"No wonder you lost the hundred," responded Wagner with a smile. "Do you know, Phelps, I had the same experience you're having with him when I was a freshman."
"What did you do?"
"Do? There's only one thing to do and that is to do his work. But I advise you to go down to his house and see him and talk it over."
"He won't want to see me."
"Yes, he will. He's not half so bad as you think. Try it; I did."
"He'll think I'm trying to boot-lick."
"No, he won't. You can run if you have to, can't you?" demanded Wagner. "You've got a good stride, and, like trying for the track team, you've nothing to lose and everything to gain."