"
"You're sure of winning, then, Teall?" Dick inquired.
"Absolutely certain!" Captain Ted rejoined.
"We're going to set off a big bonfire this evening, Ted," Captain
Prescott rejoined. "If we win to-day will you agree to be on
hand to light the fire?"
"Yes; if you win," agreed Ted. "But you can't!"
Chapter XVI
"TED'S TERRORS" FULL OF FIGHT
The umpire's quiet voice called the captains of the nines apart.
"Who'll call the toss?" asked Ben.
"Let Teall do it," Dick answered.
"You do it, Prescott," urged Captain Ted.
"Well, which one of you is going to call?" inquired Tozier.
"Teall," Dick again answered.
"Oh, all right, then," nodded Ted. "I suppose, Prescott, you
feel that, whichever way I call, I'd wish I'd taken the other
way."
The coin spun upward in the air, for Ben Tozier was a master of
the art of flipping.
"Tails," announced Teall.
"It's heads this time," announced Umpire Tozier. "Captain Prescott?"
"We'll go to bat, then," decided Prescott. "We might as well
begin to pile up the score that we're going to make."
"We'll show you how you're not going to make it," Ted grinned.
"Remember, Prescott, that I and Wells are the battery to-day."
"What you need," laughed Dick, "is a good right fielder and a
star third baseman.
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