Rivals for the Team: A Story of School Life and Football

RIVALS FOR THE TEAM
A STORY OF SCHOOL LIFE AND FOOTBALL
RALPH HENRY BARBOUR
AUTHOR OF “DANFORTH PLAYS THE GAME,” “THE PURPLE PENNANT,” ETC.
ILLUSTRATED BY C. M. RELYEA
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY NEW YORK LONDON 1916
Copyright, 1916, by D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
Printed in the United States of America

RIVALS FOR THE TEAM
“I’d hate to live up here in summer, Bert,” said Ted Trafford, carefully easing his five feet and ten inches of tired, aching body to the window-seat and turning a perspiring face to the faint breeze that entered. “It must be hotter than Tophet.”
“Well, it’s up high enough to get the air, isn’t it?”