“Do you suppose he knows what Darrell tried to do?” asked Mel Fraser.
“Oh, he has sense enough to know that!”
“Then why has he given him another show?”
“Ask me! I will never tell. There they go!”
Dick delivered the first ball and Crockett fouled it.
“That’s touching him!” chuckled Roberts. “You’ll hit it on the trade-mark next time, Crock!”
The batter did hit the next ball, but it was one of those exasperating pop flies which fell into Bradley’s hands, and Crockett retired to the bench.
“Start us off, Dustan!” urged Roberts. “Give us a hit here! Let’s clinch the game in the first inning.”
Up popped Ted Smart on the bleachers.
“Please don’t make too many runs in the first inning!” he entreated. “Please don’t make more than ten or fifteen runs in this inning! Just give us a little show! Don’t bury us at the very start! It isn’t fair.”