This was not from the fever of the game, but from the recollection of how narrowly he had escaped being tricked out of this chance to play today.
On his arrival, and while dressing before the game, Prescott had related to the team the mean trick that had been played upon him.
He had also told how the case came out in court.
"Dodge and Bayliss are traitors to the school!" cried Purcell indignantly.

"We'll have to give 'em the silence!" "Hear! Hear!" cried several of the fellows.
This, in other words, meant that Dodge and Bayliss would be "sent to Coventry"-- -shut out from all social contact with the school body during the remainder of the school year.
"I think I'm with you, fellows," nodded Captain Wadleigh.

"However, remember that the football team can't settle all school questions.
We'll take this up when we get back to Gridley." In the second half it was not long before Gridley did go stale and tired.

But so, too, to the disgust of home boosters, did the Tottenville High School boys.
The game became a sheer test of endurance.

Gridley, under Wadleigh, played with a doggedness that made Tottenville put forth all its strength.
"Brace up, you lobsters," growled Captain Grant of the home team, after the whistle had sounded on Tottenville's "down" with the ball.