Benson was still on crutches and his place was being taken by Roberts.

Thursby ran Innes such a good race for the position of centre-rush that a substitute centre named Coolidge suddenly found his nose out of joint and faced the prospect of viewing the Claflin game from the bench.
The school held its first mass meeting on Wednesday evening of that week and cheered and sang and whooped things up with a fine frenzy.

The discouragement of the Chambers game was quite forgotten.

Andy Miller, in a short speech, soberly predicted a victory over Claflin, and the audience yelled until the roof seemed to shake.

Coach Robey gave a resume of the season, thanked the school for its support of the team, pledged the best efforts of everyone concerned and, while refusing to say so in so many words, hinted that Brimfield would have the long end of the score on the twenty-fifth.