"Nine cheers for Browning," demanded Parker, and then the rah-rahs came rattling forth like volleys from a battery.
Then Parker asked what was the matter with Merriwell, and so on until the others in the team had been complimented in the same way.
Frank was well pleased, but the complete victory was not yet won, and besides that, as manager, he had a keenness in all the other contests. So as soon as he could do so he returned to the main room and watched what was going on.
The other members of the team, with the exception of Bruce, also returned.
The anchor, with his usual indolence, preferred to remain in his dressing-room and rest, although, to tell the truth, he did not feel the slightest fatigue.
Frank found nothing to be dissatisfied with, although victories for Yale were not piling up as well as he could have wished.
All the Yale athletes had made a good showing, and there was no blame to be cast upon anybody for losing, with the possible exception of the unhappy Mellor, but there proved to be good men in the other colleges, and one by one events were decided with a first place now to Cornell, now to Harvard, now to Princeton, and so also to Yale.
The longer the evening grew the closer the contest seemed, and at half-past ten, when nearly all the events had been decided, it was still a matter of doubt as to which college would carry away the trophy.
The tug of war between Princeton and Yale was set last on the programme, not because it was thought that it would settle everything, but because it was the event that created the most general interest.
A good many unfinished bouts in other sports were being rapidly worked off.