Then the graceful, powerful Lane, champion batter, champion base runner, stepped to the plate. How
a baseball crowd, any crowd, anywhere, loves
the champion batter! The ovation Lane received made me wonder, with this impressive reception in
a hostile camp, what could be the manner of it on his home field? Any boy ball-player from the lots
seeing Lane knock the dirt out of his spikes and step into position would have known he was a 400
hitter.