"We've done finely this year, better than we had hoped.

But, after all, what is it to beat every other college, and then have to go down before the Navy in defeat at the end ?" "Who says we're going down in defeat ?" grumbled Greg.
"If you say we're not, you and Prescott, then you can do a lot to hearten us up," continued Durville, with a sharp glance at the star battery pair.
"See here, old ramrod, you know all about that Annapolis battery," broke in Hackett, of the nine.

"What about them as ball players?
I understand you went to school with Darrin and Dalzell.

Do that pair play ball the way they do football ?" "Yes," nodded Dick.

"If anything, they play baseball better." "But you and Holmesy put them out at football.