"I'm in the same boat. But what are you going to do?"
"I wish we could get at Joe Westmore or Fred Rush."
"There is only one way."
"How is that?"
"When Westmore comes to the bat you must deliver a swift ball and hit him in the side or the head. If you'll do that, when I go to the bat I'll step back and let Rush have it with the bat. Of course both of us can claim the accidents were unintentional."
"All right, I'll go you!" cried Si Voup, with blazing eyes. "Anything to make them lose the game!"
CHAPTER XXIX.
THE WINNING RUN.
In the next inning Joe managed to strike out two of the Excelsior players, and the third knocked a foul which the first baseman scooped in on the run. The Lakeports made another run.
"Keep it up and give them the worst drubbing they ever had!" cried a young man of the crowd, who had learned how Joe and Fred had been treated.