Gordon Elliott a student at one of the big universities is unable to make the football team until his senior year He is then awarded a position at center because of his superior method of passing the ball though his lightness is against him He overhears the head coach say that Dick Blackwood would make a better center if only he could master the pass In his loyalty to the college Elliott teaches Blackwood the pass thereby eliminating himself not merely from the team but also as he supposes from the possibility of winning Marjorie Burgess who has commanded him to return for his answer after he has played his first big game