On Wednesday, Eric Sawyer, who had been looked on as a fixture at right guard, found himself ousted by Gafferty, from the second, and a member of the "bench brigade." Sawyer didn't like that at all.

It was a terrific blow to his pride and self-esteem, and for many days he was like a bear with a sore head.

As a matter of fact, although Sawyer didn't suspect it, his deposal was in the nature of a taste of discipline.

Sawyer had been too certain of his place and had grown careless.

At the end of a week he went back again, with the warning that he would have to show more than he had been showing if he was to stay there.