“Well, perhaps you will feel better, Tony, after the Glee Club Concert,” answered Ray with a smile. “I think that will set us on our feet again—and now take your pencils and make up your lists.”
Then he handed us each a sheet of paper.
There was a silence for several moments only broken by the scratching of pen and pencils. At length we finished, and laying our lists upon the desk, we set to work comparing them. It soon became evident that our views coincided very closely, and the final result of our examination showed that we had all three agreed upon twenty-two names. These men were all good players who had shown their proficiency in the class games of the fall previous, and several of them were sure of places on the University nine.
“Well, let it stand then at twenty two, since we have agreed on that number,” said Ray, “and now let me draw up a form for the bulletin, and then see what you think of it.”
Ray wrote busily for some time.
“We must be prompt, you know,” he said, as he finished, “for we must choose the nine just before the Easter vacation, so I have requested competitors to be at the ball ground Monday noon in order that we can begin practice at once.”
Ray then read us what he had written. Several changes were made, and the matter rewritten several times before it was in a shape satisfactory to us all. When finally completed, Ray handed the sheet of paper to Tony.
“There,” he said, “will you make two clean copies of that, Tony, and have them posted up the first thing Monday morning?”
Tony consented, and we rose to go. As I lingered at the door after Tony had taken his departure, Ray suddenly said,
“By the way, Harry, what are you going to do this Easter vacation?”