“All right,” he growled. “The meeting will take place to-night.”
Quickly the word went around through the precincts of Excelsior Hall.
“There’s going to be another hot meeting.”
“Hiram’s on his last legs.”
“His game is up now.”
“This means that Joe Matson will pitch, sure, and we’ll win some games now.”
“If Hiram goes, Luke will, too, and there’ll be a new captain.”
These were only a few of the comments and predictions made by the players and other students as they got ready to attend the session.