The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-13
JUST 4 HARD TACKLE
The Half Backs Thoughts as He Was Bowled
Over After Making q Touchdown.

The Half Backs Thoughts as He was BOWED
Over After Making n Touchdown.
we had worked the ball down to within thir-
tY yards Of their goal" he said to a group OF
sturdy young men gathered around q table In
an uptown. club. and l saw a touchdown coming
our way. l was playing half back. and / had
been worked pretty hard. Capt. Blank was at
quarter, and he had sent me around the end q
dozen times and twice through the centre. 1
told him that she was going to see the game,
and he knew that 1 would play as l never played
before. When we trotted onto the feldI 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 l knew it before. l was glad to hear
Blank say 30. Every time that I ran with the
ball I 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, l heard her cry out, but l couldn't
tell what 1t was, because the man who tackled
me had his knee in my ear. 1t didn't take me
long to get up from that tackle. / can tell you.
well. as I 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 it was time to take q
brace and score. He told US that we had been
loafng. and that he was ashamed of US. Just as
II we hadn't been PLAYING the best football Of
the year. He siRnalled to me that he expected
mo to take the ball around the left end. and I
thought that I saw my chance for a good run.
Now. let me tell you that the experience
which followed was novel. The centre snapped
the ball. back to Capt. Blank, and although I
was watching him intently i saw the other
rush line break against ours as If they had
struck 4 stone wall. and I saw a girl In our
colors on the grand stand who was so excited
that she was standing up. The ball was in the
mir and uhan + found II ffIpkad aafpIv updar
my arm I was running for all that was in me.
As l passed their end he jumped at me and
Just missed 9 hold. 1t seemed TO me that the
noise on the field had ceased suddenly. though
| learned afterward that it was ~redoubled as
soon as | started with the ball. 1 saw their
might tack!e me Just before l reached their
line and I seemed to have eyes in the back OF
my head with which l saw their whole rush
line at my heels to tackle me from behind.
All OF this. however. was merely an inciden-
s Sras st1E sea ssdieinf % 1%S 9 a1sd w who our th S9l CHAP on M sas
who vas standing beside her. and feared
which l sent 10 her as she came on the
grounds. 1 was dimly conscious of the fact
that was running at full speed in, the hope
across the line with, me when l was tackled,
and my feet seemed to move Of their own
seious action at the best. and it bothered me
that was getting SO near the fellows who
t TsIe R RheT'1 1Rss 70 tSet tISe esm %e / S Sss1ds sea a aosr
Ing Of the grand stand.
linen IL occurred TO me suddenly that the
full back was the man who had been standing
pes I the girl n hn my 60 sol Srs on the Grand stand
chanRe. III, he had jumped from the grand
stand to help out the other side l was, going to
protest; What right had he there2 We were
must have been wearing his football suit under
bis big ulster and 1t was not . fair game. Why :
Anyway. he was a fool for leaving a pretty girl
and coming down on 2 wet feld to get rolled
to do With him and Il Waa going tn do H. RIGHT |
then hard. clear over the lineIhal back and
fal 6 saljd sogfet and Snd The wh9 3Es team am, -
oolors 70 whom / had given the nag had struck
me on the head with the flag stick. II was not
me. The full back. Who had ma made s'G q gui es
change TO his ulster. was standing beside her
climb over the rail to where she stood. Every
one on the grand stand was yelling in my ears
summer vacation had arrived and the girl.
now dressed SUad In White. was sitting in the stern
stream. she seemed. to be taking. but I
couldn't understand what she said. 1t was ali
very c9 Snr 1s s h oG AZ she leaned Tor
sSs 1;v 20 the bottom DO 5Ssn Psysr sgsPesetsd that
down while my ears rang painfully and them ,
my feet touched SSh something. gave q sprinS
ringing and somebody held me up.
Is she drownedP 1 asked. opening my Dyes
".Downed sauarely behind the GOAL said n
familiar voice. II was Capt. Blank, and as I
recognized him l said:
Why. hello. old man. how did you como
~. 5pp here he said with a grin. and I ran
Am l wet?. l asked obviously.
" Is he wet2' said Capt. Blank TO the faces
around him. Is he wetr Well, what do you
think OF that alter a thirty-yard run through
the whole team winding up with pushing the
half and full over the line for u touchdown?
ne thihks a little mud on his clothes win sour
the giri IN eolors up there on the grand stand.
My old man. you were damned into the mud
! Dr. but you are all right II you are dirty. Get
up so that this Internal racket may stop and
that any one who has any interest IN such a
co1comb az you are. If they happen to be in
the grand stand. can see that you are not hurt.
Ihats right, up on your feet now. No bones
for n goal
Il stood up. There she was waving my flag.
and beside her, looking disconsolate. was the
had, supposed was going TO tackle me
on the Held. No boat, no hat In the water and
no drowning. Just = hard tackle. that's ALL
Old-StyIs POltsneSS.