It seemed to him that he was more justly entitled to a place on the second's list of substitutes than Bobbins.

His judgment was speedily vindicated, for Bobbins put up such a weak exhibition at left tackle that Turner impatiently sent him off, and the scrimmage stopped while he looked doubtfully toward the bench.
"I want a tackle," he announced.

"Who's there, Danny ?" Danny Moore, the trainer, ran a sharp eye along the blanketed line.
"Tackle!" he cried.

"Who's playing tackle ?" Both Clint and another boy jumped forward, and as it happened Danny's sharp green eye fell first on Clint.

"Get in there, then, on the second, me boy!" Morton, the assistant manager, who was keeping the record, called as Clint trotted past him, "Hi! What's the name ?" "Thayer," answered Clint.
"Left tackle," instructed Captain Turner.