"It doesn't seem possible to down him, and keep him down.

If one seems to get the best of him for a bit, he bobs up serenely directly, and comes out on top.

It is just his luck!" If Bascomb had said it was just Merriwell's pluck he would have hit the truth, for Frank, besides being physically capable, was endowed with any amount of determination, having a never-say-die spirit that would not give up as long as there was a ghost of a chance left to pull out a winner.
In the words of the boys, "Merriwell was no quitter." "Ready," called the fellow who had been chosen for referee.

"Rains will set the stint.".