"He has it! Hurrah! No runs this innings for Pornell!" And the
Putnamites howled themselves hoarse, while their opponents had
nothing to say.
But the players from the rival academy had a fine battery, and it
was impossible to "get onto" their pitcher's curves during that
first innings. The players went out in one, two, three order,
leaving the score 0 to 0.
"It's going to be a close game," said an old player from,
Cedarville. "I'm not betting on either side."
The second innings passed without any scoring being done. In the
third innings the Pornell team made two runs. In the next innings
Putnam Hall pulled a single run "out of the fire," as Dick put it,
for it was his tally, made on a slide halfway from third base.
After this there were more "goose eggs," until the end of the
eighth inning when the score became a tie, 2 to 2.
One more inning for each side, and the excitement became intense.
"We must prevent them from scoring, by a means," said Frank as
they took the field, while the first batter of the Pornellites
came to the plate; and amid a breathless silence the final innings
began.
CHAPTER XXVII
OFF FOR THE SUMMER ENCAMPMEMT
The present situation was enough to make any pitcher nervous, and
it must be confessed that Tom could scarcely control himself.
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