Zane Grey

The Redheaded Outfield Zane Grey

Book Excerpt: ...ly, half liner--and a difficult one to field. Gilbat ran with great bounds, and though he might have got two hands on the ball he did not try, but this time caught it in his right, retiring the side. The Stars trotted in, Scott and Healy and Kane, all veterans, looking like thunderclouds. Red ambled in the last and he seemed very nonchalant.``By Gosh, I'd 'a' ketched that one I muffed if I'd had time to change hands, '' he said with a grin, and he exposed a handful of peanuts. He had refused to drop the peanuts to make the catch with two hands. That explained the mystery. It was funny, yet nobody laughed. There was that run chalked up against the Stars, and this game had to be won.``Red, I--I want to take the team home in the lead, '' said Delaney, and it was plain that he suppressed strong feeling. ``You didn't play the game, you know.''Red appeared mightily ashamed.``Del, I'll git that run back, '' he said. Then he strode to the plate, swinging his wagon- tongue b