For the fourth time, Frank went into the box. He tried a drop to start with, and Teller led off with a hit. That drop hurt Frank’s wrist, and he decided that he could not use it any more.
Skew got a good one and dropped out a scratch hit that advanced Teller to second. Then O’Grady came up and smashed a hot one at Dick. The boy managed to handle it, but saw he could not get either Teller or Skew, which led him to throw to first. O’Grady was out, but the Stars had a man on second and third.
Hanson had fire in his eye when he came to the plate. He got a good one and sent a long fly into right field. Teller held third till the fly was caught. The instant it dropped into the hands of Carson he scooted for home.
Carson threw to second, but Rattleton found it useless to throw home, and Skew was too near third. The Stars had tied the score.
Two men were out, and Skew was on third. With Jack up, it seemed possible that another run would come in, which would put the Stars in the lead.
Had Frank been able to throw the double-shoot the scoring would have stopped beyond a doubt; but his wrist was so bad that he could not get the full effect of ordinary curves.
Merry was cautious, and Jack waited till three balls were called. Then Frank put one right over, and the batter lifted it.
Swiftwing had a long run for the ball, but he made his legs fly, and he took it as it came down. The inning was over, but the score was tied—one to one.