CHAPTER IX
LANNY EXPLAINS
Dick was a very busy person those days. He
had not deceived himself into thinking that
coaching the High School Football Team
would entail but little time and effort. His mistake
had been in underestimating the amount of labor and
time involved. Actual outdoor work took up a good
two hours and a half every day save Sunday. Then
at least five evenings a week Lanny and George Cotner,
and often one or other of the players besides,
met at his house and discussed progress, made plans,
corrected mistakes, worked out formations and plays
and conducted a sort of general football conference.
This lasted anywhere from one to two hours, and
after the others had gone Dick had to settle down
at his books. Fortunately the senior year at high
school was, in comparison with the years gone be-
