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 attack on that position. If he goes in too hard and puts his man out too quick he doesn't give Beaton time to get through tackle. Same way with me, Coach. I'm supposed to draw guard in away from the play. If I smash in too hard and fast"

"You're right," agreed Dick. "That was my mistake. We'll try that again later when they're not looking for it and see why it doesn't go. All right, Cottrell!"

One or two of the linemen started to grin, but almost instantly changed their minds. A coach who could make a mistake and own up to it as frankly as that wasn't a subject for ridicule! Farrell wouldn't have done it, they reflected. When Farrell made an error, and he sometimes did, for all his experience, he bullied them into a sort of half-belief that he had been right!

On Thursday Squad B became officially the Scrub Team and lined up against the First, or Varsity, as the fellows liked to call it, for the first real scrimmage. Tom Nostrand was captain and the roster consisted of Jones, left end, Mander, left tackle, Gage, left guard, Shaw, center, Nostrand, right guard, Peyton, right tackle, Smith, right end, Farrar, quarterback, Burns, left halfback, Sawin, right