Necker seemed dazed.
“He must have springs in his shoes,” he finally growled.
Frost was speechless with rage. Manton managed to recover enough to say:
“That only ties you.”
But Merriwell had ordered the crossbar up an inch and a half more, making six feet three in all.
“Not in a thousand years!” cried a voice in the crowd. “It’s impossible!”
“He’ll show you!” exclaimed Bart Hodge.
Frank settled himself, measured with his eye the distance he had to run and the height to the pole, and then started.
Up and over he sailed.
He had beaten Necker by an inch and a half, and the following contestants declined to make an effort.