Batting to Win

ng out of town for a game," rema

ritically examined his favorite mushroom b

ess of Langridge, Miss Harrison, and the newspaper clipping. Hang i

ly doesn't care for a fellow that gamb

"that I'd 'gamble' on that. After the way he acted with Langridge last night, almos

d say he wasn't in the raid, and clear himself? It

yet he may ha

re's the fact of him suddenly being broke, being out late several times, going off after getting mysterious notes, and comi

fight. Now we're going out of town to play Wescott, and maybe get beaten, for they ha

ison, even going to the length of taking up hammered brass work because she had a fad that way. But since she turned

I'm going down to see Kerr and Leighton, to l

as could cut their lectures. It was a day's trip to the big college, one day would be devot

usiastic welcome as they were escorte

last year to play 'em football?" asked Ph

at the experience. We want to

d in the night, and was still threatening. But when the two nines went

out him, "you've got to play fast, snappy ball to win. We're up against a bett

ght they'll answer to me,"

e you'll have to walk h

allow 'em a hit," prop

tch Housenlager, as he tried to

me superb work in the box, but being fully matched by Marsha

came to bat in the fifth inning, with never a run scored, while Wescott

t-handed batters to sort o

id, who had been unusually quie

something new!" ex

handed before I came to Randall, but I gave it up. I've been pra

m. "Wait until we see wha

ther, under the scientific twirling of Marshall, Mr. Leighton, Kerr and Tom, afte

he players were "finding" Tom, and things

the sixth. There was manifest surprise when he took the left-handed position, and Mar

ed, and he sent it away over in the right field bleachers, easily making a three-bagger of it. He could have come on home, except for ground rules,

though he batted right handed, he managed to whale out a two-bagger, which brought in Sid and made the first tally f

n his work, and he struck out

ike the wind to first. He never would have reached it, but for an error on the part of the right fielder who muffed the ball, amid the g

in the eighth, however, the pitchers both working har

an only hold 'em down when they

," the nervy pit

left handed, and once more caught a "beaut" on the end of his bat. He got two bases on it, and, by great good luck Holly C

to him, in his endeavor to throw Sid out of his calculations, but the nervy Randall second baseman kept on. There was a collision between him and

d him, just as he had a chance to score! Come on in

t him, did not know what to do, after he had the horsehide. But by this time Sid was limping toward h

Wescott catcher, who saw Sid coming, for t

who was somewhat undecided. But Sid kept on to home, and tallied the run,

as he and several oth

Mr. Leighton, as he saw the

the next man struck out, retiring the side, and making the score five to four, in fav

d gone through the outer, fleshy part of his foot. It was so evidently an accident, however, tha

struck out two men. The third knocked what seemed was going to be a nice hit, but Pete Backus ca

that the third Wescott man was out, without a run h

ghton. "Poor Sid, though. He'l

lucky lad, as he limped along, his foot having been dre

others joining in, after cheers had been given fo

back to Randall next day, with the W

ed the lively look on the second baseman's face, for he was

the victorious team marched up the campus that

s most enthusiastic supporters. "Sid Henderson w

to his room to change hi

ed Tom and Phi

conceal a letter in his hand-a letter which he had found