CHAPTER XVI
SOMETHING ABOUT A CANE
But if Koswell and Larkspur were guilty, they kept very quiet about it, and the Rover boys were unable to prove anything against them. The bill for the cut-up tire came to Dick, and he paid it.
The college talk was now largely about football, and one day a notice was posted that all candidates for admission on the big eleven should register at the gymnasium.
"I think I'll put my name down," said Tom.
"And I'll do the same," returned Dick, "but I doubt if we'll get much of a show, since they know nothing of our playing qualities here."
There were about thirty candidates, including thirteen who had played on the big team before. But two of these candidates were behind in their studies, and had to be dropped, by order of the faculty.
"That leaves a full eleven anyway of old play-
164
