“Three runs! Colby Hall wins the game!”
CHAPTER XXVII
A SQUALL ON THE LAKE
Of course the Longley boys were keenly disappointed, especially as they had thought they had the game “sewed up,” as some of them expressed it. Yet the contest had been a fair one and they could not find fault over the result.
“You win,” said Ted Maxwell, coming up and shaking hands with Gif. “A good clean game.”
“I was a little out of practice,” grumbled Tommy Flanders. “I bet you couldn’t beat us again,” and he walked off in disgust.
“Now we’ve had a ball game, why can’t we have a few races on the lake, or things like that?” suggested Spouter.
“I’m willing,” put in Bob Mason.
“Maybe we’ll send you a challenge to a boat race,” added Maxwell.
“All right, anything you say,” returned Gif.