“Here it is,” said the boy, and, true to his word, he put it over.
“Two strikes!” cried the umpire, as Corrigan failed to connect.
“You little imp!” exclaimed the batter, his face very red. “Give me one more!”
But Dick threw a drop for the third one, and Corrigan struck over it a foot.
Two batters were out.
“Here! here!” cried Ready to Dick. “Stop that, will you? You’re not giving us a chance. I’m getting tired doing nothing.”
“Let the poor fellows hit one once in a while,” urged Rattleton.
But Dick did not seem inclined to obey, for he made the same kind of a mark of Dorrity, striking three men out in the first inning he pitched.
In their half of the fifth the Merries could not score, and the tally remained tied.