But three to one looked bad when the seventh inning began, and no better when the first half of it was over. Hurry got a hit, but Risley, Coles and Clif went out miserably. Wolcott took to the foe’s new twirler enthusiastically in the last of the inning but hit safely only once. Clif had two easy flies for the second and third outs. Wyndham shouted hoarsely, imploringly, for runs when the eighth started, and Pat Tyson, head of the Dark Blue’s batting list, stepped to the plate. But the best Pat could do was a foul to first baseman. Raiford, however, brought joy and hope with a long single to right field, and Captain Leland’s bunt along first base line, after being allowed plenty of time to roll foul, decided to remain fair, and there were two on. Wyndham went quite crazy with delight and blue pennants waved mightily. Gus Risley was not a certain hitter, but he was capable of sending a ball far when he connected with it. On the present occasion, though, Gus was much too eager to hit, and in the end a fly to right field sent him back to the bench and the runners to second and third. Wink Coles was derricked in favor of a pinch hitter, Sim Jackson. Sim was canny and waited while Rice delivered a ball, a strike and a second ball. Then he tried at one and missed it. Rice sent a third ball over and then, while Sim watched operations narrowly, pitched into the dirt for the fourth ball. Wyndham again rose to unprecedented heights of sound! Three on, two down! Clif, whose turn it was, looked questionably at Mr. Connover. It seemed to Clif that right here was an excellent spot into which to insert another pinch hitter. But the coach only nodded and didn’t even give him instructions, and Clif went out to the plate feeling horribly anxious and impotent. But the Wolcott pitcher helped vastly to restore his equanimity by sending over something so wide of the rubber that only a marvellous acrobatic stunt by the catcher prevented a wild pitch. After that, amidst the delighted booing of the visitors, Rice offered another ball, and the Wolcott coach signaled from the bench and the Brown changed pitchers.