There was an aisle between two groups of these seats.
"Gentlemen, you'll please come to order, now," called out Coach Luce, mounting to a small platform before the seats.
It took a couple of minutes to get the eager, half-turbulent throng seated in order.

Then the coach rapped sharply, and instantly all was silence, save for the voice of the speaker.
"Gentlemen," announced Mr.Luce, "it is the plan to make the next season the banner one in baseball in all our school's history.
This will call for some real work, for constantly sustained effort.
Every man who goes into the baseball training squad will be expected to do his full share of general gymnastic work here, and to improve every favorable chance for such cross-country running and other outdoor sports as may be ordered.
"To-day, as we are so close to Christmas, we will arrange only the general details---have a sort of mapping-out, as it were.
But immediately after the holidays the entire baseball squad that enrolls will be required to start at once to get in general athletic condition.

There will be hard---what some may call grilling---gym.

work at the outset, and much of the gym.

work will be kept up even after the actual ball practice begins.
"Early in February work in the baseball cage must begin, and it will be made rather severe this year.