The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1901-04-25

THE day of the great football. game
was approaching. and all kensing-
ron was wrought up to fever pitch. On
The campus, at the eating clubs, and in
The town the talk was Of but one
thing. How are the men today
is rrayers leg any better?" viii he
De able to play" Any signs Of over
rraining?" 40 you know what
tricks they are working up" And SO
on-generally, be it observed, in the
form Of questions for at this season
Of the year the inside" is very secre-
tive, and outside gossip varies in de-
tail almost with the number Of speak
srs. In the absence of definite knowI-
,dge the suspense was terrific. spir-
it of nervous unrest peryaded the uni
ttrSity. and serious work was we'll
ligh impossible Moreover. this spirit
Effected not only the student body, but
many faculty circles as we'll. Instruct
lrs and younger professoars were IN
Ter its sway, perhaps quite as much a.
my uncer-c.a> men,
At THE CIoister." where four Of us
rainerS Of youth, i've i'm corteHtel
oacheorhood, the electric tension o.
he atmosphere was Obvious. ON
conversation at meals and after was
,iNaNs about football. lectures vert
prepared without The usual care anc
bought; and | fear we all spent mucI
ime in reading the athletic columns
IF the daily papers which ought right
10 have been devoted TO original re
,garch.
Il don't know why il is, fellows
1ad Milford. one day at dinner; ""I
.on't care a rap about the smaller
games; don't take interest enough il
them, eyen to 90 down to the field
Ahen they are played in Kensington
But when il comes 10 the big ones
get SO nervous it breaks me all up; ]
can't work and can't sleep for think
ing about them. The strain is fearful"
Prof. Milford has a highly strung
temperament, but we all ftt that hi,
particular words applied to cur own
eases too. But this particular yeal
| Milford had an added source Of anxiety
in connection with the game. Guild.
the great half-back, whom everyone
looked to to secure the needed touch
| down. was conditioned in Mitford's
subject and that condition must be re-
moved before he could play in the
championship game. Milford had sent
| him notice after notice. with no etfect
and he knew the students might at
tempt TO take advantage Of the facul-
| ties sympathy with their cause. ana
! get around the condition in some way.
| Now Milford was most conscientious
man, and he had sworn by all that was
holy that Guild must pass his exam
nation regularly if he we're 10 play in
the game; and yet his heart was with
| the team. and he knew = sides the I'M
popularity he must expect to incur. if
anything he did should contribute to
the defeat Of kensirgton in the great
event of the year.
What about Guild, Mit?" we asked
him one day at table. Nit looked up
with an expression Of disgust and
what he said in reply is best repre-
SN'''F - N"Hii'o hIh dSt'l lNhSs +hlltl
that the subject was dropped, as far
as we were concerned. But certain
things became palmer as the days
| passed by and the date of the game
drew near. 1t was evident thar the
| Pembroke team were improving won
derfully. and would give our men a
tremendous fight And it was also
evident that our men relied on Guild,
practically, TO win the game for them,
He was champion kicker, and run
ner. and tackler, all in one.
IF Guild is knocked out during the
game we are lost" said some one at
the Cloister Cnce. We all agreed with
the speaker in our inmost hearts. but
as Nit was present we expressed no
opinion, and the subject was defty
changed
| II was the second day before the
| game, and the team were TO leave for
| Pembroke the next morning. Our
anxiety could not longer be sup
pressed.