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LEG-HITTING.
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you would never place a man against him: where the ball was pitched there it was hit away."

Leg-hitting.—Besides the draw, there are two distinct kinds of leg-hits—one forward, the other back. The forward leg-hit is made, as in fig. 6., by advancing the left foot near the pitch of the ball, and then hitting down upon the ball with a free arm, the bat being more or less hori-

Fig. 6.