Creel slid, but Harry nailed him, and the third inning was over.
CHAPTER XIX.
A GAME WORTH WINNING.
“Well, what do you think of it, Gowan?” laughed old man Grafter, as the seventh inning closed with the score still one to nothing in favor of the Merries.
McGann had joined Gowan. He showed that he was worried.
“Think?” wheezed the corpulent backer of the Outcasts. “I think it’s something unreasonable. I believe Merriwell has bought the game!”
“No, no!” said McGann, shaking his head. “You’re wrong, Bob.”
“Then why don’t they bat that fellow?”
“He’s using a new curve, and they can’t hit it. Hurley says it’s something absolutely novel.”