"Wait! I have an idea."
"What is it?" questioned the others.
"You all know what an old duffer Professor Gooch is."
"Sure thing."
"I hear that he is raising a rumpus because too much athletics have been introduced in the school."
"Yes; we’ve heard about that."
"He is down on football."
"Yes."
"Says it’s a brutal game, and should be abolished by the school."
"Yes."