Rattleton was wide-awake, and he covered the bag, taking the throw and whirling to first.
Skelding had stopped and was trying to dig back to first.
Harry shot the ball into Browning’s hands, thus completing a beautiful triple play.
How the crowd roared! This was ball-playing to satisfy the most exacting fan.
Hans Dunnerwurst stood with his mouth open, staring blankly.
“Vot vos der madder?” he muttered. “I pelief somebody vos oudt alretty!”
But it seemed to take him several seconds to understand that the side had been retired.
“Wasn’t that beautiful, Elsie?” cried Inza. “Did you ever see anything so fine before?”
Elsie laughed and gave Inza’s arm a squeeze.
“Yes,” she said, “I saw something just as fine when Bart stole those two bases, one after another.”