“Now comes an out,” decided Merry, and he was right, for the pitcher tried to pull him on the next one.
When Frank refused to fan, Nesbitt found another ball had been called on him.
“He doesn’t dare let you hit it, Merry!” cried Jack Ready.
“Don’t I?” muttered the pitcher. “See if he’ll try this one.”
He sent over a pretty one, but Frank was playing the game, and he did not swing at it.
“One strike!” exclaimed the umpire.
The pitcher followed with another of the same kind.
“Two strikes!”
Then Nesbitt tried just what Frank fancied he would. He started the ball high, but gave it a drop, so it fell as it was about to pass Frank.
But it never passed. Merry hit it fair and lined it out.