There had been talk of Cobham behind the plate for Wyndham in Tuesday’s game, but evidently Cob wasn’t quite ready for duty again since it was Gus Risley who donned the mask when the last half of the first inning began that afternoon at Cotterville. But Gus had done a good job before, and if Wyndham was to meet with defeat it probably wouldn’t be due to the catcher. The Dark Blue had sent but three men to bat in the first of the inning and Rice, the Wolcott left-hander, had disposed of them easily. Sam Erlingby was in the points for Wyndham. Sam was a right-hander, but as Wolcott had touched up Ogden, who pitched from the port side, pretty frequently on Saturday it was thought that Sam would prove as effective as either of Wyndham’s remaining possibilities, Moore and Frost. Sam started off badly with a pass, but after that he settled down and soon had the side out. Clif was in center field, rather to his surprise, and, although he didn’t know it yet, was in for a busy afternoon. His first chance came in the second when, after Talbott had been retired, pitcher to first base, for Wyndham’s third out, the Wolcott shortstop, first up, lifted a fly to the outfield. Both Clif and Raiford made for it, for the ball was hit to short field and might have been ticketed for either of them. Clif, however, had started quicker than the right fielder, and Captain Leland’s cry of “Bingham! Bingham!” caused Raiford to slacken. Clif hardly dared hope to make that catch, but he did, picking it at last with his knuckles almost scraping the turf. Of course, he went headlong, but he held tightly to the ball and scrambled back to his feet to the sound of wild cheering from the Wyndham side of the field. Wyndham had come to Cotterville with the fine determination to grab off this contest and settle the series here and now. Not more than a handful of fellows had remained behind, the cheer leaders were on their feet constantly and the Dark Blue’s rooters were enthusiastically responsive to demands. They seemed to have made up their minds that if the victory depended on noise it was to be theirs!