"I've seen it happen more than once," observed Mr. Addicks, "that a team with a heavy handicap has gone in and won. Seems like knowing you've got to work helps a heap sometimes. Don't give in yet, Fudge."
The last work for the Track Team came Thursday. There had been time-trials for the runners Monday and some pretty strenuous work for all hands on Wednesday, but Thursday's practice was little more than a warming up. Mr. Addicks, however, wasn't in favor of letting down too soon, and on Friday morning Perry was out on the track as usual and was put through his paces quite as vigorously as on any other morning. On Friday afternoon the track men went for a short run across country and that ended the season's work.
While Clearfield still looked for a defeat on the morrow, it no longer conceded the meet to Springdale by any overwhelming majority of points, and there were others beside Arthur Beaton who even dared hope for a victory by a narrow margin. Captain Felker, however, was not one of these. Guy faced the inevitable grimly, determined to at least make a good showing. Lanny worked hard with the coaching and under his tuition the two hurdlers, Beaton and Peyton, showed improvement
by Thursday. So far no inkling had reached
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