Over on a corner of the Yardley bench the scorer bent over his book while the crowds overflowed the field. He was putting the finishing touches to his work, and as he figured the last summary he smiled in contentment. Here is the story the score-book told:
| YARDLEY | R | H | P | A | E | BROADWOOD | R | H | P | A | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Durfee, ss | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | Cross, 2b | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| Colton, p | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Gale, 3b | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Condit, 3b | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Russell, cf | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Lawrence, rf | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Little, cf | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Loring, lf | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Boudinot, rf | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Richards, c | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | Kent, ss | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Millener, 1b | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | Patterson, c | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| Vinton, 2b | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | Bray, 1b | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Smith, cf | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Minot, lf | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Herring, p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| Totals | 4 | 6 | 27 | 12 | 3 | Totals | 3 | 5 | 27 | 18 | 5 |
| Innings | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 |
| Yardley | 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1—4 |
| Broadwood | 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0—3 |
Home Run—Little. Three-base Hit—Patterson. Two-base Hits—Colton, Loring. Sacrifice Hits—Kent, Vinton. Stolen Bases—Cross, Loring, Durfee. Bases on Balls—Off Herring, 2; off Colton, 3. Struck Out—By Herring, 5; by Colton, 7. Hit by Pitched Ball—Cross, Boudinot, Minot, Loring, Smith. Double Plays—Cross to Bray, Vinton unassisted. Time of Game—2 h. 35 m. Umpire—Gill.
What a journey home in the automobile that was! Mr. Pennimore, Gerald, Dan, Alf, and Harry in the tonneau, and Tom beside the chauffeur! How the blue flags snapped and fluttered their signal of victory as the big car ate up the white road! How, as they rehearsed the struggle, they always came back sooner or later to Dan’s double play!
“Why, Dan,” declared Alf vehemently, “you won that game just as much as though you had made a home-run with the bases full! If you hadn’t doubled then Broadwood would have scored twice at least! Confound you, Dan, you’re always doing some spectacular stunt and making a blooming hero of yourself! Why can’t I be a hero, I’d like to know? But you just wait until next year. If I can’t find any other way of doing it I’ll set fire to Dudley and rescue Tom in his nightie from the devouring flames! I’ll be a hero or perish!”
“So that,” inquired Mr. Pennimore when they had ceased laughing at Alf’s sally, “is what you call a ‘double play.’ Well, it strikes me, Dan, that double plays are your forte.”
“That’s the first one I ever made, sir,” answered Dan.
Mr. Pennimore smiled.