Baseball Joe on the School Nine; or, Pitching for the Blue Banner

oe, when they resumed the eating of the pie and the drink

Joe give you some points. His fat

fellow is welcome to the idea," replied Teet

y lost it," and Joe briefly told how Isaac Benjamin and Rufus Holdney had nearl

llows?" asked Tom, following the rec

courts. But he's on the watch for them, he told me. His business isn't all settled yet, and there

asked Peaches, during

erator?" demanded Teeter. "I could

e," observed Joe. "Why didn'

igonometry, I gues

n the team?" Jo

m is going to do. He and Luke are always making shifts, and that's what lost us the Blue Banner last season. The fellow

t from the big school clo

oe one day, as he and Tom c

e air, and I'm glad of it. What's that Shakespeare

t was Shakespeare, and I don't give a hang. All I know is that Spri

do you-or me, either. Hiram is

losing a chance to play on the nine just because I'm on the outs. Why do

"Do you want me to go, old man

course you k

fight on your hands. You and I stick together,

't know," spo

all that we used in one of the Star games. Get over there and sting s

ehide-dirty and stained as it was from many a clouting and drive into the tall

iver. Joe wound up and sent in a "hot" one. It landed squarely in Tom's glove for the fi

that?"

can get 'em there. Let 'em come about so," and

ed Joe as he wound up

e me some more that way, a

and the two chums looked up to see Hiram Shell gazing

feeling between himself and the bully had nearly worn

r what?" dem

went on Joe, "and Tom and I sort of felt the fe

did you fellows play ball befo

was one of the best pitch

Never heard of 'e

mitted modestly. "Tom here was first base

!" suggested Hiram with a leer. "Seems to

"I like the game, and I'd give a good deal

is filled,"

, anxious to put in a good word for hi

Well, you've got another 'hear' coming. Besides, if there wasn't a

eried Jo

team, but there's some class to Excelsior Hall. We don't want any dubs on our nine. You th

exclaimed T

box first inning with some of the teams we play. You pitch! Ha!

h," said Joe quietly though an a

! Ha! Ha! It makes me laugh," and with a sneering loo