Podge Huggins was over there two days back.

He saw them practicing on some thin ice over a pond, and he told, me they were an exceptionally husky proposition.

He also saw us work yesterday afternoon in the scratch game, and when I asked him how we compared with Keyport, why Podge wouldn't give me a straight answer; but only grinned and turned the subject." "Evidently then Podge doesn't have the confidence in his school team that he ought to feel," said Hugh, apparently not at all disturbed.
"Well, we have a whole week still for practice, and ought to keep on improving.

I'm hoping that Keyport may overdo it, which is always possible." "You mean too much work will cause them to go stale; is that it, Hugh ?" "Physical directors and coaches are always on their guard against that, Thad.

The boat team is always strongest at a certain point.
If the race comes off when they attain that top-notch pinnacle, they're apt to do their very best; but should it be delayed, by weather or something else, the coach becomes alarmed, because he knows there's a great chance of their losing speed from too much nervous tension and overwork." From which talk it was evident that Hugh must have imbibed considerable valuable knowledge from Mr.Leonard, who, as a college man, ought to understand a thing or two concerning sporting matters.
So the two chums continued to talk all the way back to town.