"Then does football teach nerve?"
"It certainly must!" agreed the recent kicker.
CHAPTER XII
DICK, LILE CAESAR, REFUSES THE CROWN
A few days later the members of the school team, and the substitutes, had been announced. Then the men who had made the team came together at the gymnasium.
Who was to be captain of the eleven?
For once there seemed to be a good deal of hanging back.
If there were any members of the team who believed themselves supremely fitted to lead, at least they were not egotistical enough to announce themselves.
There was a good deal of whispering during the five minutes before Mr. Morton called them to order. Some of the whisperers left one group to go over to another.
"Now, then, gentlemen!" called Coach Morton. "Order, please!"