Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-06-02

spectacle of one OF those men who Is for
ever trying and falling short. and cheering
the fellow who gets the place he himself
was after. is worth coming TO college for.
And any man who comes may see not one,
but hundreds in the four years Of his life
when a good example Is most beneficial to
him.
And so. Larry. wasn't SO much
grieved when the Harvard boys took your
scalp. | waited to see what you would
do. I've suffered more than you have In
the last week. When saw you give up with
out an effort. put on sack cloth and ashes
and rended my garments. This is the last
it?'
Nothing" replied Lawrence. modify. 'T
begin 10 perceive that sport is not satisfy
Ing. 1 shall ccnfine myself in future to in
tellectual struggles"
In short. you will play for yourself and
not fer the university. You desire a per-
sonal triumph. and you don't care what be-
comes OF your college. And your name is
Bangs. Well. WE'LL The laws of heredity
work some of the time. but when they take
day off there's no telling what may hap
pen"
Ard that was the end Of It, The parts
were never changed again. in such a way
As 70 be detrimental to the best interests
OF the college.
To trace the subsequent career of Larry
Bangs In the athletic field would be mere
~ 10 repeat what every weil-inforned per-
con should know. That the name of Law
renee Bangs stood always at the head of
the rank list of his class is a matter of no
Importance. vet II may as we'll be mention
ed here. since the fact could not otherwise
reach the eyes Of the public He resigned
not only the higher life Of bodily endeayor
10 Paddy O'Toole. but also the trivialities
OF social Intercourse. In fact for purposes
OF such narration as this or the glorious
traditions OF the university, the real Law
renee Bangs ceased to exist al the close OF
the second Harvard game in his freshman
year.
II
point had he not figured in a series Of
events. the first Of which was Witnessed
b. thousands. some OF whom may be in
teTested to learn what followed. Nobody
can nave forgotten the extraordinary sue
cess Of the alleged Larry Bangs on the
foot ball field. His triumphs there were sec
ord only to those which he scored on the
green diamond. Perhaps the greatest of
them was the last.
The HarYard-yaIe foot ball game in
11rrys senior year was a bloody and des-
peTate struggle. The Harvard team that
gear n as entirely made up of heavyweight
HRSiAsts or the first rank 1t was said that
1ey We're trained on a diet of raw meat
s9e warm blood. The game which resulted
Aas one Of the most entertaining athletic
exhibitions ever presented to the gaze of the
Erst families of America. Every time the
rereTee wiri-ed somebody was knocked
down. and by the end of the first half Har-
vard mad scored II black eyes. But Yale
man always plays with an eye single TO the
interests Of his college and therefore the
mere TACT that the other eve Is closed I'D
does not destroy his usefulness So IL ham,
pehed that while the Harvard team would
nave taken a better photograph at the
ciose OF the first halt. the Yale eleven looked
pert. " al
II must be confessed. however that upon
the feminine part of the vast Surrounding
lhrons Harvard had made very deep i'm
preston Nothing perfectly lovely as
Buck Halford's smuggling had ever been
seen before, and his headwork was simply
marvellous. He seemed to know bv secret
suPernaturaI means when the referee was
Iookine at somebody else, and the man
VINO played opposite him could not have
essn identified by q coroner's jury COM