"I told you so!" cried Tom.
Over on the "grand stand" Mr. Rupert Barry's face actually broke into a smile.
"Fine work—a three-bagger, Professor Hopkins," he said.
"Very good indeed!" exclaimed the president. "I should have been sorry to see such courageous boys fail."
"Looks to me as if they could deliver the goods," piped "Uncle" Steve; which style of language so displeased Professor Ivins that he remained ominously silent.
Bob raced in home when Brentall singled.
"Extra, extra!" cried Benny. "Get the latest news! All about the Rockville nine going to pieces!"
With Victor Collins and Joe Rodgers, he headed a little procession around the field, with the object, he candidly confessed, of rattling the visitors as much as possible.
The next batter, Alf Boggs, was thrown out at first. Tom Clifton's hopes that a half dozen runs would cross the plate before the inning was over were shattered by the downfall of "Jack Frost" and Art Bowers.
In the eighth the high school team, by a tremendous effort, scored another run, and the Rockville boys then walked to the players' bench for their final turn at the bat.