“Why, I suppose I could,” replied Lanny doubtfully. “Only――well, we play Logan, and Logan has a pretty fair team, I guess.” “What of it? McCoy will do well enough. I’d go along, but I guess one of us had better stay here. You take Chester with you, Lanny. He’s good at sizing things up. Besides, that would give you a chance to watch the backfield and let him watch the linemen. Kirke can play quarter for us Saturday.” “But I’d hate to have Logan beat us,” Lanny objected. “Suppose you and Chester go, Dick.” Dick smiled and George Cotner chuckled audibly. Lanny flushed. “Oh, I don’t think that we are going to lose the game just because I’m not here,” he said. “Only――oh, I don’t know! I’ll do just as you say, Dick.” “Then you’ll go; you and Chester,” replied Dick. “Later on I’ll see them in action myself, but I’d rather wait until about a week before we play them. Let me see; who do they meet the Saturday before they play us?” Dick turned the pages of a scrapbook and found the Springdale schedule. “Weston Academy, eh? Where’s that?” “Up-state,” replied George. “A small school. Springdale’s evidently looking for an easy game that day.” “Then she won’t show much,” mused Dick. “Still, I could get away that afternoon very nicely, for we play the grads.” “I don’t believe they’ll ever get together to play us,” said George. “Fosdick told me Saturday that he was having a hard time getting the fellows to promise. If they don’t we’ll be in a hole. I told Means last Winter that he couldn’t depend on the grads for a game.” “Well, we won’t cross that bridge until we come to it,” said Dick. “Maybe if the grads don’t turn up we can find another team to play us. If we can’t we can have a pretty good afternoon of practice, and I dare say that will be quite as much good to us.” “Then you think Chester and I had better go to Springdale Saturday?” asked Lanny not over-enthusiastically. Dick nodded. “Yes, I do, Lanny. See what they look like and how their backfield shapes up. And above all watch their formations. If they show anything new don’t miss it. Better jot it down at the time. And find out if you can whether they’ve got a man who can kick goals from the field. A good deal will depend on that. Bring back everything you can, Lanny. Every little bit helps.” “All right. You won’t take any chances with that Logan game, though, will you, Dick?” he pleaded. “You know they tied us last year.” “Bother your old Logan game!” laughed Dick. “If you say much more about it I’ll forfeit it to them! Seriously, though, Lanny, that game doesn’t mean much to us, and if I can scrape through without being absolutely beaten I’ll be satisfied. Just keep your eyes on the eighteenth of November, Lanny, and forget about what goes on before.” “I suppose so,” Lanny agreed, “only――when you’re captain you sort of like to do the best you can; make a good showing for the season, you know.”