Tommy and His Mates Disagreed With the Decision of the Umpire.
“That was an accident. I’ll hit the next one,” declared Pete, and he did, getting to first base. Patsie Cook made a foul and got out, and Billy Newhouse ran for first, only to be put out there, as he had not hit the ball far enough. But Dan Danforth brought in Pete from third base, with the first run of the game, and the Roarers felt a little downcast at the start their rivals made. However, that was all the visitors scored in their half of the first inning.
“Now to see what we can do!” exclaimed Tommy, and to his delight his side got two runs. Then there was a discussion about a boy being put out at home. Tommy and his mates disagreed with the decision of the umpire.
“Say, if you don’t give in, I’ll quit!” declared the boy who was calling strikes and balls.
“Oh, well, we’ll give it, but he wasn’t out!” insisted Tommy.
“Oh, we’ll snow you under!” declared Dan, with a laugh.
From then on the home team played very poor ball, until in the eighth inning the score was ten to six in favor of the visitors, when Tommy’s nine came in for their half of that inning.
“Four to tie and five to win!” cried Tommy.
“We never can do it!” declared Teddy, sorrowfully.
“Yes, we can—we’ve just got to!” exclaimed the young captain.