The ball came in and the batter swung for it and missed it.
"Strike one!"
"That's the way to do it, Muggs!"
Again the ball came in, and this time there was a foul tip.
"Foul! Strike two!"
Following this second strike came two balls, over which the Brill contingent cheered. Then came a swift inshoot, which the batter missed by the fraction of an inch.
"Strike three! Batter out!" sang out the umpire.
"That's the way to do it, Muggs!" came the yell from the Roxley cohorts, and there followed a din of horns and rattles.
The second man up for Brill managed to get to first, but the next one went out on a pop fly, and then the man on first was caught trying to steal to second.
"That's the way to do it, Roxley! Keep it up!" And as a goose egg was put up for Brill on the score board the opponents cheered as wildly as ever.