Chapter 20 A TEST OF NERVE

"How are you feeling, Joe?" asked Jim, as the men were dressing in the clubhouse, preparatory to going on the field for the first game of the championship race.

"Like a fighting cock," answered Joe. "How are you?"

"A bit shaky," confessed Jim. "My heart keeps coming up in my throat and I have to keep swallowing it all the time."

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