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Updated: April 30, 2025
"Remember, kill me with hard work, but don't let the Souths score!" Ted Teall went to bat first for his side. Teall's grin, as he swung his stick and waited, was more impudent than ever. He meant to show the bumptious Centrals a thing or two. Then in came Dick's wickedest drop ball, and it looked so good that Captain Ted took a free chance. "Strike one!" remarked Umpire Tozier.
However, they succeeded in preventing Teall's nine from scoring, which kept the score still at one to nothing. In the first half of the sixth Harry Hazelton was brought home from third by a good one by Dan. Then the side went out. In this inning Teall again had a chance at bat.
"That was Ted Teall's fine voice!" he cried, running up the slight slope. "Come on, fellows! We'll travel straight in that direction -and we'll find our clothing." Nor were any of the boys very far behind Dick in the mad race. Though two or three of them stepped on stones on the way, no one gave a thought to so slight an accident.
When he alighted he ran a dozen or more steps as fast as he could go, then halted and looked around him. For an instant Teall's face expressed panic. Then mocking laughter from hundreds of throats greeted him. "I knew any little thing out of the ordinary would rattle you," smiled Dick. "Don't lose your nerve. It wasn't anything."
Had not Ross struck out immediately afterward there would have been other runs scored. The count was now three to nothing in favor of the Central Grammars. "Prescott's fellows are playing some ball," declared Bill Rodgers. "Hub! You mean that the Souths don't know how to play," sneered Hi Martin. "Teall's fellows are playing well," argued Rodgers.
"Runner out at third," called Tozier in a singsong voice. "Side out!" "Yet who cared?" Dick's wonderful blow on the leather had brought three men in safe. The Souths followed at bat. One, two, three, Prescott struck them out. Ted Teall's face looked solemn, indeed. "Wells, we've simply got to hold these fellows down," grunted Teall to his catcher in the brief conference for which there was time.
"Now, just see what I'll do to you!" was what Ted Teall's impudent smile meant. Crack! Holmes hit the first ball, reaching first and pushing Tom to second. "Danny Grin, don't fail us," begged Prescott, as Dan started for the plate. "Two men out, remember!" As Dalzell faced the pitcher his grin was broader than Teall's. Two strikes and two balls were quickly called.
You'd better not," Ted growled under his breath. "Fellows," announced Dan Dalzell, "I've made an important discovery." "I wonder if he saw me?" flashed through Teall's mind, as he tried to lie flatter than before. "Name the discovery," begged Hazelton. "Look at your watches, fellows," Dan continued, "and I think you'll find that it's now proper time for us to go in swimming."
"Humph!" retorted the High School lad, just before turning away. "Your North Grammar nine was kicked all over the field by both of these nines. Both Prescott's and Teall's fellows have improved a lot since they met you." Hi subsided, feeling unhappy. It hurt him to hear any one praise a fellow like Prescott. "I wonder if they could beat us, if we had another try?" pondered Hi.
Good night!" At sight of that watch Ted Teall's eyes bulged. Then the nature of the outrage dawned on him. In a moment all his pent-up emotions took the form of intense indignation. "You mean fellow!" hissed Ted, his fists clenching. "You " "Teall, when you play jokes," warned Martin coolly, "you always want to be sure to look out for the flare-back. Don't forget that. Good evening, father!"
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