“If absolutely necessary. We’ll find out first what sort of a gathering we are to encounter.”
“You must pitch! It’ll never do to run Dick against a powerful Eastern team.”
“There are just as fast teams in the West.”
“Perhaps, but there is something the matter with Dick. Haven’t you noticed it?”
“He’s a trifle rattled by New York.”
“It’s worse than that.”
“Worse? How?”
“I believe he is homesick.”
“Perhaps so; but he’ll get over that. Wait till the game starts and he gets into it. He’ll forget everything but baseball.”
Still Bart urged Frank to go into the box. Hodge had the utmost confidence in Merry, even though Frank’s wrist was lame.