So the shouts from the Colby Hall boys went on.
In the meanwhile Paul Halliday stepped back a few paces and got directly under the descending sphere. Down it came, striking his finger tips and bouncing over his head.
“He’s muffed it! He’s muffed it!” yelled several of the Longley Academy contingent gleefully. “Run, boys, run!”
And how the runners did streak from base to base! And before the ball could be recovered by the bewildered Halliday the three runs had been scored.
CHAPTER XVI
SPOUTER IS CORNERED
“Hurrah for Longley!”
“That’s the way to do it! That makes the score eight to four!”