Brad did get all the speed he could handle, but he handled the ball amazingly well, considering his injury. Farrell fell before Dick’s clever pitching, while Garvin was easily thrown out at first, after batting a grounder to Bradley.
Although the Maplewood players implored Slocum to get a hit and bring Dillard home, Dick caused the pitcher to go after three sharp shoots, all of which were smothered in Buckhart’s big mit.
Benton Hammerswell implored Slocum to hold Fairhaven down, and the pitcher promised to do so. He was unequal to the task, however, for with the head of the batting list up, Gardner led off with a savage swat, while Bold lifted a safe one into the field, and Bradley brought them both home with a whistler that went clean to the right-field fence.
Billy tried to stretch a handsome two-bagger into a three-base hit, and was thrown out at third.
Buckhart lifted a high foul, which was captured by Hunston.
Dick Merriwell was cheered as he walked to the plate, and he responded by getting a clean single. He then stole second on the first ball pitched, but died there, for Jolliby put up a fly that was caught.
Once more, in the first of the seventh, Dick pitched in his finest form, and before him the batters fell in order.
Fairhaven now had its final turn at bat.
With two strikes called on him, big Bob dropped the ball over the fence and easily reached third, while two fielders were searching for the sphere.
Although he might have trotted home, the big fellow stopped at third at the command of Dick, who had raced down to the coaching line.