Perhaps when he started he may, in spite of his expressed doubts, have secretly entertained some such hope, but by the end of the second day of practice he had abandoned it.

The brand of football taught by Coach Robey and played by the 'varsity team was ahead of any Clint had seen outside a college gridiron and was a revelation to him.

Even by the end of the first week the first team was in what seemed to Clint end-of-season form, although in that Clint was vastly mistaken, and his own efforts appeared to him pretty weak and amateurish.

But he held on hard, did his best and hoped to at least retain a place on the third squad until the final cut came.

And it might just be, he told himself in optimistic moments, that he'd make the second! Meanwhile he was enjoying it.