CHAPTER XI.
FAILURE AND DISGRACE.
The pole-vaulting contest came late in the afternoon, and Denton Frost set a stint at the very outset that appalled the greater part of the contestants.
Man after man failed to come anywhere near the mark he had made.
Frank Merriwell’s turn came at last.
He had his own pole, which no one else was allowed to use.
Farley Fisher had joined Hobart Manton, Frost remaining with the other contestants.
“Look here, Fisher,” said Manton, in a low tone; “you want to keep your eyes open now. You’re going to see something.”
“What do you think I’m going to see?” inquired Fisher. “Do you fancy Merriwell is going to win? Why, I’ve heard you bet a dollar or two to-day that he would not defeat Frost.”