“What a shame!” yelled Ted Smart.
Arlington walked down toward second, receiving the ball from Tubbs as the latter tossed it to him.
“You nailed him fast, Obed, my boy,” he said.
“You bet I did, by jinks!” grinned Tubbs.
“Why didn’t they get an elephant to play second base!” snarled O’Rouke, as he brushed the dust from his suit and walked off the diamond.
“Struck a snag, didn’t you, Mike?” asked Tom Grace, the captain of the Great Northern, as O’Rouke returned to the bench.
“That’s what I did,” nodded the fellow. “I thought I’d fix him with my spikes that trip, but he just jumped into the air and came down on me like a brick block. I thought he had broken every rib in my body. You fellows want to look out for him when you slide to second.”
Hardy, the next batter, sent a nasty little bounder down to Bradley, who fumbled it long enough for the batter to safely reach first.
“Now we’re going, boys,” laughed Grace, as he stepped out to hit. “We might as well clinch the game right here in this inning.”
“Of course you will do it!” cried Ted Smart. “We know you will! We’ll take delight in seeing you clinch the game!”