They were proud of him! Yet all they could do was to read of his triumphs. They had never seen him pitch.
He took a sudden resolution.
The home folks were in for one great, big, glorious fling!
[CHAPTER V]
GETTING READY FOR THE FRAY
“Come along, Jim!” cried Joe, jumping to his feet. “Put down that old paper and let’s go up to the Polo Grounds. You know we’ve got to meet McRae and the rest of the gang there at two o’clock, and it’s almost one now. We’ll just have time to get a bite of lunch before we go.”
“I’m with you,” responded Jim.
They hurried through their lunch and took the train at the nearest elevated station.
“Some difference to-day from the way we felt when we were going up yesterday, eh, Joe,” grinned Jim, as he stretched out his legs luxuriously and settled back in his seat.