Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, HITS AND RUNS, by CARL SANDBURG


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First Line: I remember the chillicothe ball players grappling the rock
Last Line: And the umpire's throat fought in the dust for a song.
Subject(s): Baseball; Sports


I REMEMBER the Chillicothe ball players grappling the Rock Island ball
players in a sixteen-inning game ended by darkness.
And the shoulders of the Chillicothe players were a red smoke against
the sundown and the shoulders of the Rock Island players were a yellow
smoke against the sundown.
And the umpire's voice was hoarse calling balls and strikes and outs
and the umpire's throat fought in the dust for a song.






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