“The committee came and invited you out to practise.”

“Yes.”

“You went.”

“Yes.”

“That’s where you were fooled, Merriwell—fooled bad.”

“How?”

“They did not agree to put you back onto the regular team?”

“I did not ask them.”

“You should. You should have informed them that you were ready for practise any time they were ready to give you your old position.”

“That’s what you should have done,” nodded Diamond.