Duke Chapter 12
Summary
TLDRIn this chapter, Hobie joins a group of kids for a baseball game during the summer of 1944. He shares light-hearted moments with his friends, including jokes with Mrs. Lee and discussing soda flavors. Despite some challenges from Mitch, a seventh-grader who taunts them, the kids stay focused. Cookie hits a crucial ball, and Max, despite being inexperienced, makes an impressive catch to win the game, shutting down Mitch's teasing. The chapter ends with Hobie choosing to join Marty for a radio show, leaving Max to plan a visit for another day.
Takeaways
- ⚾ Hobie spends his afternoons playing baseball after working in the victory garden.
- 📜 Hobie's uncle Trig is returning soon, and Hobie's dad has asked him to help out more.
- 🧮 The kids at the schoolyard divide into teams, with Katherine always being one of the captains.
- 🥤 Hobie and Marty go to Lee's for sodas and bring one back for Katherine as a thank-you for bringing the ball every day.
- 👋 Hobie and Marty invite Max to play baseball, and he eventually joins after finishing errands for his mom.
- 🤣 Katherine and the boys engage in a playful burping contest, adding humor to the day.
- 🎯 Max makes a great catch in the outfield, helping his team win and shutting down Mitch's taunts.
- 💬 Mitch, a seventh grader, tries to distract the team with insults, but the players remain focused.
- 🩹 Max gets injured during the game but is proud of his catch and brushes off the pain.
- 🚴 Hobie leaves with Marty to catch a radio show, ‘Hop Harrigan,’ despite Max asking him to hang out.
Q & A
What is the setting of the chapter?
-The chapter is set in the summer of 1944, with Hobie and his friends playing baseball at a schoolyard.
Who are the main characters involved in this chapter?
-The main characters are Hobie, Katherine, Marty, Max, and Cookie, who are all kids gathered to play baseball.
Why does Hobie feel unsure about how many more ballgames he can play?
-Hobie is unsure how many more games he can play because his Uncle Trig is coming home soon, and Hobie might need to help him with the boat, the 'Lilly B'.
What role does Katherine play in the baseball games?
-Katherine is always one of the team captains and usually brings the baseball, so she often picks Hobie for her team.
Why does Hobie and Marty visit Lee's store during the break?
-Hobie and Marty go to Lee’s store to buy sodas during their lunch break from the baseball game. Hobie picks up a root beer for Katherine because she always brings the baseball.
What motivates Max to join the baseball game?
-Max seems hesitant at first but eventually agrees to join the game after Mrs. Lee encourages him, and the team convinces him they could use another player.
What is the significance of the joke Hobie tells at Lee’s store?
-Hobie tells a joke about crossing a sheepdog with a rose, resulting in 'a cauliflower'. It provides a light-hearted moment and demonstrates Hobie's sense of humor, even though he admits it's not a great joke.
What event causes tension during the baseball game?
-The tension rises when Mitch Mitchell, a seventh grader, arrives and starts making rude comments about the players, particularly targeting Cookie while she is at bat.
How does Max perform during the game, and what is the result?
-Max makes a great catch in the ninth inning, catching a ball hit by Cookie that seemed out of reach. His catch secures the win for their team, and everyone celebrates his impressive play.
What happens after the game between Hobie and Max?
-After the game, Max invites Hobie to come over, but Hobie declines because he plans to go with Marty to listen to the radio show 'Hop Harrigan'.
Outlines
⚾ A Day at the Ballpark
Hobie tucks his peanut butter sandwich inside his baseball glove as he heads to the schoolyard. The kids regularly gather to play baseball after working in the victory garden, and Hobie is unsure how many more games he'll be able to play since his Uncle Trig will be home soon. Katherine is one of the captains, and she often picks Hobie for her team. As more kids gather, they decide to play a game between the almost-sixth-graders and the almost-fifth-graders. The sixth graders win by a small margin, and Hobie and Marty head to Lee's for soda after the game, discussing the joke Hobie shares and their plans to listen to a radio show later.
🏃 A Catch to Remember
Max joins Hobie and the others for a baseball game, filling in a spot that makes the teams even. The game is close, with the score going back and forth until the final inning. Cookie steps up to bat with two outs, while Mitch heckles from the sidelines. Despite the distractions, Cookie manages to hit the ball, and Max makes an incredible diving catch to win the game for his team. Max, still new to baseball, brushes off his bleeding elbows, proud of his catch. Catherine and the others celebrate, and as Hobie and Marty leave for their radio show, Hobie reflects on the day's events.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Hobie
💡Baseball
💡Victory Garden
💡Katherine
💡Uncle Trig
💡Mitch Mitchell
💡Max
💡World War II
💡Responsibility
💡Friendship
Highlights
Hobie tucks a peanut butter sandwich inside his baseball glove, hanging it from the handlebars as he rides to the schoolyard.
Every day, Hobie and a group of kids gather to play ball after weeding the victory garden, sometimes waiting until there are enough players for two teams.
Hobie's Uncle Trig is due to return soon, and Hobie worries about helping him with the boat, the Lily B.
Katherine is always one of the team captains because she brings the baseball and usually picks Hobie for her team.
Hobie and Marty ride to Lee’s for a soda after a morning of baseball, where Hobie picks up a root beer for Katherine.
Max, a kid Hobie sees occasionally, is invited to join the game after finishing errands for his mother.
Katherine holds a burping contest during lunch, which Marty easily wins thanks to his secret of drinking Bubble Up soda.
Mitch Mitchell, a seventh grader, arrives to heckle the younger kids as they continue their baseball game.
Despite Mitch's taunts, the kids focus on the game, with Cookie, the batter, determined to hit the ball.
Max makes a remarkable catch in the field, ending the game, and the team celebrates his effort.
Max sustains a minor injury during the game but feels it was worth it to shut Mitch up.
Hobie and Max share a brief moment of camaraderie before Marty interrupts, calling Hobie to listen to Hop Harrigan together.
Catherine gives Hobie a funny look before leaving, leaving him confused.
Max invites Hobie to come over after the game, but Hobie declines, opting to join Marty instead.
The chapter closes with Hobie racing after Marty, imagining himself as 'Hobie Hansen, ace of the airways.'
Transcripts
hi I gotta take a drink where I'm not
gonna be able to read another chapter do
you guys I thought I better do to
today's caught up
alright chapter 12 builders choice June
30th 1944 Hobie tucked a peanut butter
sandwich inside his baseball glove and
hung it from the handlebars nearly every
day after weeding and wandering the Vick
victory garden he'd ridden his bike to
school and every day there was a bunch
of kids gathered ready to play ball
sometimes they hid around until there
were enough for two teams then they
played until 3:00 when the guys with the
paper routes had to leave to pick up
their papers hope he wasn't sure how
many more ballgames he could make uncle
trig was due home within the week and
who knew how much help
he'd want with the Lilly best dad's last
letter had included a list of ways hot
Hobie could pitch in don't wait for trig
to ask you to do something he'd written
if you see a job to do just do it Hobie
hoped he wouldn't let Dad down or uncle
trig writing just to the schoolyard
Hobie wondered if they'd have enough for
two teams today the team shifted around
a bit depending on who showed up but
Katherine was always one of the captains
she brought the baseball and was usually
picked and she usually picked Hobie for
her team Hobie counted heads as he
coasted across the schoolyard to the
backstop 15 already enough for two teams
cookie and her friend Nina showed up
with a bunch of other kids for their
grade we should play forth against fit
Marty suggested you mean v against six
Katherine corrected or officially sixth
graders now right Marty tapped the side
of his head in the summer I blocked
school stuff out of my brain me too said
the other captain Mike Feeney not me
said Preston crane I'm miss school you
would Marty groan let's just play ball
they divvied up the teams into the two
grades and played all morning but almost
sixth graders beat the almost fifth
graders but only by a run let's take a
lunch break
I'm already plunked down on the grass
I'm starving glad to meet you starving
said Hobie very funny Marty flopped onto
his back I'm thirsty too anyone else
want a ride over to Louise for a soda
the other kids were fine
the water home so it was just Hobie and
Marty who went to Lee's but we had a
done he picked up a grape soda for
himself do you think Katherine would
rather have grape or root beer hope he
asked Marty since Katherine brought the
ball every day he thought she deserved a
soda too root beer
Marty picked up a bubble up for himself
hey you want to come over later listen a
hot pair again with me sure hope he
thought about all the times he and
scooter had sat at all these kitchen
waiting here what hop head was going to
do that day if the story was a dud
scooter added his own sound effects and
not always polite ones but home he
laughed no matter what mrs. Lee took
their change no joke today she asked oh
he thought for a second what was the one
thing he just read okay what'd he get
when you cross a sheepdog with a rose
mrs. Lee wrinkled up her forehead
thinking Marty did too I give Murray
said popping the cap all of his soda
bottle some kind of flower mrs. Lee
guessed Hobie grinned a cauliflower she
shook her head Marty coughed on his
drink I didn't say it was a good joke oh
he said any joke is a good one mrs. Lee
declared a daily chuckle is a good as
vitamins as they headed out the door max
was coming in working hard on a piece of
gum hi hope he hadn't seen really seen
max except for when he wrote by the
school yard every now and again max blue
a black bubble black jack gum the same
kind ho we liked what are you guys doing
playing baseball over at the school
already answered I'll be remembered
seeing a baseball mitt hanging off of
Max's bike once do you want to come max
shrugged I don't know but he sounded
like he did no go along mrs. Li said
it'd be good for you we could use
another guy said Marty okay max pulled a
shopping list from his pocket as soon as
I take these things home to mom I'll be
over there
see you soon he'll be said back at the
schoolyard he opened the soda bottles on
his belt buckle then handed Catherine
the root beer well thanks she took a big
swallow my favorite Marty Elwood ho we
told you he said we ran into Mexico he
said he might be coming over
dibbs Catherine said besides that'll
even up the team's the other captains
spit in the dirt at her feet we're still
going to be
guys says who Katherine let out of a
belt for emphasis
Katherine cookie Kido giggled that is
not very ladylike
Katherine answered with another belch
that led up to a burping contest that
Marty easily won bubble up
he told Katherine letting her in on his
trade secret works every time
ready to go asked another captain max
isn't here yet Katherine said we should
probably start without him said Marty in
case he can't come let's wait a few more
minutes suggested hoping he threw the
wax paper wrapper from a sandwich into
the garbage there he is
max cycled towards them cheeks red I got
here as fast as I could
he gasped let's go Katherine held a bat
out to the other captain he gripped it
with one hand and she snubbed her next
hand next to his he went back and forth
like that until they ran out of bet
Katherine's hand was on top we choose
last UPS
she said max joined Hobie in the field
the score went back and forth back and
forth but in the top of the ninth their
team was ahead by one run with two outs
cookie stepped up to bet batter can't
hit mari hollered Hobie looked over at
max yes she can he said heads up
max pounded his fist into the glove
crouching down to the ready position
what's that out in the field a familiar
voice hollered not a paradise but a pair
of dunces mitch mitchell strolled up
behind the backstop flanked by a couple
of seventh graders hope he had seen
around that's so funny I forgot to laugh
Catherine said don't listen to him Marty
called over his shoulder to max and
Hobie max eased up out of out of his
crouch Marty's right Hobie called let's
keep our heads in the game
Mitch kept at it with his snide comments
go ahead he said to cookie hit it a good
one they can't catch it anyway
Catherine wound up and delivered her
pitch strike out called the catcher
cookie stamped her foot darn it she said
she lifted the bat to her shoulder it's
not a fielder's choice but builders
chumps Mitch held at his own bad joke
Hobie punched his fist into the glove
Catherine released the ball strike two
you can do it cookie her teammates
called cookie held up her hand to
indicate time then she turned to face
Mitch oh we had no idea what she said
but whatever it was it just shut
up cookie step back up to the
plate she swung she connected easy score
shouted mine max yelled running in
on the ball then it seemed to shift
courses looking to fall right behind him
max pivoted and dived he got it homie
shouted he got it max left up holding
the glove high above his head oh sorry
holding the gloved ball high
yippie-ki-yay screamed Catherine Marty
put his fingers in his mouth and
whistled
that was beautiful homie said how did
you do it max toss the ball back to
Catherine beginner's luck he said the
first ball I ever caught well keep it up
said Hobie max brushed the knees of his
dungarees
you're bleeding he'll be said and it
stings like heck to max looked at his
elbows then back at home like the cat
that caught my canary it was worth it
though just to shut mich up they jog to
congratulate Catherine I wish I had a
camera she said yeah that was some catch
hope he said no for that she covered a
smile with her hand for the look on
Rich's face she blew her asbury at
Mitch's departing back max turned to
holy do you want to come over today
he asked Marty ran up and punched Toby
on the arm ready to listen to hop
Harrigan sorry max another time he'll be
followed Marty to grab their bikes good
game everybody Catherine gave Hobie a
funny look what he asked she kept
glaring girls max hooked his glove over
his handlebar by Catherine he said cmx
will be called but max must not have
heard him because he didn't answer
come on Marty called the show might be
starting he raced away from the
schoolyard wait up I'll be peddled after
Marty so fast he was nearly flying Hobie
Hansen ace of the Airways all right you
guys Chapter 13 tomorrow
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