"He is a bad egg," said more than one. "He should have been locked up long ago." And in the end Dan Marcy was tried for his crimes and sent to prison for several years. Si Voup and Boardman escaped with severe reprimands and both promised to turn over a new leaf.
The victory over the Excelsiors gave the Lakeports an excellent reputation throughout the whole State, and they received challenges to play in many cities and towns. Harry took a really fine photograph of the club in uniform, and this was reproduced in several newspapers, much to the club members' gratification. All told during that season they played twenty-eight games, of which they won nineteen. Link pitched at four of the games, all of which were won.
"This has been the best summer in my life!" declared Fred, when the season was at an end. "I can tell you what, boys, there is no sport on earth like baseball."
"Well, I like boating pretty well," said another boy. "I think it is about time we organized a boat club."
"Hurrah! let us do it!" was the cry; and how the boys went to work, and what races they had, will be told in another volume, to be called, "The Boat Club Boys of Lakeport; or, The Water Champions." Boating is a clean, healthy sport, and my young readers can rest assured that the boys of Lakeport enjoyed it greatly.
THE END.
EDWARD STRATEMEYER'S BOOKS
Old Glory Series
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