Suppose you were playing outside forward in a football match, and you
were on the ball with a good opening for a run before you, when you
suddenly heard your captain shout "Centre!" What would you do? Go on
with the ball, or pass it to a centre player?
You would, of course, obey the captain's order and pass it.
Why?
Because you know that if every fellow played the game for his own fun
and glory, his side would never win--the team would be all over the
place.
To prevent this, each player has got his certain allotted place in the
field, and the captain, who is best placed for seeing how the game is
going on, is able to give directions that will help his side to win.
Of course, the success depends on every player doing his best to carry
out his captain's orders efficiently and well.
It is not only in football or hockey that this system brings success,
but in every game of life.
We see it just now on a very big scale at the Front--in the great game
of war--where men obey their captains' orders not only when it is
inconvenient to them to do so, but often when it means danger and
death to them.
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