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The High School Pitcher - Dick & Co. on the Gridley Diamond by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock
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"Yes; but never anything like the pitcher you showed us to-day,"
glowed eager Parkinson.

"I've been doing a good deal of practicing and study since the
close of last season," Fred replied importantly. "I've studied
out a lot of new things. I shan't show them all, either, until
the real season begins."

Fred's glance, in roaming around, took in Dick & Co. For once,
these six very popular sophomores had no one else around them.

"Whew! I think I've taken some wind out of the sails of Mr.
Self-satisfied Prescott," Fred told himself jubilantly. "We shan't
hear so much about Dick & Co. for a few months!"

"Well, anyway, Dick," said Tom Reade, "you and Dave needn't feel
too badly. If Ripley turns out to be the nine's crack pitcher,
the nine also carries two relief pitchers. You and Dave have
a chance to be the relief pitchers. _That_ will make the nine
for you both, anyway. But, then, that spitball may be the only
thing Ripley knows."

"Don't fool yourself," returned Prescott, shaking his head. "If
Ripley can do that one so much like a veteran, then he knows other
styles of tossing, too. I'm glad for Gridley High School---mighty
glad. I wouldn't mind on personal grounds, either, if only---if-----"

"If Fred Ripley were only a half decent fellow," Harry Hazelton
finished for him.

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