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who are not sound and fit. We don't want accidents and we don't want fellows petering out in mid-season. So I guess we'll have all those who haven't taken their exams do it to-morrow. Suppose you write a notice to that effect, George, and post it on the bulletin board. And write a call for candidates, too, please. Say we want twenty more fellows, must have them right away and don't care whether they've played football before or not."

"You'll get a lot of dubs if you say that," volunteered Cottrell dubiously.

"I don't want dubs," smiled Dick, "but I do want to get hold of fellows who have strong bodies and good lungs and plenty of brains. I'd rather make a team out of eleven chaps with intelligence who never saw a football than out of that many football players without intelligence, Chester. Even if we find only one out of the twenty who makes good it'll be worth the trouble."

"Right-o," said George. "Shove me some of that pad over here, Lanny."

"Now," said Dick, "tell me what you know of Springdale this year, fellows. I know what she did to us last Fall and how she did it, but I want to know what they are planning for this year and