Garry Grayson's football rivals : $b or, The secret of the stolen signalsStratemeyer, Edward
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Garry Grayson's football rivals : $b or, The secret of the stolen signals
Stratemeyer, Edward
Football stories; High schools -- Juvenile fiction; Teenage boys -- Juvenile fiction
Only once through that period did Greenfield threaten. That was when
Greenfield, with Clark doing most of the ball-carrying, tore through
the Lenox forwards for three first downs and an advance from the
Greenfield twenty-three-yard mark to the forty-one-yard line of Lenox.
But that was as far as they got. Henderson fumbled a bad pass from
center and lost twelve yards in consequence, and before they could get
going again the referee's whistle signaled the end of the period.
"What was it I said about Greenfield being snowed under?" gurgled Bill,
as the weary warriors took their brief rest before again plunging into
battle.
"I don't know about being snowed under, but they're certainly whitened
up a bit," laughed Garry. "But that may be because they started the
game thinking we'd be too easy. They know better now, and they may take
a brace."
"I don't believe it," scoffed Rooster. "We've got 'em going. It's
simply Lenox's day, and they haven't got a chance."
It seemed as though Rooster were right, for touchdowns came thick and
fast as soon as the second period opened. Lenox, taking the leather on
its forty-five-yard strip after the kick-off, started in immediately on
its line crushing operations. Again and again the backs went through
that fatally-weak right side of the Greenfield line. A thirteen-yard
gain by Rooster around the end and a twelve-yard smash by Knapp brought
the ball within striking distance of the enemy goal, and then in two
successive tries Nick carried it across. Four minutes later another
followed, Knapp making twenty-one yards off right tackle and Garry
streaking through the Greenfield forwards for thirty-four yards and
falling over the line. On both occasions Bill kicked the goal.
The Greenfield team was now thoroughly demoralized, and their rout
became complete when Garry once more took it over after he had thrown
a runner for a fifteen-yard loss and blocked a punt. Rooster failed on
the kick for point, but a trifle like that counted for little, and the
total score was now 34 to 0 in favor of the visitors.
Greenfield had a glimmer of hope when they got one of their kick-offs
on the Lenox eighteen-yard line after Knapp had played tag with the
leather. But four downs failed to gain the distance and Rooster kicked
the ball to the middle of the field, where it was when the period ended
with the score unchanged.
Mr. Phillips came to Garry as the jubilant team was resting between
periods.
"I think," he said, "that here is a chance for the substitutes to get a
little practice in a regular game. I want to save the regulars as far
as possible for the games yet to come. It looks as though we had the
game won, though nothing is certain in football. But if we find that
Greenfield is threatening, we can easily put the regulars back again
and they'll be all the better for a little rest. What do you think?"
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