LOWELL AB R H PO A E JEFFERSON AB R H PO A E Everson, 2b 4 1 0 3 2 0 Laird, 3b 4 0 1 1 3 0 Larke, lf 4 0 2 1 0 0 Beach, cf 4 0 1 4 0 0 Talkington, cf 4 0 0 1 1 0 Church, 1b 3 1 0 10 0 0 Robb, rf 4 0 1 1 0 0 Hollins, ss 4 0 2 0 3 2 Hagner, ss 4 0 1 2 4 0 La Joy, 2b 3 0 1 2 2 0 Case, 1b 4 0 0 10 3 0 Warcford, lf 3 0 1 0 2 0 Delvin, 3b 4 0 0 3 2 1 Twitchell, rf 3 0 0 3 0 0 Gibbs, c 3 1 1 5 1 0 Brest, c 3 0 0 7 0 0 Black, p 2 0 0 1 1 0 Mellen, p 3 0 1 0 4 0 -------------- -------------- 33 2 5 27 14 1 30 1 7 27 14 2 LOWELL 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0--2 JEFFERSON 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0--1 Two Base Hits--Beach, Larke. Three Base Hits--Hollins. Sacrifice Hits--La Joy, Black. Stolen Bases--Hollins. Left on Bases--Lowell, 7; Jefferson, 2. First Base on Errors--Lowell, 2; Jefferson, 1. Double Play--Everson, Hagner, Case--Case, Everson. Struck out by Mellen, 6; by Black, 4. Bases on Balls off Mellen, 2; off Black, 1. Hit by Pitcher, by Black, 1. It had been a hard game to win and might easily have been won by either side. Almost every man on the Lowell team had saved the game by excellent work at one stage or the other, and the boys knew that the luck of the game had as much to do with their victory as anything. They knew now that they were up against one of the best teams of ball players that could possibly be brought together, and no one could say which was the stronger of the two. If the luck of the game should desert them in the next two, the result might easily be in favor of Jefferson. The championship was really in danger. Hughie congratulated all of the boys on their excellent playing, and while none of them had done very much with the bat for they had been opposed by a wonderful pitcher, it was satisfaction to know that Jefferson had just as hard a time trying to hit Miner. He was particularly pleased with the fine fielding displayed by the youngsters Hans, Hal, Ty, and Tris, who had stood staunch under the first big firing, but what pleased him more than anything was that the old stand-bys like Larke and Everson and Gibbie had been responsible for the actual runs and he felt pretty confident of the final outcome. Church, of Jefferson, on the other hand, got his encouragement out of the fact that his team had played fully as well as Lowell, and with a little luck would have won. A little less wind when Larry got a foul instead of a homer in the ninth would have given them the game, and he told the boys he felt sure the luck would average up, and that the championship would be won this time. CHAPTER XXI RETURNING HOME