The Doncaster Club, familiarly known as the “Billies,” were the opponents this afternoon, playing the third contest of a four-game series. The score-board showed Doncaster leading by two runs obtained in the first inning. Wayne squandered another five cents and bought a score-card which informed him of the batting order. A neighbour ended his doubt as to which of the three pitchers on the card was really performing by telling him over his shoulder that “Wainwright’s in the box and Linton’s catching. They worked him for a pass and a three-bagger in the first. Henderson and Coe’s the Billies’ battery.” Wayne thanked him and turned his attention back to the game in time to see the third Doncaster man thrown out at first. After that the game dragged for several innings, with neither team getting past second. Wayne recognised several of the players he had watched in the morning, notably O’Neill, the lanky, tow-headed left fielder, and a small, lithe youngster named Bennett who played third base as if he had a bunch of steel springs inside him. In spite of the distance to the bench, Wayne easily made out Steve Milburn and “Red” Herring and thought the smaller man next to “Red” was Nye. The crowd in the bleachers kept up an incessant, good-natured flow of comment and advice. O’Neill--Wayne learned before the game was over that his popular nickname was “Sailor”--was a great favourite with the bleacherites and frequently turned to wave a hand or shout a pat reply to some remark aimed at him. The bleacherites had other favourites as well: young Bennett and Nick Crane, the first-choice pitcher, and a swarthy, broad-shouldered, long-limbed first baseman named Morgan. And Wayne gathered in the course of the contest that Steve Milburn was held in the utmost respect as a manager and was personally popular to a degree. Wayne thought that the manager’s “bawling-out” that forenoon had done good, for the Harrisville team was certainly on its toes all the time and played with a snap. Only the total inability to hit the Billies’ pitcher safely kept the home club from scoring. Henderson was slammed here, there, and everywhere, but there was always a man right on the spot to spoil the hit. However, the Badgers did manage to get a run across in the fifth when Cross, who played shortstop and captained the team, beat out a roller to first, was sacrificed to second, and won home on a long fly to right fielder. But Doncaster came back in the next inning and found Wainwright for two hits and a sacrifice and took back her lead of two tallies.