"I told you how it would be," he said. "I’m thrown down."

"Thrown down?" said Doris. "What do you mean by that?"

"Wait and you will see. A certain young gentleman here has fixed it all right, and I’m not to play to-day. Frank Merriwell has just notified Cogswell not to use me on the scrub."

"Darrell, Darrell!" called a voice; "come over here. We’re going to play two eight-minute halves, and I want you."

It was Cogswell.

Not a little surprised and taken aback, Hal went over to Cogswell, who said:

"You have played the game before, haven’t you?"

"A little."

"Where?"

"On the high school team at home."