Shackleton batted one into right field, and Carson attempted to reach home on it.
Sleepy Jake Lander was very wide awake, and he made a line throw to the plate.
Regardless of the fact that he was not in playing uniform, Carson slid. Crowfoot was there, however, and he promptly tagged Berlin. Kilgore declared it a put-out.
Hodge laughed at Carson and slapped him on the shoulder.
"These kids know how to play the game, old boy," he said. "We mustn't forget that Frank Merriwell is their instructor and coach."
Carson joined in the laugh.
"I thought I had that score recorded on the score sheet," he confessed.
In the eighth, with one out and the bases full, Brooks drove in a run.
Two men attempted to score, however, and the second runner was put out at the plate. A moment later another man was caught off his sack, making the third out.
But the regulars had the lead.