A groan arose from all Meadow Brook.

The second batsman shot a stinger to Princeman, who dropped it, and that batsman immediately thereafter roosted on first, crowing triumphantly; but the hot liner allowed Princeman a graceful opportunity.

He complained of a badly hurt finger on his pitching hand.

He called time while he held that injured member, and expressed in violent gestures the intolerable agony of it.

Bravely, however, he insisted upon "sticking it out," and passed two wild ones up to the next willow wielder; then, having proved his gameness, he nobly sacrificed himself for the good of Meadow Brook, called time and asked for a substitute pitcher.