nd Prescott went down.

Yet this had been intended. So well was it done that Greg, close
in, was away with the ball by the time that Prescott touched the
earth.

There was a yell of dismay from the visitors. They started to
bear down Holmes, but all of the Army team had been prepared for
this move from the instant the last signal; had been called.
So it was the full force of the charging Army line that pushed
Cadet Holmes through and over the goal line.

Over all the cheering that followed this manoeuvre came the call
for time at the end of the game's playing time. Yet, under the
rules, the kick for goal was tried.

The kick failed---but who cared? The finishing score was:

Army, 11; Lehigh, 6.

Gone were all the doubts concerning Prescott and Holmes. Now
they were the most sensational players in the Army team. Justly
Brayton received his full share of credit both for taking on Prescott
and Holmes at the eleventh hour, and also for carrying out so
cleverly his own captain's part of the strategy that had won.
Lehigh's team went off the field dejected. The visitors had
counted on victory as theirs. There was a noticeable silence
among the Lehigh "boosters" as they clambered down from their
from their seats and strolled moodily away.

Only one man had any adverse commend. That man was turnback Haynes,
and all he said was:

"_Humph!_"

CHAPTER XIV

FOR AULD LANG SYNE

After that Dick and Greg turned out every day for practice with
the team.

Both Lieutenant Carney and Team Captain Brayton speedily learned
that they had made no mistake in getting Prescott and Holmes on
to the line.

A number of smaller colleges were defeated, and with rattling
good scores.

Dick and Greg seemed to improve with every game.

True, Yale walked off with the honors, though the score, ten to
six, had been stubbornly contested throughout.

Harvard was played to a tie that year; Princeton was beaten by
six to two, the two standing for a safety that Princeton forced
the Army to make.

Lieutenant Carney was one of the happiest men on the station.
From having a team rather below the average, he had produced
an Army eleven that was destined to go down as famous in American
military life.

As Thanksgiving drew near all interest centered in what was, after
all, to be the real game of the year---that between the Army and
the Navy, which is always played the Saturday after that holiday.

Haynes, during the seas