"Good!" Polly whispered to Lois, and raised her left hand above her head.
But the Fenwick side center intercepted Fanny's pass and, before they knew it, the ball was down at the other end. Evelin failed to guard her forward and, after a high toss, the ball fell into the basket.
Dorothy Mead, as official score keeper, drew a 2 slowly on the blackboard. Fanny felt the fault was entirely hers and turned appealing eyes to her captain.
"Cheer up!" Polly called. "That's only one; dodge her next time."
But Fanny didn't get a chance to even touch the ball, for Betty lost the toss up, and the ball was spirited away to the other goal. Evelin fought hard, but Eleanor was so busy thinking about the lines that the Fenwick team made another basket.
"Oh, this is awful! I never saw Eleanor so slow," Lois said.
Betty lost the next toss up, too, but, fortunately, Evelin stopped it and threw to Fanny. She passed to Betty, and Lois waited for it near the line, but her guard kept her from getting it. They fought hard in the center for the next few minutes. Eleanor got so excited that she stepped over the line, the whistle blew, and the Fenwick forward made a basket. The score was five to nothing.
Eleanor looked at Polly, but she shook her head.
"The first half is almost up," she said to Lois. "I don't want to change yet."
Fanny fumbled the next ball Betty sent her.