Thompson kicked off to Knapp, who returned twenty-two yards. Dittler shot around the scrubs' right end for nine yards. A forward pass made the yard that gave the regulars their distance. McCarty made a yard, but Knapp lost ground on an attempted end run. Dittler shot through the scrubs' right side for a five-yard gain. Knapp then punted to the scrubs' twenty-five yard line, Rooster signaling for a fair catch. The scrubs failed to gain, and Rooster dropped back for a punt. The regulars' linesmen hurried the kick, and the ball went up almost straight in the air, netting the scrubs only ten yards and giving the regulars the ball on the scrubs' twenty-nine yard line. On two plays Wynn gained five yards. Then he broke loose and got the ball through to the scrubs' fifteen-yard line. This was dangerously close, and the scrubs braced desperately. Dittler failed to gain around the right end. Knapp lost ground on an attempted run around left. It was third down with eleven yards to gain. Then Dittler went back to try a forward pass. He was smeared, however, and the scrubs took the ball on downs on their own twenty-five yard line. Tom Allison lost eight yards on an end run. Then he punted to Knapp, who was downed in his tracks by Rooster before he could make a move. Garry, aided by splendid interference by Bill, who bowled over his opponents one after the other, made a run of thirty-eight yards, bringing the ball well down in the enemy's territory. The scrubs gained only two yards on the first two downs. Then they were penalized five yards for off-side play. An attempted forward pass was incompleted and on the fourth down they made only two yards, the ball going to the regulars. Then the latter began a steady march down the field. They were fighting like mad to make a touchdown before the period ended. They wanted to smother that one point lead to which the scrubs clung with such desperate tenacity. Twice in succession the regulars made their distance, aided by a splendid run of Benny Knapp's, who ran twenty-two yards before Bill Sherwood downed him. Closer and closer they came to the scrubs' goal. The superior beef of the older and better trained boys was beginning to tell. Their lighter opponents fought frantically to hold them back. What they were fighting for now was time. Twenty yards! Ten yards! And the regulars still held the ball! "Hold 'em, fellows, hold 'em!" gasped Garry, whose nose was bleeding while one of his eyes was closing from the furious mix-ups in which he had ever been foremost. "For the love of Pete, hold 'em!" CHAPTER XIII IN THE LAST PERIOD With victory so near, the regulars declined to be held. Dittler plunged through between right end and tackle for four yards. Wynn took the ball-- And just then the referee's whistle blew! The period had ended!