Omaha daily bee., 1895-11-24

came over me, as | realized I had not ono
thought Of the tackle whom was to watch
hadn't even seen him once to place him
and determined that not ogaln after tn
lineup should my eyes leave him. As the!
spread out | marked him closely. fine biI
light haired fellow, with shoulders like al
OK.
Hes bigger that Dud," was my frs
thought, but I soon saw that h. was mucl
shorter He was decidedly heavier thar
Merwin, however. and kept tossing him abou
and worrying him. On the first down
Brewster took the ball between guard ant
tackle, with rush for five yards.
Hes a perfect wonder at that" said
Roland, "and how he keeps his feet so lone
/ can't see"
On the next play Thornton tried to make
plunge Just inside tackle on Merwin's side
but the Chatham tackle saw him coming
and, although he could not get by Merwin ia
reach the runner, he exerted all his strength
in quick shove against Merwin. which
threw him directly In Thorntons way, closing
up the hole completely. 1t was too late for
Thornton 10 change his direction. In fact,
he had already lowered his head and he
struck Metwin hard, both going over with
the Chatham tackle and guard on top Of
them
When they got up Merwin lmped, aEd IT was
plain that he had had hard knock. He sprang
to his place. however but Langton called for
time and came over to him. After few
minutes talk Langton walked up to the Chat
ham captain who was on the end close to
our side Of the field, and heard him ask
II he could put on substitute.
1.-THE man isn't hurt so badly but that he
could play, but I don't want to lay him up"
I heard Langton say.
"Why, certainly, put on another man." re-
piled the Chatham captain.
You can imagine that l was listening with
the deepest interest.
"Much obliged said Langton. and then.
Goddard, we want you" and i stripped OIL
my sweater and ran out. AS l passed Mer-
win hobbling OFF he said Get down low,
Goddard, and look out for his leg when you.
go through"
From that time on I lost all thought of
everything except signals containing the mum
Der eight (which was my signal to take the
balD and taking care Of that tow-headed gen.
tleman in front OF me.
Twice remember finding, just at the last
moment that he had fooled me and was
boxed in but both times / saw that old
darling Greene his face set like a metal
mask, come swinging in between the inter
ferers, and bring down the man l ought to
have taken. Once he said to me, Keep 1t
up, Goddard. he's getting tired Of you" and
again little later Keep your arms moving
more when you're going through, ana don't
stand so STILL
Dudley didn't pay much attention to me
except when they tried small wedges on our
sids the line, and then as he would be fairly
lifting two huge fellows at a time he'd grunt
out. Crowd 'em back freshman"
Once, too, when l got my signal to run he
chopped off the Chatham tackle who was al
most on me as l left the line.
In pause that came while Chatham man
was recovering his wind, Thornton said to
me, "You needn't try to make those holes so
big, Goddard. and don't open them SO early.
All we want is break In the line, and then,
when we strike, jump In and shove for all
you're worth"
In five minutes more the end of the first
half had come, and we had scored twice,
Dud Kicking goal each time from the touch
down. During the intermission Fairfax got
us together, and after asking few questions
Of Addison, Dudley and Spellman about the
new wedges that Chatham had tried on us.
gave two or three words OF instruction
about meeting them, and almost before he
had finished, the referee was calling out
Times up" and we lined up for the second
half.
For long time the ball moved up and
down the field, neither side being able to get
It past the opponents twenty-five-yard line
don't know how the rest felt, but l was
getting pretty tired, and l knew from the
way my opponent was playing that ne felt
very much the same. The ball was now at
the center of the field and Chatham had It,
Their ends dropped and they began to form
The wedges again, as they had earlier In the
game. They began to gain at first to our
rather indifferent surprise. They pushed us
three yards, five yards, eight yards at a
time and things began to look serious. Lang |
ton came up and commenced to drive us up
20 the work Again they formed, and though |
we held them better, they made their five |
Yards in three downs. They were at our |
twenty -fiye-yard line and had held the Dali
steadily for seven downs.
Little Addison exhorted the big center |
men to hold them harder. The Hallock cries |
from the side line had entirely ceased as |
hey saw their team driven steadily back
INTO their goal, while the "Hooray! Hooray! |
am! Chatham" came out stronger ana
stronger, until 1t seemed like one continu-
,us cry. Although the formation seemed
the same each time, the man came out at !
different place. Sometimes he came be- ,
tween guard and center, sometimes out
side of or over the tackle, and there was
apparently no way Of telling in which di-
'ectlon the wedge would turn.
Warner and / crowded up closer to our /
guards, and it would go outside OF us, and
.hough Greene and Bentley played like
lemons, and Thornton and Langton backed
hem up superbIy, the damage was done be-
ore they could reach the man. Then, too.
,nce Chatham man had shaken himself
rec, and had Thornton not just caught
lin from behind, he would have had at
east twenty yards. We could fairly feel
he shadow of our goal posts as we backed
lently down, giving up yard after yard
o this unknown and unsolvable play. l
,egan to wonder whether the referee
would never call time. / was sure that we
lad played for hours, that 1t must have been
half hour fully since we had the ball. We
we're on our ten-yard line and Addison In
heer desperation had knelt down, literally
between Miller's legs. and, as the ball was
mapped and handed. he drove directly into
he arms of the STOPPING recipient. The ball
Tipped. dropped, and. as the whistle blew
nd the men pulled themselves out Of the
reap, there lay Addison fiat on his face, but
he ball-the ball We needed so badly, was
lnder him. tightly clasped in his arms, and
he assault had come to an end!
First feeble Hallock cheer went up, then
IS our crowd realized that the agony was
yer for a time at least, the "rah! rah! rah!' |
urst forth with wild relief that was only
o be measured by the fear that had prev
pusly shaken their hearts. The ball was
assed back, and Brewster, with one OF his
eautiful long punts, drove II down to Chat
ams ffty-yard line. and the strain was
ver
They began working It back again with
he same wedges. but their force
,as spent and the distance to be regained
,oked too long, and in a few moments the
eferee called time, and the game was
nished.
There was precious little said on the ride
own town. and. when the dirty, grtmy
cam crawled up the entrance staircase
ST Stephens there was hut one demand |