"The tug of war doesn't worry me a little bit," he said, "but as one of the managers I should feel pretty badly if we fell down on everything else."
"Oh, we're not going to fall down; there are two or three events, you know, in which we are almost certain to win. The high leap, for example——"
"That's just what I've been thinking of," interrupted Frank.
"Why, are you afraid of Higgins?"
Higgins was a member of the freshman class who had shown most unusual power in jumping, and had easily beaten all the other Yale students who had tried for that event.
"I hear that Cornell has a man named Stover," said Frank, "who thinks he can beat everybody at the high jump."
"Yes, I've heard of him, too," Rowland responded, "but what of it? Higgins has broken the record in private practice——"
"That doesn't make it certain that he will do as well at the armory."
"No; but he's in good condition, isn't he?"
"First rate."