Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-01-02

good boy-he's got the ball-whoopee-
see him run-by jove, they've downed
himi No, he's up again-good boy,
George-only five yards now-see them
fellows hanging on his back-wow-
Oh, too bad, too bad, they've brought
him down at last. It's all over nowi"
and Gilday dropped back breathless
with excitement, just as Mrs. Gilday
exclaimed, Why, that is George"
but a shake of Laura's head halted
her.
Course it is, snorted her husband,
and he'd have won the game too. if
-wog, WOW, look at him crawl-look-
whoopee-" Denton had been thrown
within two feet of the goal line with
q dozen men on top of him. He still
retained the ball and now he began
to wriggle out from under the strug-
Cling mass of forms towards the line
so near him. and yet so infinitely dis
tant. With painful slowness he draws
nearer and' nearer the goal line. The
cheering has become deafening, and
high above the cries about him, rings
out Wilson Gilday's heavy voice:
Wow WOW! wow!-see that boy
only foot now, George-and minute
to play-damn that referee if he rings
the gong now-whoopee- another
plunge whoop-he's over, he's
overt A touchdown-Rah for Knight
there goes the bell-let 'er ring now.
Rah, rah! rah! Four to nothing
whoopee-e-here they come with him
on their shoulders, we must speak to
him if possible, Laura when they bring
him around here. BY George, isn't he
handsome, splendidly- fellow!
Just what l imagined him to be. Rah
for Knight"
II beg your pardon, sir" said the
man in the next box, leaning over and
grasping Gilday by the arm, "but you
appear not to be aware of the change
made in the Apollo club shortly before
the game; you see"
Change; what changer" demanded
Gilday impatiently, turning upon his
adviser.
why, Jennings, their full back, was
disabled in the east, and Knight was
Obliged to play the position to-day
while George Denton"
'What?"
81 say, Denton, local man, played
knights position and won the game
That red-headed fellow, who dropped
the ball, was Knight"
Mr.. Gilday droppeN back helplessly
in the seat and looked at his daughter
who had been demurelE listening to the
! disclosure.
Did you know this Is this your
| Denton?"
Eyes, papa" softly answered Laura
to both questions.
Mr.. Gilday turned to his adviser, but
the man had left the box Then he
turned slowly about and faced his wife.
"And you, did you know this?"
why, I--er-yes, I recognized Mr..
Denton, but"
"But you remained silent and let me
make fool of myself, eh?"
Mrs. Gilday vouchsafed no reply, and
her husband arose and looked towards
the group of brawny players who were
bearing Denton aloft on their Shout
ders and, surrounded by shrieking
mob of wildly enthusiastic admirers,
were nearing the boxes. Laura, trem-
bling with trepidation, arose and stood
by her fathers side, anxiously wonder
ing what would be the outcome of this
most dramatic scene. AS the group ap-
proach the box, Gilday leans over and
beckons the men towards him. AS
they bring him nearer, Denton for the
first time perceives the family, and as
Laura, Mr.. Gilday reaches out and
grasps his hand.
"Mr. Denton, 1 am pleased to meet
j you, sir; and-er-we shall be delight
ed to have your company at dinner to-
morrow evening, if possible, if you will
kindly favor" but his utterances are
drowned in the cheers of the crowd
surrounding them, and with final
pressure upon the brawny hand clasp
ing his, he sinks back into his seat,
while the cheering men, bearing their
hero, pass on in their triumphant
march.
Extract from the Morning Clarion s
write-up of the game, on the following
day:
1.-THE game throughout, and the sec
ond half in particular, was marked by
| a series of the most daring and brill
liant plays ever seen on the local field,
and the scene at the close of the second
half. when Apollo scored touchdown
Just as the bell rang, will ever be fresh
in the memory of the thirty thousand
spectators who witnessed it. With but
three minutes to play, and the ball on
Olympia's ten-yard line, Knight, of the
Apollos, fumbled an easy pass, and
for one brief moment it appeared that
the game would end without either side
| scoring. But this clumsy tumble OF
| Knights was followed by most bril-
| liant play of the entire game. AS the
ball dropped through the full backs
hands, it was snatched up by George
| Denton. the local man filing Knights
regular position of right half back
| Clasping the ball to his breast hebroke
| through the opposing tackles, but was
thrown almost on the goal line. Then,
in spite of the crushing weight of the
men over him, he slowly but surely
worked his way out, and scored the
only point made during the game.
"Mr. Denton (who, by the way, will
take charge of the Clarion city depart
ment next week. is well known in
newspaper and athletic circles, and he
raay justly feel proud of the ovation
rendered him at the close of yesterday s
| game"
From the Morning Clarion's society
column few weeks later:
s'Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Gilday an
nounce the engagement of their daugh-
ter, Laura w, to Mr.. George H. Dem
ton. At home Wednesdays"
Harry ]. Smalley in Up to Date.
Nude Twenty Years.