gray-clad players. He staggered
forward and fell.
Before I could move, a noisy crowd swarmed about him, some solicitous,
many facetious. Young Burt leaped the fence and forced his way into the
circle. Then they were carrying the old man down to the field and
toward the clubhouse. I waited until the bleachers and field were
empty. When I finally went out there was a crowd at the gate
surrounding an ambulance. I caught a glimpse of Old Well-Well. He lay
white and still, but his eyes were open, smiling intently. Young Burt
hung over him with a pale and agitated face. Then a bell clanged and
the ambulance clattered away.
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