Then came Dick. Now, Batch had not fanned the boy during the game, and he was determined to do so this time. His determination led him to give the lad his first on balls, Dick waiting prettily.
Again a signal passed between Dick and Ready, and the boy stole second on the second ball pitched.
Ready hit the next ball pitched. It was a fly to right field, and Maloney got it. But Dick held second on the fly, running after it was caught, and got third.
Two men were out, but a hit meant the winning run. Bart drove into the first ball pitched, sending it on the ground past second, and Dick came racing home, while the crowd rose up and roared its applause.
Hazen had lost his bets.
CHAPTER X.
A DESPERATE SITUATION.
Merry and his team had reached Minneapolis, and, having no game on hand, decided to witness the contest between the home team and St. Paul. The game proved an exciting one.
The visitors had a big crowd of fans with them, and they put up a great fight for the game. Foley, the pitcher for St. Paul, had been much harder hit than Webber, of the home team, but his support, up to the sixth inning, had been masterly, and Minneapolis had been unable to squeeze in more than one run. St. Paul had not scored.