Football -- Juvenile fiction; Schools -- Juvenile fiction
In the second half of the scrimmage Parkhurst started in Bert’s
position, but he was so weak on defense that he lasted but a few
minutes and gave way to Keys. The Second got under way when the
ball was fumbled by Riding, who had succeeded Lovell toward the end
of the first session, and picked up by a Scrub end. From their own
forty-two yards Mr. McFadden’s pets smashed along to the First’s
thirty-one, using a wide sweep that worked with all the efficiency of a
steam-roller. Shelfer, playing right end, was of so little use when the
play came on his side that Mr. Cade sent him off and looked about for a
substitute. Ends, however, were scarce this afternoon, and finally Fitz
Savell was tried. Fitz might have claimed immunity, since he had worked
rather hard Saturday, but that was far from his thoughts. At end, a
position he had played awhile a year back, Fitz fitted excellently,
so well that runs around the First Team’s right ceased after the next
attempt. Too close to the side-line to try a play around the other
end, Scrub piled into right guard for no gain and then shot off a
neat forward-pass to the left that was caught close to the boundary
and advanced for a total gain of seventeen yards. From the First’s
twelve yards the Second went over for a touchdown in three plays, the
final one being an unexpected plunge through a loose center by quarter
after a seeming attack on tackle had fooled the defenders. Couch was
slightly hurt in that play and Franklin took his place at full-back.
No goal was tried and the First kicked off again and the Scrub left
half was downed without a gain by Fitz Savell. One plunge netted two
yards and Scrub punted. Keys caught on his forty-three and the First
started to hammer the right of the adversary’s line and made good going
to the opposite forty. There, two smashes were stopped and Keys made
an ineffectual attempt to take a long heave from Franklin. Time was
taken out for the Scrubs and Coach Cade seized the opportunity to make
several changes. Two new linemen were brought in and Keys was sent off
to the showers. Coach Cade’s demand for another half-back brought Jake,
the trainer, to his feet.
“Half-back! Come on, one o’ you! All right, What’s-your-name!”
But “What’s-your-name” didn’t get well onto the field before he was
turned back. “This man doesn’t know these plays, Jake,” called the
coach. “Who else is there?”
“Not a one, Coach. They’ve all been worked.”
“Well, send some one. Hollins, you come.”
So Bert went back, even more surprised than before, and Mr. Cade said:
“Take it here, Hollins. Let’s see what you can do. We ought to get a
score this time.”
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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