Garry Grayson at Lenox High : $b or, The champions of the football leagueStratemeyer, Edward
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Garry Grayson at Lenox High : $b or, The champions of the football league
Stratemeyer, Edward
Football stories; High schools -- Juvenile fiction; Teenage boys -- Juvenile fiction
Two passes by Greenfield were knocked down. Wallace, the enemy
quarterback, kicked twenty-five yards, and Knapp was downed on the
Lenox forty-five yard line before he could take a step. Dittler cut
through left tackle and got away for forty-two yards before he was
driven out of bounds by Holcomb on Greenfield's thirteen-yard line.
Here, with their goal threatened, Greenfield took a mighty brace, and
three successive line plunges failed to gain an inch. On the fourth
down Payne tried for a field goal but his drop-kick was short. But
Garry recovered the ball on the Greenfield nine-yard line.
Again Greenfield braced and two line smashes gained only two yards.
On the third down, Minter plunged between right guard and tackle but
was met so furiously that he was thrown back for a four-yard loss. On
the fourth down Lenox tried a forward pass but it was intercepted by
Rogers, who ran to the Greenfield thirty-yard line.
Bush made two through the line and Wallace punted forty-five yards,
Garry being downed in his tracks on the Lenox twenty-two yard line.
Knapp made three yards in two line smashes. Garry punted for
thirty-seven yards and Holcomb came back fifteen yards before he was
downed. He fumbled as he was tackled, and Lenox recovered on its
thirty-eight yard line.
Again Lenox plunged at the Greenfield line, Dittler going through for
three yards. A forward pass from Minter was grounded. Knapp found a
hole at left tackle and slid through for four. On the fourth down Garry
himself took the ball and went through for five yards, making the
distance and still keeping possession of the ball.
On a crisscross play Dittler was thrown for a loss of three yards.
And just then the whistle blew and the period ended with the ball in
Lenox's keeping near mid-field.
It had been a furious struggle, with honors about even. If anything,
Lenox had a slight edge, as most of the time the ball had been in the
enemy's territory and twice she had come within striking distance of
the Greenfield goal.
The "baby" had come up to scratch, and roars of frenzied applause went
up from the Lenox rooters, led by their cheer leaders, who, dressed in
white, went through all sorts of acrobatic antics before the stands.
Answering roars went up from the Greenfield section and their brass
band added to the tumult as the players, panting and breathless, took
their minute of rest, sprawled out on the turf.
Garry was covered with dust, his nose bleeding, his hands scratched,
his chest heaving from his exertions.
"Oh, look at Garry!" squealed Ella. "He's hurt!"
"Hurt nothing!" retorted Jane Danter, her face flushed with excitement.
"He's as happy as a clam. Go it, Garry!" she called in her shrill
treble. "We're all rooting for you!"
Garry looked at her and grinned. Jane sure was a nice girl.
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