“Safe!” declared the umpire.
Then the angry baseman quickly spiked Foley’s hand. It was, in truth, dirty ball-playing, and the visiting spectators had good cause to become incensed.
Foley’s right hand was the one injured, and the injury was bad enough to put him out of the game. Several players ran down to first from the St. Paul bench.
“Lynch Prince!” yelled the spectators.
“Mob him!”
“Kick him!”
“Kill him!”
It seemed that the spectators would pour onto the diamond, but several officers appeared and did their best to hold the crowd back.
Trueman, the captain of the visiting team, had reached the side of the injured player.
“How bad has he hurt you, old man?” he anxiously asked.