as he moved about their room in
quarters that Saturday morning while preparing for the call to
breakfast formation.

Until one o'clock these young men of West Point would be busy
in the section rooms, as on other week days. But the afternoon
of Saturday belonged to pleasure---on this Saturday to sport!

Lehigh University was sending over the strongest baseball nine
it could put up, in the effort to beat West Point on the Military
Academy's diamond.

"It'll seem just like good old Gridley High School days," repeated
Greg.

"Yes," smiled Dick darkly, "with the same rascal, Bert Dodge, to
keep my thoughts going."

"Dodge won't be in the game, anyway."

"He wasn't much in Gridley, either," smiled Dick darkly.

"Oh, well, forget him until the game is over."

Morning recitations passed off as usual. It was when the cadets
came back from dinner,

First, there was a brief inspection, after which cadets, with
leave to visit the West Point Hotel, or officers' homes, strolled
away to meet young women friends.

"I'm due to be only a rooter today," sigh Greg, as he saw his
roommate start off to the gym to meet the other members of the
nine.

"Your luck may change," rejoined Dick. "You'd better go along
to the gym. You're the sub. shortstop, you know, and Meacham
may not be on deck. Better come along, now."

"I will, then; I wasn't going over until just before time to get
into togs and sit on the bench."

Up to this time, neither Prescott nor Holmes had judged their
academic standing to be good enough to make it safe for them to
enter into sports. This winter and spring, however, had found
them "safe" enough for them to go into training with the baseball
squad.

Dick had tried for the position of pitcher, but Kennedy had been
chosen, while Prescott had gone to second base. Tatham was the
sub. pitcher.

"Say, have you seen the Lehighs?" demanded Furlong, as the chums
joined the crowd at the gym. "They're big fellows. They weigh
a ton and a half to our ton."

"Lightness and speed count for more than beef in this game," smiled
Prescott.

"Lehigh has sent some huskies, all right, and they look as if
they'd give us a tough battle."

In baseball and football West Point plays college teams. The
college men are generally older and much heavier. Besides, the
college men, not having the same intense grind at their institutions,
are able to devote four or five times as much actual time to the
work of tra