The game became the talk of the town, and the Excelsiors were asked all sorts of questions by those who had been foolish enough to bet and who had lost. Let it be said here that none of the Lakeport Club had bet.
"Oh, my arm wasn't in just the right condition," grumbled Si Voup. "Just wait till the next game; then we'll show 'em a trick or two."
"I got something in my eye during the second inning and that bothered me," said Sidney Yates.
"One of those fellows spiked me with his shoe," said the Excelsior shortstop. "After that I could scarcely walk." He had missed two "liners" and felt that he must excuse himself somehow.
Fred was so elated over the game that he could scarcely contain himself.
"It's just too good for anything," he said to his mother. "I wish you had been there."
"Isn't this the first of three games, Fred?"
"Yes, mother."
"Then you must win one more to be the champions of the town."
"We are sure to do that."