Boarding schools -- Juvenile fiction; Football stories; School sports -- Juvenile fiction; Teenage boys -- Juvenile fiction
The First Team played its game away from home on Saturday, meeting
Minster High School at Minster, and so, at three o’clock, the Scrub
lined up against Freeburg High School on the First Team gridiron. A
goodly portion of the student body had followed the school eleven, but
enough fellows had remained at home to form, with a large delegation of
high school boys and girls, a very respectable audience. Doctor Wyndham
attended and remained until the third period was well along, and the
issue had been definitely settled. Others of the faculty graced the
occasion, too, and Mr. McKnight and Mr. Connover joined “Cocky” on the
bench. The cold spell had passed, and the weather, clear and moderately
warm, with almost no breeze, was ideal for football.
The First Team had beaten the local high school by the score of 19 to
7, and “Cocky’s” charges were certain of their ability to triumph,
although none predicted better than a close victory. Mr. Babcock
started Adams, Ames, Howlett, Ridgway, Henning, Coles and Bingham in
the line, and Jackson, Kemble, Gillespie and Thayer in the backfield.
It was evident almost from the first that the Scrub was by far the
better team, with a sturdier defense, and a harder and more varied
attack. Thayer went over for the first touchdown less than six minutes
after play had begun, subsequent to a straight march down the field
in which the Scrub opened wide gaps in the High School line, ran the
ends for good gains and pulled off one forward-pass, Kemble to Bingham.
Later, the Scrub started a second advance, after an exchange of punts
had gained a few yards for the home team, and had reached High School’s
twenty-five-yard line when the whistle blew. Scrub lost the ball on
the seventeen, when play had been resumed, by Thayer’s failure to find
an opening. Two inches more would have won a first down. High School
rushed once and then punted to Jackson in midfield and Sim scampered
back sixteen yards before he was stopped. Scrub took up its journey
again and pushed the ball across near the corner of the field, Kemble
carrying it. Sim had missed the first try-for-point, but he succeeded
this time and the Scrub had the game 13 to 0.
The half ended with no more scoring and with High School still on the
defensive.
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