But-----" "No, no! We mean it! Prescott for captain! No other fellow has done as much for Gridley High School football!" "Then I'll tell you some reasons, fellows, why I don't fit the position," Dick went on, speaking easily now as his self-confidence came to him.

"In the first place, I'm a junior, and this is my first year at football.

Now, a captain should be a whole wagon-load in the way of judgment.

That means a fellow who has played in a previous season.

For that reason, all other things being equal, the captain should be one of the seniors who played the gridiron game last year." "You'll do for us, Prescott!" came the insistent call.
"For another thing," Dick went on composedly, "the captain should be a man who plays center, or close to it.