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 CHAPTER XXI

THE NEW PLAYS ARE TRIED

The football council, or board of strategy, as George Cotner liked to call it, met at Dick's house Sunday night. Gordon, who had dropped around to call, was included. Lanny, Chester Cottrell and Cotner were the other members. None save Dick knew of Morris's injury until Dick made it known. Then consternation indeed did reign.

"Do you mean," demanded Lanny, "that he won't be able to play at all against Springdale?"

"The doctor forbids it. The leg isn't broken anywhere, but it's had a bad wrench and Morris says he simply laughed at him when he asked if it would be well enough by the eighteenth for him to play. He's on his back to-day and must stay there until Tuesday at least. I went around there this afternoon.