"Yes, sir," said Dink reverently.
"When you get in a game get fighting mad, but get cold mad—play like a fiend—but keep cold. Know just what you're doing and know it all the time."
"Thank you, sir," said Dink, who never forgot the theory, which had a wider application than Garry Cockrell perhaps suspected.
"You laid it on pretty strong," said Mr. Ware to Cockrell, as they walked back after practice.
"I did it for several reasons," said Garry; "first, because I believe the boy has the makings of a great player in him; and second, I was using him to talk to the team. They're not together and it's going to be hard to get them together."
"Bad feeling?"
"Yes, several old grudges."
"What a pity, Garry," said Mr. Ware. "What a pity it is you can only have second and third formers under you!"
"Why so?"
"Because they'd follow you like mad Dervishes," said Mr. Ware, thinking of Dink.