“What a splendid game!”
“Say, but didn’t the Putnam Hall boys pull themselves together in that second half!”
“They surely did! I never saw such running in my life!”
“And such dodging, too! They deserve their victory!”
So the talk ran on. Both Captain Putnam and George Strong came up to congratulate the team members.
Dan Baxter and his cronies were utterly downcast. Between them they had lost sixteen dollars and a half, and now some of them would have to do without spending money for a long time to come.
“I guess those Rigsby chaps didn’t want to win,” growled the bully. “They went all to pieces in the second half.”
Jack was talking to Andy and Pepper when Laura and Flossie Ford came up with smiling faces.
“Oh, it was just splendid!” cried Laura.
“I just had to scream for you!” added Flossie. “I was terribly anxious at first! Those Pornell boys were sure you’d be beaten.”