"No, it wasn't!" answered the umpire. "Shut up!"
Again the ball came in and Harrison struck at it and missed it. It was pretty high, but Fred managed to grab and hold it.
"Strike two!"
"Strike him out, Joe!" called a boy in the crowd.
"Keep cool, Harrison!" came from Voup.
Once more the ball was delivered and this time the first batter for the Excelsiors managed to connect with it and drive it down to rightfield.
"Hurrah!" came in a wild yell. "Good for Harrison! Make it a two-bagger, old man!"
It was certainly a base hit and Harrison got to first base with ease. Then he tried to steal to second. But the ball came in with a rush and he was put out several feet from the base, while trying to get back to first.
"Never mind, he hit it all right enough," said Yates.
"Why didn't you stay at first?" growled Voup, when Harrison came in and sank on the bench in disgust.