“That’s the way to do it!”
“One more run and the score will be a tie!”
“That was a foul!” grumbled Reff Ritter.
“Of course it was a foul!” chimed in Dan Baxter.
“It was a fair ball,” said the umpire. “Perfectly fair.”
The Medals wanted to argue, but the umpire would not listen. There was a cry from all around the diamond to “Play ball!” and the umpire pulled out his watch.
“Play in two minutes or forfeit the game,” he said, loudly.
Still grumbling, Dan Baxter walked back to the box. He sent in a ball with care and the batsman had a strike called on him. But then came a safe hit and Bart came in, tying the score, 9 to 9, amid a great cheering.
Pepper was now to the bat, but went out on a fly to second. Then came Hogan.
“Now, Emerald, we depend on you,” said Bart, in a low tone.