He caught it up, whirled, and drove straight to first, but Prescott's toe had struck the bag a fraction of a second before.
"Runner safe at first!" called the umpire quietly.

Then the ball went back to Dave, who now had a double task of alertness, for Holmes held the bat at the plate, while Prescott was trying to steal second.

Well did Dave Darrin know the trickiness of both these Army players! Greg, too, was cool, though a good deal apprehensive.

With him the call stood at balls three and strikes two when Greg thought he saw his real chance.
Swat! Greg struck with all his strength, and at the sound, a cheer rose from the seats of the Army fans.

But the ball was lower than Greg had calculated, and after all his assault on the leather had resulted only in a bunt.
Navy's pitcher took a few swift steps, then bent, straightened up and sent the ball driving to first.
"Runner out at first!" Then indeed a wail went up.