The side went out right after that.
"What did I tell you?" breathed Dick jubilantly. "We now stand five to four."
"But Ted's terrors have a chance at bat," returned Hazelton.
"It won't do them any good," Captain Dick affirmed. "Greg, signal for all the hard ones. Don't have any mercy on my arm. This is the last inning and the last game of the series. I can stand being crippled."
"The last inning and the last game, unless the Souths score now,"
Holmes answered.
"Don't let 'em score!" Dick insisted. "Remember, kill me with hard work, but don't let the Souths score!"
Ted Teall went to bat first for his side.
Chapter XVII
DODGE AND RIPLEY HEAR SOMETHING
Teall's grin, as he swung his stick and waited, was more impudent than ever. He meant to show the bumptious Centrals a thing or two.