"He's all right!"
The crowd went wild, as it had a right to do, and Joe's face was as red with pleasure as the nickname of his team. For he had had a large share in defeating the redoubtable Giants, though to the credit of that team be it said that several of its best players were laid up, and, at a critical part in the game their best hitter was ruled out for abusing the umpire.
But that took away nothing from Baseball Joe's glory.
"Oh, I'm so glad you won!" cried Mabel, as he passed her box. "Isn't it glorious?"
"It sure is," he admitted with a smile.
"Can't you take dinner with us at the hotel?" she went on, and Joe blushingly agreed. The other girls smiled at him, and Reggie nodded in a friendly manner.
"Great work, old man!" called Mabel's brother. "It was a neat game."
Then Joe hurried off to have a shower, and dress, and in the clubhouse he was hailed genially by his fellow players.
"Good work, Joe!"
"I didn't think you had it in you."