The Roxley pitcher took his position, wound up; and the ball came in quickly.
"Ball one."
"That's right! Make him give you a good one."
Again the ball came in, and this time, as it was a fairly good one, the batter swung for it, and missed.
"Strike one."
"That's the talk, give him another like that, Carson!"
Again the ball came whizzing over the plate. The batsman struck it fairly, and it sailed down toward second base. The runner was off like a shot, but it availed him nothing. The second baseman caught the fly with ease.
"Hurray! One down! Now for the other two!"
The second man at the bat went out in one-two-three order. Then the third player up knocked a short fly to first.
"Three out. That's the way to do it, Roxley!"