The old graduate, who still loved Columbia, and served in many capacities, glanced over the communication, and then laughed out loud.
"Why," he said, "what do you think, boys? It's a challenge to our hockey team to play a game to-morrow morning!"
CHAPTER V
LANKY'S HARD LUCK
"It never rains but it pours!" cried Jack Comfort.
"Nothing but hockey in the air at present. Who's it from, Mr. Garrison?"
"That's easy to guess. I hear the Bellport fellows have been practicing some lately. They feel sore over the easy win by Clifford last year."
"Wrong in your guess, Bones. This is from the Castoff League!"
"What's that?" cried several in chorus, while looks were exchanged.
"The challenge is signed by seven names, and these constitute what they choose to call the Wanderer Hockey Team," continued the president.