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 Grace declared that he was losing his mind.

One of Dick's duties was to follow the progress of the Springdale High School Team as reflected in the columns of the Springdale Morning Recorder. The accounts of the team's practice sessions were not very voluminous, but they appeared to be reported by a high school boy and were doubtless, as far as they went, authentic. Dick usually clipped the articles from the paper and they were discussed at the meetings. It was on the Tuesday evening following the Norrisville game that Lanny again broached the subject of sending someone to see Springdale play. "We can't tell much by this newspaper stuff," he said. "We've found out who they'll probably use against us, but we don't know what sort of a game they're planning. I think we ought to see them play Benton next Saturday and get a line on them. Could you go over, Dick?"

"Why don't you go?" asked Dick.

"Why, I suppose I could," replied Lanny doubtfully. "Only—well, we play Logan, and Logan has a pretty fair team, I guess."

"What of it? McCoy will do well enough. I'd go along, but I guess one of us had better stay here. You take Chester with you, Lanny. He's good at