A shout went up from the crowd.
“The kid struck him out!”
“That’s right!”
“He pitches with either hand!”
“Hicks thought him too easy.”
“Potter will get a hit.”
The crowd was talking excitedly as the pitcher for the Minneapolis team walked up to the plate. Hicks growled as he retired to the bench.
“Think of being struck out by that baby!” he exclaimed.
Potter was determined to show what he could do. He batted left-handed, and immediately Dick prepared to deliver the ball with his left hand.
The remarkable boy could throw with either hand, and, of late, he had been practising pitching with his left hand. To his surprise, he had found he could get greater curves with his left than with his right, but his control was not quite as good, while his speed was much less.