“Look at the kid!” cried somebody. “Why, are they going to use that boy?”
“They must be crazy!”
“He can’t play ball in this company.”
“He isn’t over fourteen.”
“He’s going in short.”
“Where’s the short-stop they had yesterday?”
“There he goes into right field. The right-fielder is on the bench, I reckon.”
“I’m afraid this game won’t be much like the game yesterday. Our boys will have a snap.”
This seemed to be the fear of most of the spectators, and yet Merriwell’s team received applause for its sharp practise-work.