“I say you did not win the game fairly,” repeated the Pornell student stubbornly.
“We did win it fairly.”
“Explain yourself, Bock!” called out several.
“I will. In the ninth and tenth frames three of their bowlers overstepped the foul line. I saw them do it, and so did Carey, Gussic and Grimes.”
“That charge is absolutely false,” cried Andy. “I for one did not come within three inches of the mark.”
“Nor did I,” added Stuffer, and the others of the team said practically the same thing.
“This is very unfortunate,” said George Strong. “You should have had an umpire for the line.”
“I was watching the line,” said a Putnam Hall student named Barton. “I saw none of our bowlers overstep the mark. But the Pornell men went over—until Andy and the others protested.”
“I say they did go over,” insisted Roy Bock. “You may call this match yours, but I’ll not give it.”
“Nor I,” added Carey.