CHAPTER VI
THE NEW COACH TAKES HOLD
Dick Lovering's selection to mold the
destinies of the Clearfield High School Football
Team did not meet with universal approbation.
It would have been strange if it had.
Dick, handicapped as he was by his physical disability
and far too busy a youth to mix in many of the
school interests, had, after all, but a limited circle
of personal acquaintances, and those who knew him
only by sight and reputation were inclined to be
dissatisfied. There was no animosity toward Dick,
but it was felt that to put a boy who had never
played the game and had had no practical experience
at the head of football affairs was, to say the least,
a hazardous experiment. Some fellows went farther
and declared that it was idiotic.
