text_original: The kick was a bad one — ^the ball was as heavy as lead, so that there was not much kick in it — ^and as it was coming down one of their men, appearing right on the spot, caught it, dropped a drop which was a drop, sent the ball right over our heads, and as near as a toucher over the bar. Digitized by VjOOQIC IS6 THE SEEN AND THE UNSEEN Just then the whistle sounded. "Do you know," declared Ingall, as we were crossing over, " I believe they're playing fifteen men."
text_transcription: THE KICK WAS A BAD ONE THE BALL WAS AS HEAVY AS LEAD SO THAT THERE WAS NOT MUCH KICK IN IT AND AS IT WAS COMING DOWN ONE OF THEIR MEN APPEARING RIGHT ON THE SPOT CAUGHT IT DROPPED THE DROP WHICH WAS A DROP SENT THE BALL RIGHT OVER OUR HEADS AND AS NEAR AS A TOUCHER OVER THE BAR JUST THEN THE WHISTLE SOUNDED DO YOU KNOW DECLARED INGOL AS WE WERE CROSSING OVER I BELIEVE THEY'RE PLAYING FIFTEEN MEN
phonemes: ðə kˈɪk wʌzɐ bˈæd wˌʌn — ðə bˈɔːl wʌz æz hˈɛvi æz lˈiːd, sˌoʊ ðæt ðɛɹwˌʌz nˌɑːt mˈʌtʃ kˈɪk ɪn ɪt — ænd æz ɪt wʌz kˈʌmɪŋ dˌaʊn wˈʌn ʌv ðɛɹ mˈɛn, ɐpˈɪɹɪŋ ɹˈaɪt ɔnðə spˈɑːt, kˈɔːt ɪt, dɹˈɑːpt ɐ dɹˈɑːp wˌɪtʃ wʌzɐ dɹˈɑːp, sˈɛnt ðə bˈɔːl ɹˈaɪt ˌoʊvɚɹ ˌaʊɚ hˈɛdz, ænd æz nˌɪɹ æz ɐ tˈʌtʃɚɹ ˌoʊvɚ ðə bˈɑːɹ. dˈɪdʒɪtˌaɪzd baɪ vˌiːdʒˈeɪ ˈuːkɪk ɪz sˈɪks ðə sˈiːn ænd ðɪ ʌnsˈiːn dʒˈʌst ðˈɛn ðə wˈɪsəl sˈaʊndᵻd. "dˈuː juː nˈoʊ," dᵻklˈɛɹd ɪŋɡˈɔːl, æz wiː wɜː kɹˈɔsɪŋ ˈoʊvɚ, " aɪ bᵻlˈiːv ðeɪɚ plˈeɪɪŋ fˈɪftiːn mˈɛn."