hands in his pockets, to give him greater con-
fidence, it might be presumed.

“I nevah made a speech in my life,” he con-
tinued, “and I am quite suah that I can't make
one now. But I said I'd get up here and tell
you that the team is on the job. We're goin'
to do the best playin' of the season tomorrow
-- and that's all.”

“Kentucky,” in the midst of uproarious applause,
sauntered off the stage without a backward
look, thankful, no doubt, that such a pub-
lic appearance was over. It was different on
the field. You were further away from the
crowd and thought about what you were doing.

The next member of the team began a
sentence and forgot what he was going to say.
But the sympathetic if laughing faces of his
audience made him feel more at home. He was
“terribly rattled,” as one of the girls near Betty
whispered, but managed to capture an idea,
jerkily expressed it and succeeded in getting off
the stage without falling over the band, as Dotty
Bradshaw put it. But if there were anything
clever or critical to be said Dotty never missed
it. It was a pity, for Dotty was otherwise so
attractive.

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