CHAPTER XIII
APRON STRINGS
"It's an outrage!" declared S. S. Zane, banging an indignant fist on the table in the Scouts' clubhouse. "Yes, sir, an outrage; that's what it is!"
The subject under discussion was a bulletin that had been posted that day on the board in the high-school hall. It read:
NOTICE!
The following basketball players will report at 12:30 Saturday afternoon, ready for the trip to Elkana:
| Left Forward | Kiproy |
| Right Forward | Barrett |
| Center | Sheffield |
| Left Guard | Collins |
| Right Guard | Turner |
| Substitutes | Payton, Jones, Henderson, Zane |