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Brayton made some slight signal to Prescott Both Dick and Greg shook their heads sullenly. "Confound Brayton!" shivered Lieutenant Barney. "What does he mean by that? He has signaled Prescott and Holmes asking them if they can put one more by Lehigh, and they have refused. Ennis and all the Lehighs have tumbled. Brayton " "Seven -two -nine -eight!" voiced Quarterback Boyle.
A rousing cheer ascended from the Lehigh seats when the visiting college team trotted out on the field. Hearty, courteous applause from the Army seats also greeted the visitors. The band played as soon as the first Lehighs were seen coming on to the field. "Team fall in!" shouted Brayton, at last "Substitutes to the rear. Forward!" Out of the gym. stepped these young champions of the Army.
Tatham was the sub. pitcher. "Say, have you seen the Lehighs?" demanded Furlong, as the chums joined the crowd at the gym. "They're big fellows. They weigh a ton and a half to our ton." "Lightness and speed count for more than beef in this game," smiled Prescott. "Lehigh has sent some huskies, all right, and they look as if they'd give us a tough battle."
Next week the Lehighs went to West Point and suffered defeat at the hands of the Army. The news sent gloom broadcast through the Naval Academy. "We get beaten by one of the smaller colleges, that West Point can trim," was the mournful comment. It did, indeed, look bad for the Navy! As the season went on it was evident that Dave Darrin was slowly getting back to form.
The cadet corps, busy to a man with Saturday morning recitations, did not see the arrival of the visiting team. But the Lehighs and the afternoon's game were the only topics for talk at dinner in the cadet mess hall. "They've sent over a race of giants," growled Brayton down the length of the table at which he sat, while a poor little plebe cadet, acting as "gunner," was serving the roast beef.
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