He wanted to play, but Captain Putnam would not allow it, and the bully went off by himself, up the lake-shore, where he sat down on a rock to smoke cigarettes and brood over his troubles.

While he sat there he took from his pocket a letter and read it over several times.
"Twenty dollars by Saturday! I don't see how I am going to raise it," he muttered to himself.

"I guess I'll have to send mother a telegram for a remittance." The first football game of the season was arranged to take place between Putnam Hall and an eleven from Cedarville called the Dauntless.

The Dauntless players were made up of former college boys and some all-around athletes, and the cadets were told that they would have a stiff time of it trying to beat the aggregation.

The game was to take place on the grounds at Cedarville.