“Same stakeholder do?”
“Sure.”
“Put up.”
“All right. Cover.”
Right there, before leaving the bleachers, the bet was made, Gowan backing the Outcasts against any independent team Wallace Grafter should name.
Not until the wager had been made did Bob Gowan ask:
“What team is this you’re betting on, Grafter?”
“I don’t know,” answered the politician. “What team is it, son?”
“It’s Frank Merriwell’s team,” said Wallace. “I think there will be no trouble about arranging the game on any kind of reasonable terms.”