If you're going to be captain to-day you'll be captain in earnest.

I'll hamper you neither with advice nor orders." With so important a player as Dick Prescott out of the team Dave had a hard task in rearranging the eleven.

In this he sought direction from Mr.Morton.

Rapidly they sketched the new line-up.
Darrin himself would have to drop quarterback and go to center.
For this latter post Dave was rather light, but he carried the knack of sturdy assault better than any other man in the team after Prescott.
Tom Reade was called to quarter.

Shortly afterwards all the details had been completed.
"As to style, you'll gather that from the signals," muttered Darrin.
"The only rule is the one we always have---that we can't be beat and we know we can't." There came a rap at the door.