Baseball stories; Boarding schools -- Juvenile fiction; School sports -- Juvenile fiction; Teenage boys -- Juvenile fiction
Highland School was defeated, 6 to 4, at Highland, on Wednesday, in a
loosely played game in which errors on both sides accounted for most
of the tallies. Frost was in the box for Wyndham and might have stayed
through the whole contest had he had good backing. As it was, miscues
in the sixth inning let in three Highland runs, and Frosty got wobbly
and was relieved by Erlingby. Tom helped pile up the Dark Blue’s total
of three errors, contributing an unfortunate fumble which, like most
of his errors, was due to over-eagerness. Highland got no more tallies
after Erlingby’s arrival on the mound, and, in the eighth, Wyndham
combined a hit, a sacrifice and a stolen base with a Highland error and
put two more runs across, bringing the score to 6 to 4, at which it
remained. Catcher Cobham emerged from the battle with a split finger on
his throwing hand, an injury destined to keep him out of baseball for
nearly two weeks. Gus Risley, who had taken Cob’s place in the seventh
inning, was a far less dependable backstop although a distinct addition
to the batting strength of the team.
On Saturday Horner Academy came over from across the New York border to
prove her superiority in both rowing and baseball. The enemy’s colors
were so much in evidence that forenoon that Freeburg took on a most
festive appearance. Every one who could went over to the lake shortly
after noon and witnessed the visitor capture the lion’s share of the
water contest. Loring’s father and mother arrived in the car, and he
and Wattles and one of the Junior School boys motored over. Mr. Bingham
also came up that morning, unexpectedly, and filled his car with Clif,
Walter Treat and three others. Tom couldn’t go, for the first team
players were to have an hour’s practice before the game.
The junior eight’s contest was held first, and once more the second
crew showed their gameness. In spite of their showing against Highland,
they were not looked on as winners to-day, and so it was a distinct
surprise when the dark blue oars flashed into the lead at the start,
held the lead to the quarter flag, lost it just beyond, though by no
more than a few yards, and recovered it before the half-way marker.
That was a pretty race all the way, for, while Wyndham was never
headed, Horner rowed desperately and was no more than a boat’s length
behind when the final quarter began. For a space a gallant rally
carried her to almost even terms, but Wyndham also hit up her stroke
and maintained it to the line, something Horner was incapable of, and
shot across, to the shrieks of her adherents, not quite two lengths
ahead.
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