“She is not generally considered so.”
“I know it, but Harvard is coming in these days. I’ll tell you something. If Yale does not win the pennant this year, Harvard will.”
Hodge was surprised, and he showed it; for, like others, he had regarded Princeton as Yale’s most dangerous rival. Never before had he heard Frank so freely express an opinion as to the situation.
Bart knew Frank well enough to feel confidence in his judgment on baseball.
“Where is Harvard’s strong point?” he asked.
“The whole team,” declared Frank. “They are not making a great howl over one pitcher, for they have two good men left over from last season, besides any new men that may develop. Reports from Cambridge say they are putting in plenty of practice. They are getting in team work, and team work pays. A nine of brilliant individual players will often be slaughtered by an inferior nine simply because the latter is well up in team work. Yale should have more practice in team work, I think.”
“Perhaps you’ll have a chance to take charge of her practice. You know Phil Hardy is out of it, and——”
“There’s very little chance for me,” said Frank, quietly.
“Why not?”
“Because the only way I would accept the position is on certain conditions, and the committee will never agree to those conditions.”