The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-25
JUST A HARD TACKLE.
The Half Backs Thoughts as He Was
BOwIed Over After Making n
Touchdown.


From the New York Sun.
1--WE had worked the ball down to within
thirty yards of their goal" he said to a
group of sturdy young men gathered
around a table in an uptown club, and
l saw a touchdown coming our way, 1
was playing half back, and / had been
worked pretty hard. Capt. Blank was at
quarter, and he had sent me around the
end dozen times and twice through the
center. I told him that she was going
to see the game and he knew that 1
would play as l never played before.
When we trottde onto the field / called
Blanks attention to her. She was sitting
In the front row, wearing our colors in
her gown and her hat. Blank said she
was all right and, though ] knew 1t be-
fore, l was glad to hear Blank say so.
Every time that I ran with the ball l
could see her out of the corner of my
eye, and the first time that l was downed
hard near the grand stand and the other
team piled on top of me, | heard her cry
out, but l couldn't tell what 1t was, be-
cause the man who tackled me had his
knee in my ear. II didn't take me long
to get up from that tackle, | can tell you.
well, as / was saying, we rolled them
down the field by steady play, and when
we lined up within thirty yards Of their
goal with the ball in our hand Blank said
il was time to take a brace and score.
He told us that we had been loafng, and
that he was ashamed Of us, just as If we
hadn't been playing the best football Of
the year He signalled to me that he ex-
pected me 10 take the ball around the left
end, and | thought that l saw my chance
for good run.
Now. let me tell you that the expert
ence which followed was novel. The CEN
ter snapped the bail back to Capt. Blank,
and although l was watching him intently,
/ saw the other rush line break against
ours as if they had struck a stone wall,
and ] saw a girl In our colors on the
grand stand who was so excited that she
was standing up. The ball was in the air,
and when 1 found It tucked safely under
my arm l was running for all that
was in me. AS l passed their end he
jumped at me and just missed a hold. 1t
seemed to me that the noise on the field
had ceased suddenly, though ] learned af-
terWard that II was redouDled as soon as
I started with the ball | saw their half
back and fun back running so that they
might tackle me just before / reached
their line and l seemed TO have eyes In
the back Of my head with which 1 saw
their whole rush line at my heels to tackle
hit liOAi DHAAAANs
"All Of this however. was merely an in
cidental stage setting for girl in our col
ors on the grand stand. / wondered who
the chap was who was standing beside
her and feared that her arm might get
tired waving the flag which I sent 10
her as she came on the grounds. 1 was
dimIy conscious OF the fact that / was
running at fun speed in the hope that /
might carry their half back and full
back across the line with me when / was
tackled, and my feet seemed to move Of
their own voiitiou. My running was due
TO sub-conscious action at the best and It
bothered me that / was getting 50 near
the fellows who We're hurrying 10 tackle
me, because / knew that when the tackle
came l would see nothing Of the grand
stand.
Then It occurred 10 me suddenly that
the full back was the man who had been
standing beside the girl IN my colors on
the grand stand. and ] wondered how
he had made such a quick change. II he
had jumped from the grand stand to help