At this the captain got angry and told them to get out. When he got ready to change he would do it without anybody's advice.
Coulter continued to pitch, and the next batter got first on an error by the shortstop.
"The whole team is going to pieces!" laughed Paul Pierson. "I wouldn't be surprised to see Old Put's boys pull the game out in this inning, for all that two men are out."
"If they do so, Merriwell is the man who will deserve the credit," said Collingwood. "That is dead right."
"Yes, it is right, for he restored confidence and started the work of rattling Coulter."
"Paul," said the great man of the 'Varsity crew, "that fellow is fast enough for the regular team."
"You said so before."
"And I say so again."
Now it became evident to everybody that Coulter was in a pitiful state, for he could not find the plate at all, and the next man went down on four balls, filling the bases.
But that was not the end of it. The next batter got four balls, and a score was forced in.