Weight is your poor point." Nevertheless the coach made several suggestions in the time that was allowed him.
"Whenever you get a proper chance, Captain, and have the ball, open up the play as much as you can.

Don't give Cobber a chance to bump you any when it can be avoided." In the meantime the Cobber fans, as was their right, were hurling the most abusive cheers and taunts.

Dick, as cheer-master, allowed this to pass until nearly the end of the intermission.

At last he gave the sudden call through the megaphone: "Twenty-three!" The number sounded ominous; so did the cheer that was designated by it.

The Gridley H.S.boys on the grand stand responded hardly more than half-heartedly: _"Com-pan-nee served first! That's our steady rule! Manners the best are taught In Gridley school! "But he who waits laughs best! 'Tis but a distance short 'Twixt laugh and weep--- Your joy'll be short!"_ "H.S.