Morris Hart ran up to see what was the matter.
"Why didn't you stop the ball?" he asked.
"It came so fast, I couldn't," groaned the unhappy professor.
"I thought you were used to fast bowling and could play the game."
"So I thought."
"It's my opinion you're a first-class fraud."
"Don't abuse me, there is a good fellow," said Mole. "Send for an ambulance and have me taken to the hospital: I'm in great pain and can't walk."
"If that is so, pardon me."
"My leg is broken."
"I'm sorry, but I always knew it took an American to play base-ball."