Jrasicmark, you're right, the page is a mess. Here's what I came up with: somehow the panels in each row were put in reverse order. Panels 1 and 2 are actually panels 2 and 1, and so on. If you read it this way, (1) Hap reacts to the insult (2) The teams take the floor. The opposing team wears sweatshirts. (3) Cousin throws his sweatshirt over Hap's head. The colorist has reversed the characters' colors. That's Cousin in the blue shorts--his shorts should be orange and his hair yellow. Hap should be wearing blue shorts. (4) Hap takes the shirt off his head as Cousin calls to the girl. (5)The boys shake hands. (6) Hearing the whistle Hap runs onto the court.----- How this might have happened is a mystery to me.
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Hap Hazard Comics 7