CHAPTER II
THE FIRE ON THE STEAMER
"That's the way to do it!"
The cry came as Tom knocked a neat liner out to center field. He managed to get to first base with ease, while Dick, on the alert, slid to the home plate just before the ball came in.
"That gives us five runs, anyway!" was Stanley's comment. "Now, Spud, see what you can do."
"Here is where I knock one across the river and back," declared Spud Jackson, as he came forward with a bat. "Better chase your men away out," he added, to Frank Holden.
"They can use nets," answered the pitcher with a grin.
Spud had a ball and a strike called on him and then met the leather and sent it to the shortstop. Tom had to run for second and he legged it with might and main. But the ball got there ahead of
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