“You know you are wrong, and everybody in that crowd knows it. You have turned the crowd against you by your work.”
“You shut up and play ball!” came savagely from the umpire. “If you don’t, I’ll declare the game forfeited.”
“Go ahead and declare it,” said Merry. “You cannot drive us that way.”
“Will you play ball, or not?”
“Put that umpire out!” roared the crowd. “He’s robbing you, Merriwell!”
“Hear that,” said Frank. “You can see what is thought of your work.”
“I don’t care!”
“Then your decision stands?”
“It does.”
“Come in, boys!” cried Merry. “We go to bat or leave the field.”