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`` Why ? '' `` Why , that 's what I came to see about , '' replied the president frankly . `` That friend of mine -- the one I spoke to you about the other day -- wants to see him pitch . I 'm starting West at noon and I told him I 'd ask you as a favor . He was pretty sore because you did n't put him in the other time I asked you . '' `` All right . Always glad to oblige when possible , '' said Clancy grimly .