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Rh if he's able to catch two weeks from now, I guess."

"Catch!" said Guy bitterly. "Confound his catching! If he hadn't insisted on doing that he wouldn't have been hurt. It's a nice outlook for the Track Team, isn't it? We've got about as much chance to win Saturday as we have of going skating!"

The coach nodded. "That's right," he agreed. "Lanny was good for thirteen points anyway. Well, I don't know. Only thing we can do now is make the best showing possible and"

"We're not beaten yet," said Harry Partridge. "Kirke's nearly as fast as Lanny in the sprints, isn't he?"

"Nearly, yes," replied Skeet. "But that's not good enough. Springdale's got fellows nearly as fast, too. For that matter, that youngster Hull has been doing some fast work. We may win a first in one of the sprints; I'm not saying we can't. It's the hurdles that worry me most. Lanny was down for both and he'd have run them both if we'd needed him. With Lanny out we've got only Beaton here and Peyton. I'm not throwing off on you, Beaton, but you'll have to dig to beat out Springdale's best man."

"I know," answered the manager, "but, look