Dolby was not the only person asking the question. Scores were seeking to know the name of Dick Merriwell. When they learned it there was a stir.
So this was Frank Merriwell’s brother? Well, it was pretty plain that he had some of Frank Merriwell’s ginger.
"Dick Merriwell! Dick Merriwell!" was the name quickly passing from mouth to mouth.
Both Lynch and Fletcher heard these comments, and they turned green with jealous anger.
"The fellow’s luck!" said Lynch to himself.
"This will drive me to drink!" muttered Fletcher.
Professor Zenas Gunn was watching this game for a purpose. While he believed in athletics, he had given very little attention to football, and had never watched an entire game. The outcry against football raised by Professor Gooch had caused Professor Gunn to decide to witness a complete game that he might decide to his own satisfaction in regard to the brutality of the playing.
Zenas Gunn found himself shouting with the others when Dick Merriwell made that grand leap into the air, but he quickly checked the outburst.
"Be still!" he muttered, putting his hand quickly over his mouth. "You’re acting like a boy, sir! Besides, that is Merriwell, the fellow who is under suspicion. But I can’t bring myself to believe that boy is guilty!"
The Fardale team lined up quickly for the attack, Captain Nunn finding time to give Dick a pat on the back and say: