down-swinging

Updated: May 28, 2025

He felt a corner of the plate. At the same instant he heard the thud of the ball against the catcher's glove overhead, the swish of the down-swinging arm, and "Safe at the plate!" cried the umpire. At second Apthorpe was sitting on the bag, joyfully kicking his heels into the earth. On the bench the scorer made big, trembling dots on the page. Everywhere pandemonium reigned.

Ralph Henry Barbour - The New Boy at Hilltop