CHAPTER XVI
LANNY VISITS THE OFFICE
Practice was light that Monday afternoon,
for many of the boys had suffered slight
bruises or muscle-strains in the Corwin game
and all were more or less languid as a result of the
continued warm weather, while, to make easy work
more advisable, the light drizzle which had been
falling since early morning had made the field slippery.
Several of the Varsity players were excused
altogether, among them Tom Haley, who had stood
a good deal of punishment, and Lanny White, who
showed unmistakable signs of a disposition to go
"fine." Everyone moved slowly, sluggishly to-day,
and the jump that Chester Cottrell usually managed
to put into the team was noticeably lacking. Morris
Brent tried a few field-goals and did so well that it
was difficult to believe that he had twice failed on