Tom made a neat capture of a grounder in the third and assisted at the first out. Foul catches by Van Dyke and Risley retired the enemy side. For Wyndham Ogden struck out on three pitched balls and Tyson flied to left field. Greene got the first pass of the game and went to third when Captain Leland singled across that bag. Wyndham shouted imploringly for a score. Risley hit to shortstop and the latter cut off Greene at the plate. Wolcott opened the fourth in a manner that caused the home team supporters extreme distress. The first batter, after Jeff had got into a hole, landed on a straight ball and drove it over Talbott’s head for three bags. Had the runner been a bit faster that hit might have become a home-run, and, even as it was, many questioned the wisdom of the coacher on third when he held up the runner there. Ogden struck out the next ambitious youth, but the subsequent batsman drove a hot one to Van Dyke. Van made a neat stop and pegged to the plate, and Wolcott’s hope was shattered. Risley blocked the runner cleverly. A minute later Gus again earned a cheer when he threw down to Tom and spoiled the steal. Wyndham expressed relief by prolonged cheering. The Dark Blue was also due with a sensation in that inning, for after Raiford had gone out at first, first baseman to pitcher, Tom came across with an exact duplicate of the enemy’s shot into left, landing much tuckered on third base. But――and the game was duplicating oddly――he, too, failed to score, since Talbott hit a fly to first baseman and Van Dyke’s effort to center was an easy catch. Ogden fielded to Van Dyke for the first Wolcott out in the fifth, the next batsman hit to left and later stole second cleverly, and the next fell victim to Jeff’s curves. A hit would still have meant a tally, but a long fly to right field ended the suspense. It was in the last of the fifth that Wyndham broke through the Brown’s defense at last, and it was Ogden who paved the way. Jeff wasn’t a hitter――few pitchers are, of course――and Osterman had disposed of him with ridiculous ease before. But this time Jeff laid back and wouldn’t be coaxed to swing at the wide ones, with the result that before any one quite realized it Osterman had wasted three balls and had but one strike on Jeff. Jeff may not have had much hope of hitting the next offer, but it was straight and fast and he swung. The ball arched into left field and put Jeff on second, quite a bit surprised, probably! Pat Tyson landed on the first offering and slammed it at Osterman who knocked it down and fielded it to first for the out. But Ogden was by that time safe on third, and Wyndham was making Rome howl. The coachers behind first and third shouted and cavorted, the crowd on each side of the diamond yelled and the Wolcott players babbled. And, apparently, the temperature shot up from around eight-four to somewhere around a hundred-and-four!