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The girls having passed on , the two boys now approached the group near the steps . Springer was beaming as he came up . `` Say , Captain Eliot , '' he cried , `` the old broncho bub-buster has got onto the drop . He threw it first-rate to-day noon . I 'll make a change pitcher out of him yet . '' `` Oh , I 'm destined to become another Mathewson , I opine , '' said Rodney Grant laughingly ; `` but if I do turn out to be a phenom , I 'll owe it to my mentor , Mr. Philip Springer . '' `` The team is coming out for practice tonight , '' said Eliot , `` and we 'll give you a chance to pitch for the batters .