"I didn't pay very much attention to it, but it seemed to be about even as between Princeton and Yale on the tug of war, and on some of the other events the Princeton men were asking for odds rather than giving them.
"What impressed me most was that it looked as if it was the Princeton crowd that had the most money."
"Why," asked Frank, in a surprised tone, "it wasn't the Princeton contestants who were doing the betting, was it?"
"No, but some of the students."
"That's queer."
"Why?"
"Here it is Tuesday afternoon and the Princeton fellows who are going to see the contests are not due before to-morrow afternoon. It doesn't seem to me probable that the Princeton faculty would let the general run of students come up here at this time any more than the Yale faculty would allow our men to come."
"Can't help that," said Rowland, "there's a raft of Princeton men in town going around with orange ribbons in their buttonholes and hunting for chances to bet money against Yale, Harvard and Cornell."
Frank made no response, but remained for a moment in thought, while the others continued to talk about the betting. Presently Frank asked where Higgins and Mellor were.
Mellor was another freshman athlete. He was a giant in stature, and one of the best wrestlers that had ever been seen at Yale.