“Another like that now, Joe!”
Thus cried the throng. Gregory looked pleased.
“I guess Mack didn’t make any mistake picking him up,” he said.
The batter knocked a little foul next, that the catcher tried in vain to get. And then, when he faced Joe again, our hero sent in such a puzzling drop that the man was deceived and struck out.
“That’s the boy!”
“What do you think of our ten thousand dollar college pitcher now?”
“Come on, Clevefield! He’s got some more just like that!”
The home team and its supporters were jubilant, and Joe felt a sense of elation as he walked in to the bench.
“Now see what my opponent can do,” he murmured.