But from this day on, whenever it didn't rain too hard, the baseball training work was to take place on the field.
Coach Luce now stepped out of the little building in which were the team dressing rooms.

As he went across the diamond he was followed by lusty cheers from High School boys up on the spectators' seats.

The girls clapped their hands, or waved handkerchiefs.
A few already carried the gold and crimson banners of Gridley.
Besides the High School young people, there were a few hundred older people, who had come out to see what the youngsters were doing.
For this was the day on which the pitchers were to be tried out.
Ripley was known to be the favorite in all the guessing.

In fact, there wasn't any guessing.

Some, however, believed that Dick, and possibly Dave, might be chosen as the relief pitchers.
Dick himself looked mighty solemn, as he stood by, apparently seeing but little of what was going on.