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BASE-BALL BALLADS.
You'll find it the same upon life's massive chart—
The "star" and the "dub" are but inches apart.
One smashes out hard, but his drive never lands,
As it travels direct to another one's hands.
The next fellow's effort is puny and tame,
But it hits the right spot and so gathers him fame.
It's the lore of the age from the centuries brought:
"The bunt may roll safe, while the hard smash is caught."
You may strive twice as hard for the rich prize at stake,
But the fellow that wins is the one "with the break."
The "star" and the "dub" are but inches apart.
One smashes out hard, but his drive never lands,
As it travels direct to another one's hands.
The next fellow's effort is puny and tame,
But it hits the right spot and so gathers him fame.
It's the lore of the age from the centuries brought:
"The bunt may roll safe, while the hard smash is caught."
You may strive twice as hard for the rich prize at stake,
But the fellow that wins is the one "with the break."
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