“Come here, Merriwell!” cried Puss Parker. “Is it true?”
“Yes, it is true,” chorused the others.
“Is what true?” asked Frank.
“That Lorrimer has dropped you from the eleven.”
“I think it’s true.”
There was a shout of rage.
“The man is a lunatic!” snarled Parker.
“He ought to be shot!” roared Roger Stone.
“If Harvard beats us without Merriwell being given a chance on the team, Lorrimer ought to have a coat of tar and feathers!” declared Phil Porter.
“Merriwell will be on the team!”