With a resounding thud the bat met the ball squarely and sent it over center field in a graceful ascending curve that bid fair to carry it far.
“Oh, what a pretty one!”
“Right on the nose!”
“Didn’t he swat it! Go on, you beggar! Run! Run!”
“Make it a home run!”
The crowd of Princeton adherents had leaped to their feet, and were cheering like mad.
“Go on, old man!”
“Take another base. He can’t get it!”
“Go to third!”
“Come on home!”