Merriwell's team came to bat, facing the handicap of seven runs.
CHAPTER XXVII.
MURILLO'S FAREWELL.
In the meantime at least twenty boys from the academy had gathered to watch the game.
Gregory Carker appeared, escorting Inza, Elsie, Winnie Badger, Teresa Gallup, Mrs. Morton, and Juanita Garcia.
"Now we've got to play real baseball, fellows," laughed Frank, as Carker escorted the ladies into the stand, where they took the most convenient seats. "The girls will be ashamed of us if we continue this monkeying. Start it up, Hodge. You're the first batter."
Bart Hodge stepped out, picked out one of Sparkfair's curves and smashed a hot grounder at Bubbs, who gathered the ball up cleanly and whipped it across to Brooks.
"Out at first!" announced Kilgore.