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"Don't ever get the notion in your heads that you can't hit Kinsey's shoots and drops!" he told them, as Julius Hobson selected his bat, being the first man up. We've just got to work a man around the circuit this inning."
As for the theory of the game, remember that there are opposing sides, each of which has nine turns at the bat, i.e., nine innings, and the object each inning is to score as many runs as possible.
Not once had the catcher's playing faltered. Don, waiting on the bench, allowed his thoughts to wander. If Tim would plunge into scouting like that "Come on, Don," called Ted Carter. "Ninth inning." The first Chester batter doubled. Instantly all stray thoughts were swept from Don's mind. The next player fouled out.
Crane and Cooper made a pretense of trying to hit, but they did not even foul the ball. A few straggling drops of rain, falling in the last of the inning, encouraged Clearport to dally until Eliot demanded of the umpire that he compel them to play or give the game to Oakdale by forfeit, and at last Grant struck out the third man.
The Kingston groan was now changed back again to a cheer, and the first batter of the first half of the first inning had scored the first "out." The Charleston third baseman now came to the bat.
In our half of that inning Mullaney, Gregg and Cairns went out in one, two, three order. With Pannell up, I saw that the Rube held in on his speed, or else he was tiring. Pannell hit the second slow ball for two bases. Vane sacrificed, and then the redoubtable Schultz came up. He appeared to be in no hurry to bat. Then I saw that the foxy Buffalo players were working to tire the Rube.
When three of a batting side have been "put out," that side is said to have had its "inning," and each side is entitled to nine innings.
"As a pitcher I don't seem to be a howling success," laughed Hodge. "I thought they were going to make half a dozen that trip." "We've got to get some now," said Carson. "If we don't I see our finish." "There's another inning. We come to bat last." "But we can't depend on winning out in the last of the ninth." "That's right; we do need runs."
Hi could not steel himself against a combination of anger and hurt pride. Some of the North Grammar girls in whose eyes he was anxious to stand well were among those who could not help laughing at the ridiculous antics of the colored lad. Toward the close of the first half of the third inning Teall again came to bat. There were no men out in this inning, and two men were on bases.
Despite Prescott's fine pitching, it began to look as though Gardiner High School was fitted for getting the only one or two runs that the game would witness. In the eighth, Gardiner got a second run, but that inning closed with Gridley as much "stumped" as ever. "Why play the ninth?" yelled one of the visitor fans. "Let's go and drink tea. Gridley boys are nice little fellows, but "
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