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 far," said Lanny. "He's had about five tries. There goes another, from the thirty. They ought to be pretty evenly matched at punting. What was the name of that center they had? Hill? That's he coming this way; the fellow over there with the new trousers."

"It wasn't Hill, though; it was—Heath, wasn't it?"

"That's it, Heath. I'd like to know how many of last year's fellows they've really got."

"The paper said six, didn't it?"

"Yes, but some of those were subs last year. Get on to the referee with the swell sweater! Lavender and yellow! That's a peach of a combination, what?"

The players trotted off and, after the usual preliminaries, the teams faced each other and the game began. From the first Weston, which was a much lighter team, played a wide-open game and strove to outspeed her opponent. The first quarter proved unexpectedly exciting, for Springdale was by no means prepared for the sort of plays Weston introduced, and she was caught napping time and again. But Weston always lacked the final punch necessary to score, and the teams changed places with the hon