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A large crowd turned out to witness the six-inning game between the 'varsity nine and Frank Merriwell's "scrub" team. Yale was anxious about her ball team, for it was not showing up as well as it should, while Harvard and Princeton were said to be in prime condition.
Despite his popularity, Frank had enemies in college, and those enemies were circulating the report that his arm was "broken," that he had a "dead wing," and that his day as a pitcher was past. They declared Yale was leaning on a broken reed when it depended on Merriwell to win games.