“Look ’ere,” said Hollingsworth, growing excited again, “I looked at it this way, sir: If you defeat Merriwell it will be a great feather in your cap.”
“If!” said Huntley significantly.
“You ought to do it with the advantage you ’ave. With ’im in the match, you can well claim the championship of Hamerica when you win.”
“I tell you, Hollingsworth, you made a blunder when you forced him into it. No man in America understands the requirements of the work as well as he, and I have a feeling that he will be the one to defeat me. I would give a hundred dollars—clean, cold cash—to keep him from entering.”
“Perhaps ’e may be kept hout of it.”
“How?”
“Every man who henters must be a member of the Amateur Athletic Union of America.”
“Of course.”
“He must show his certificate of membership before starting in the race.”
“That’s the rule.”