“Sounds pretty,” said Howe thoughtfully. “But it doesn’t click. Crooks waste little time on revenge. Dough is what they are after. Money. Money. Money. That is their long cry.”
“But where’s there money in snatching a football star?”
“Who knows? Perhaps they’re being paid.”
“Paid? By whom?”
“Northern wants to win. Isn’t Northern Old Midway’s ancient rival? Doesn’t the championship hang in the balance? What’s a few thousand dollars when such a prize is at stake?”
“But universities are not like that!”
“Not the schools. Of course not. But alumni. Who can say what some rich and over-enthusiastic alumnus would risk to see that game won?”
“Not much sense to that.”
“Perhaps not. But what then?”
“They may be hoping that Old Midway will dig deep to get their star back.”