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Practical English Composition: Book II.: For the Second Year of the High School — John Stuart Mill — John Shaqi

Practical English Composition: Book II.: For the Second Year of the High School

John Stuart Mill · en

[5] Reprinted by permission of the author, Mr. G. A. Batchelor, of the
_Detroit Free Press_.

                         _The Score_

      PHILADELPHIA        AB  R  H TB BB SH SB PO  A  E

      E. Murphy, r.f.      5  1  2  2  0  0  0  2  0  0
      Oldring, l.f.        5  3  2  2  0  0  1  0  0  0
      Collins, 2b.         5  2  3  5  0  0  1  5  4  0
      Baker, 3b.           4  1  2  2  0  0  1  3  1  0
      McInnis, 1b.         4  0  0  0  0  0  0  9  0  0
      Strunk, c.f.         4  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  0
      Barry, s.s.          4  0  1  1  0  0  0  2  3  0
      Schang, c.           4  1  1  4  0  0  0  5  2  1
      Bush, p.             4  0  1  1  0  0  0  0  1  0
                          -----------------------------
         Total            39  8 12 17  0  0  3 27 11  1

      NEW YORK            AB  R  H TB BB SH SB PO  A  E

      Herzog, 3b.          4  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  0
      Doyle, 2b.           4  0  1  1  0  0  0  5  1  0
      Fletcher, s.s.       2  0  1  1  1  0  1  2  2  1
      Burns, l.f.          4  0  0  0  0  0  0  3  0  0
      Shafer, c.f.         3  1  1  2  1  0  0  2  0  0
      Murray, r.f.         3  1  1  1  1  0  1  4  0  0
      McLean, c.           2  0  1  1  0  0  0  3  1  0
      Wilson, c.           2  0  0  0  0  0  0  2  0  0
      Merkle, 1b.          2  0  0  0  1  0  0  3  0  0
      Wiltse, 1b.          0  0  0  0  0  0  0  2  0  0
      Tesreau, p.          2  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
      Crandall, p.         1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  2  0
      [A]Cooper            0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  0
                          -----------------------------
         Total            29  2  5  6  4  0  3 27  6  1

      [A] Ran for McLean in fifth.

      Philadelphia         3  2  0  0  0  0  2  1  0--8
      New York             0  0  0  0  1  0  1  0  0--2

      Two-base hit--Shafer. Three-base hit--Collins. Home run--Schang.
      Struck out--by Tesreau, 3; by Crandall, 1; by Bush, 3. Double
      plays--Collins-Barry; Bush-Barry-McInnis; Doyle (unassisted);
      Schang-Collins. Time--2:11. Umpires--Rigler at plate, Connolly
      on bases, Klem and Egan in field.


X. Exercises

 1. In this report we have a good example of baseball reporting as a
    literary art. The writer, Mr. E. A. Batchelor, of the _Detroit
    Free Press_, uses metaphor and antithesis with effect. The
    framework, as is usual in good comic writing, is excellent.
    Observe it:

    1. Four W's--Par. 1.
    2. Business Meeting--Par. 2.
    3. Refreshments--Pars. 3-12, inclusive.
         What New York suffered--Par. 3.
         What Philadelphia did--Par. 4.
         The Score--Par. 5.
         The Pitchers--Pars. 6-10.
           Their Choice--Par. 6.
           What New York's didn't do--Pars. 7-8.
           Joe Bush--Pars. 9-12.