The game ended with the score one to nothing in favor of the Merries, who were wildly cheered by their admirers as the conquering heroes who had broken the wonderful streak of the Outcasts. As the crowd was leaving the ground a sudden uproar broke forth. Two men were engaged in a hand-to-hand encounter not far from the home plate. Pink Cassidy had stopped Hobe Manton and demanded the money promised him. Manton promptly hit Cassidy, nearly knocking him down. With a roar, Pink recovered and went at the gentleman pugilist, who immediately found that he had a real fight on his hands. The uproar alarmed Frost and Necker. “This is no place for us!” exclaimed Frost. “Right!” agreed Necker. “Skip!” They lost not a moment in getting away. Two officers reached the fighting men and hesitated not a moment about using their clubs. Both chaps were stretched out and then arrested. As the fighters were being dragged from the grounds Merry got a good look at one of them. “Hello!” he cried. “So it’s you, Manton! Well, you’re in trouble, as you deserve. Lock him up, Mr. Officer; if you hold him long enough I’ll have something in the way of a warrant to serve on him.” “Ye’ll have plenty av chance, sor,” said the policeman. CHAPTER XX. THE BITTERNESS OF DEFEAT. The Johns Hopkins lacrosse team claimed the championship of the United States, yet in a fast game at Oriole Park, Baltimore, it had been defeated by Harvard, the score being four to three. One thing that made the pill doubly bitter was the fact that the Hopkins men had been inclined to believe before the game began that they would whitewash the chaps from Cambridge. As if to add to the bitterness, Hopkins made her three goals before Harvard scored at all, which led her players and their admirers to believe the game was safely won. Then the tide turned. Hopkins made two goals in the first half and one early in the second half. This in spite of the fact that Harvard had kept the ball in the home team’s territory the greater part of the time and had repeatedly seemed on the point of scoring. The fine work of the Hopkins’ cover-point and the brilliant stops made by her goal keeper had checked Harvard time after time. At last the crimson scored and the back flow began. Fred Fillmore, cover-point for Hopkins and captain of the team, had already recognized the fact that Harvard was a dangerous proposition. On the Harvard team were several old Hopkins players who added greatly to the strength of the boys from Cambridge. Their poor success in the early part of the game did not discourage them in the least, and they kept up the fast offense play of the team.