Zane Grey
The Redheaded Outfield and Other Baseball Stories
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Table of contents
THE REDHEADED OUTFIELD
THE RUBE
THE RUBE'S PENNANT
THE RUBE'S HONEYMOON
THE RUBE'S WATERLOO
BREAKING INTO FAST COMPANY
THE KNOCKER
THE WINNING BALL
FALSE COLORS
THE MANAGER OF MADDEN'S HILL
OLD WELL-WELL
THE REDHEADED OUTFIELD
There
was Delaney's red-haired trio--Red Gilbat, left fielder; Reddy
Clammer, right fielder, and Reddie Ray, center fielder, composing the
most remarkable outfield ever developed in minor league baseball. It
was Delaney's pride, as it was also his trouble.Red
Gilbat was nutty--and his batting average was .371. Any student of
baseball could weigh these two facts against each other and
understand something of Delaney's trouble. It was not possible to
camp on Red Gilbat's trail. The man was a jack-o'-lantern, a
will-o'-the-wisp, a weird, long- legged, long-armed, red-haired
illusive phantom. When the gong rang at the ball grounds there were
ten chances to one that Red would not be present. He had been
discovered with small boys peeping through knotholes at the vacant
left field he was supposed to inhabit during play.Of
course what Red did off the ball grounds was not so important as what
he did on. And there was absolutely no telling what under the sun he
might do then except once out of every three times at bat he could be
counted on to knock the cover off the ball.Reddy
Clammer was a grand-stand player--the kind all managers hated--and he
was hitting .305. He made circus catches, circus stops, circus
throws, circus steals--but particularly circus catches. That is to
say, he made easy plays appear difficult. He was always strutting,
posing, talking, arguing, quarreling--when he was not engaged in
making a grand-stand play. Reddy Clammer used every possible incident
and artifice to bring himself into the limelight.Reddie
Ray had been the intercollegiate champion in the sprints and a famous
college ball player. After a few months of professional ball he was
hitting over .400 and leading the league both at bat and on the
bases. It was a beautiful and a thrilling sight to see him run. He
was so quick to start, so marvelously swift, so keen of judgment,
that neither Delaney nor any player could ever tell the hit that he
was not going to get. That was why Reddie Ray was a whole game in
himself.Delaney's
Rochester Stars and the Providence Grays were tied for first place.
Of the present series each team had won a game. Rivalry had always
been keen, and as the teams were about to enter the long homestretch
for the pennant there was battle in the New England air.The
September day was perfect. The stands were half full and the
bleachers packed with a white-sleeved mass. And the field was
beautifully level and green. The Grays were practicing and the Stars
were on their bench.
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