By that time――the spring term was eight days old――Tom was established on second, for the present at least. Neither he nor the other members of the Triumvirate really expected him to retain his position after Evans’ return, although they pretended to, for Stu not only fielded well but had a mighty good batting record besides. Tom’s batting was still negligible; and that is speaking charitably. Once on base――and he did have a lucky faculty for getting to first by one means or another other than by hitting the ball safely――he was a fast runner and a heady one, and the number of runs credited to him after a fortnight’s steady playing was quite out of proportion to his total of hits. On second base Tom played a snappy game, covering a good deal of ground and throwing well. He even enveloped himself in brief glory on two occasions, once by running well into right field for a Texas Leaguer that looked impossible and once by a sliding stop of a hard liner which he tossed over his head to Connell, covering the bag, and which Connell sped to first for a double play. He made errors frequently, but, as Loring pointed out, it was because he took so many chances. Horner Academy was beaten, 4 to 2, in a well-played game, Ogden going the whole length in the box, and on the following Saturday Tollington High School was defeated in a contest requiring the services of Ogden, Frost and Erlingby. Frosty made his first appearance with the big team that afternoon and lasted only one and two-thirds innings, after going to the relief of Ogden in the fifth. Frosty seemed to have nothing on the ball, and he was hit to all corners of the field for two runs. Only some smart fielding and the fact that several of the batters hit flies to the outfield saved him from a worse fate. Sam Erlingby finished out and held the rampaging visitors to five more hits and two more runs. As Wyndham had started by stowing five runs away in her locker and had accumulated an average of one more for every succeeding inning, she escaped disaster, winning by 13 to 10.