Clint tried to pick up the signals, but it was a hopeless task, and it
was not until Mr
Clint tried to pick up the signals, but it was a hopeless task, and it
was not until Mr. Robey detailed one of the substitutes to teach him the
‘varsity code that he was able to take part in proceedings. He went in
at right tackle for one of the two fifteen-minute periods and,
considering that he was still unfamiliar with the shifts and signals,
did very well. No one told him so, to be sure, but he knew without being
told, and emerged from the afternoon’s practice thinking that perhaps,
after all, playing on the ‘varsity was not such a difficult thing as he
had imagined it. But Clint’s troubles hadn’t begun yet.