Batting to Win; A Story of College Baseball
Batting to Win; A Story of College Baseball
By Lester Chadwick (College Sports Series #3)
30 Mar, 2020
Sid Henderson arose from the depths of an antiquated easy chair, not without some effort, for the operation caused the piece of furniture to creak and groan, while from the thick cushions a cloud of dust arose, making a sort of haze about the student
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Sid Henderson arose from the depths of an antiquated easy chair, not without some effort, for the operation caused the piece of furniture to creak and groan, while from the thick cushions a cloud of dust arose, making a sort of haze about the student lamp, and forcing two other occupants of the college room to sneeze.
“Oh, I say, Sid!” expostulated Tom Parsons, “give a fellow notice, will you, when you’re going to liberate a colony of sneeze germs. I—er—ah! kerchoo! Hoo! Boo!” and he made a dive for his pocket-handkerchief.
“Yes,” added Phil Clinton, as he coughed protestingly. “What do you want to get up for and disturb everything, when Tom and I were so nice and quiet? Why can’t you sit still and enjoy a good think once in a while? Besides, do you want to give that chair spinal meningitis or lumbago? Our old armchair, that has stuck to us, through thick and thin, for better and for worse—mostly worse, I guess. I say——” Less