"Queer how folks take so much stock in that fellow Prescott!"
muttered the turnback. "Why can't a man like Lieutenant Carney
see that Prescott is nothing but a dub, while Holmes is only a
dub's helper?"
All through the Army seats it was beginning to be felt that the
late placing of Prescott and Holmes in the Army had probably been
an error.
There were even many who rated Haynes higher than he deserved to be
rated, and who believed that the turnback might have done much to
save the day.
As it was, the Army had about given up hope. Lehigh was stronger
than usual; that was all, except that the Army team appeared to
be weaker than in the year before.
The band still played at appropriate moments; the corps of cadets
answered every signal for a yell, but Army spirits were drooping fast.
"Greg," muttered Dick, with a rueful face, "you can wager that
we're being roasted by everyone out of earshot!"
CHAPTER XIII
WHEN THE CHEERS BROKE LOOSE
Fifteen minutes left to play.
By this time even the most hopeful spectators had settled down
to the conviction that the Army was to lose the game. The most
sanguine hoped that the score would not exceed 6 to nothing.
"We're done for on this trip!" muttered Lewis, the Army's right
guard.
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