When play was resumed Lenox still had the ball and Garry punted fifteen yards, the kick being partially blocked and Greenfield recovering the ball on its own forty-five yard line. Lenox was off-side, and the five-yard penalty brought the ball to the middle of the field. Wallace knifed off tackle for ten yards for first down. A long pass, Bush to Rogers, was completed for a thirty-yard gain, giving Greenfield first down on the Lenox ten-yard line. Rogers went through for three yards. Bush added three more through right guard. Holcomb smashed the line hard, but Lenox had braced desperately and he gained only a yard. On the fourth down, Sayles dropped back to the thirteen-yard line, and though the angle made the feat seem impossible, sent the ball over the bar between the posts for a field goal for the first three points of the game. Greenfield had drawn first blood and her rooters went crazy while their band struck up "See, the Conquering Hero Comes!" "Let them cheer," called Garry to his mates, by no means dismayed. "It's the last chance they'll have." In the Lenox stands there were downcast looks and heavy hearts. Probably there were but two exceptions, Lent Stewart and Chat Johns. There would have been three, but Sandy Podder was attending the trial of Frank Sherwood, which was in progress that day. "Here's where that four-flusher gets his," muttered Lent, his eyes glowing with ill-concealed elation. Kearny kicked off to Knapp, who fumbled and then came back for eleven yards to the Lenox twenty-six yard line. Two line plays gained seven yards, and on third down Garry broke through for twelve yards, with the whole Greenfield line piled on his back. Having made its distance and more, Lenox again had the ball for first down on its own forty-five yard line. Dittler went through tackle for three yards and Knapp added four more through a big hole in the Greenfield line. On a fake plunge and a pass, Dittler to Minter, Lenox got within thirty yards of the Greenfield goal. Minter plowed through for four yards and Knapp added one more, but a penalty for unnecessary roughness cost Lenox fifteen yards and pushed it back to Greenfield's forty-yard line. Minter's pass over the center of the line fell to earth untouched. Another long heave was battered down by Bush. For the rest of that period the game was fast and furious, with first one side and then the other having possession of the ball, and when the first half of the game was over the score still remained at 3 to 0 in favor of the invaders. CHAPTER XXV VICTORY Though on the wrong side of the ledger, Garry still retained his indomitable spirit. "Are we down-hearted?" he cried to his mates as they trotted off to their quarters for the rest between halves. "No!" came in a roar from his comrades. "You bet we're not!" returned Garry. "We've just begun to fight!"