Garry Grayson at Lenox High : $b or, The champions of the football leagueStratemeyer, Edward
General
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
The bruising battle had not been without its casualties. Knapp in
the last mix-up had twisted his leg and could barely more than limp.
Painter at right guard was badly winded. So Mr. Phillips picked Nick
Danter to take the place of Knapp and Rooster Long to fill the vacancy
at guard.
The Greenfield ball carriers were unchanged, though two changes had
been made in the line.
"Now, boys," was Mr. Phillips's last injunction after a short but
inspiring talk, "go out and eat those fellows up. They haven't a thing
you fellows haven't. I've watched their play, and I know. Get after
them and bring home the bacon."
Garry kicked off to Bush, who came back eighteen yards to Greenfield's
thirty-three yard line. Rogers broke through the right side of the
Lenox line and ran twenty-four yards to Lenox's forty-three yard line
before he was downed. Greenfield failed to gain through the line and
Wallace was stopped without an advance on an attempted end run. Bush
punted to the Lenox twenty-yard line.
Lenox made an ineffectual try on a line plunge by Dittler. Nick gained
a yard off tackle. Then he made a superb punt of forty-five yards, Bush
being thrown without a return. Rogers made a yard on a plunge, but a
pass from Wallace was intercepted by Garry on the Lenox forty-five yard
line.
Dittler threw a pass into the ground. Minter fumbled on a line plunge
and Bush recovered for Greenfield on the Lenox forty-yard line. Wallace
failed to gain through the line. Bush swung wide around the end for a
five-yard gain. A Greenfield pass was battered down by Rooster. Another
Greenfield pass was completed, but Garry threw Wallace for the loss of
a yard and Lenox took the ball on its own thirty-six yard line.
Two stabs at the line gained four yards for Lenox. Garry plowed through
the line for fifteen yards. An attempt by Dittler was stopped without
a gain and Lenox was penalized five yards for off-side play. Nick
gained three yards on a wide end run. While trying to get away a punt
Dittler slipped and Greenfield recovered the ball.
Rogers was thrown for a four-yard loss by Rooster. A Greenfield
pass was grounded. Garry intercepted the next toss and reached the
Greenfield fourteen-yard line before he was downed.
The visitors braced doggedly to defend their goal. Nick went through
center for two yards. Dittler made three more off tackle. A third
attempt by Minter resulted in no gain, and Garry dropped back for a
kick.
The ball sailed through the air in a beautiful spiral and came down on
the other side of the bar, while pandemonium broke out in the Lenox
stands.
Three points and the score was tied! Before the ball could be put again
in play the referee's whistle sounded the end of the quarter.
While the stands fairly rocked with applause, Lent Stewart and Chat
Johns sat glum and silent.
"If that fellow fell overboard, he'd come up with a fish in his mouth,"
grumbled Lent.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
Reviews
Reviews
No reviews yet
Be the first to share your thoughts on this work.
Elsewhere in the archive
Join the Discussion
Join the discussion
Sign in to leave a comment or review.
Sign InorCreate an account