Summary

Chapter 37: The Goober shows up just before the fight is about to start. He has been absent from school for three days because he wants nothing to do with Trinity and was having a hard time watching what was happening to Jerry.

The crowd is anxious for the fight to begin and finally Carter reads the first ticket. The first hit is Jerry’s. He swings at Emile Janza and nearly misses because he blocked the hit. The next hit is for Janza and Jerry lets him hit him. The crowd continues to scream for action and Carter hastily pulls another ticket before looking at it. It is for Janza to hit Jerry in the groin. Carter reads it out loud before looking at it and realizes he has made a mistake. They had set up guidelines for the hits and were going to throw...