“Foul—strike two!”
“Miller lines the ball to right. Maginn, instead of waiting for the ball on the bound, rushes in to make a shoestring catch and the ball gets past him. Elton retrieves the ball and makes a great throw to the plate to catch Wharton, who has rounded third and is racing for home. He slides under the catcher’s arm and scores. Miller in the meantime makes third.”
Again there came the murmur of applause that showed how the boys were wrought up by the play that they saw in their minds’ eye almost as plainly as if it were right before them.
“Helmer hits to Hofmeyer,” went on the voice, “and Miller is run down between third and home, the batter reaching second on the play.”
“Ball one!”
“Ball two!”
“Helmer makes a clean steal of third.”
“Ball three!”
“Guess the Pittsburgh pitcher is getting a little nervous,” whispered Jimmy.
“That steal, together with the error in center, is getting his goat,” assented Herb.