Then Coach Luce called for the division.

As the new baseball squad gathered at the right-hand seats there was an eager counting.
"Forty-nine," announced Greg Holmes, as soon as he had finished counting.

"Five whole nines and a few extras left over." "I'm glad to see that Gridley High School grit is up to the old standard," declared Coach Luce, cheerily, after he had brought them to order.

"Our squad, this year, contains three more men than appeared last year.

It is plain that my threats haven't scared anyone off the Gridley diamond.