The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-02

II must not be FORGOTTEN that Leeds had
50 far delivered the goods. Records
showed that within trining fraction he
had, scored one-half OF the touchdowna for
Emerson on the preceding season. More
over there were weeks at time when he
dldp't show uD TO more than one-third OF
the Pipe IN q state OF Bile Sed warmth most
of the time. Even So Danny Leeds was
the divine spark Of the Emerson lineup
when goal was needed. The forme.
coach understood this. and the grand stand
and the other PLAYERS.
And so it came about that Danny care
fully loaded and deliberately lighted The
Pipe after he had removed the interior
distractions. Then he strobe toward the
laboratory, leaving q trail OF smoke be-
hind. And Eichorn observed 1t all calmly.
Three days later Danny put on suit
and went out TO the field. He looked very
handsome and compelling. AS usual, he
was somewhat late Elchorn did not seem
to observe him for several minutes. heun-
while the idol loitered along the lines and
his nature reverted to that OF a savage.
Had II not been for the uncanny fear that
he would not be called back, he would have
started for the gym. At length, Eichorn
seemed to observe the outlander. He gave
Danny a place with the ecrubs-lined him
up against Mackey. the young mountain
from Idaho who was holding down right
guard for the varsity murmur arose
from both lines. The great ana beloved
Danny playing with the scrubsl And on
the thankless line. instead OF back at half
Queerly enough, the great and beloved
bent to the attack.
Danny hit the line ike cyclone, but he
was blocked, as II by one OF the world-old
pyramids which prosper on q diet OF
cyclones. The scrub captain gave Danny
( the ball and one OF his Embarrassing runs
hecap~ What Mackey did is hest expressed
by the compound "reaching-oyer." He
emerged from the mass threw out hereto
/ fore unseen lengths OF anatomy and drop
ped the runner, as buckshot drops cotton
tail Eichorn appeared TO regard the pro-
| ceedlng I'm no wise unusual, but pulled the
astonished lines together for new play
! The varsity was disconnected The case
! OF Leeds vs. Eichorn was far more absorb
/ Ing than the perfecting Of defense and Mt
tack Here's where Emerson was sufer-
( ing. The old players stuck to the cause OF
Danny. No one man, not even Mackey.
could win games. A few mHckerg rallied
about Eichorn, but these were IN the main
1 without brilliance-hopeless scrubs who,
4 under ordinary conditions, would be dropped
( from the training table within the hrst ten
days.
The FIRST game OF the season was with
Abilene. a minor college. This was merely
n convenience, not q championship game.
for Abilene was not AZ all IN Emerson s
! class Emerson played half-heartedly and
was scored upon. disgrace hardly conceiy-
able Mackey alone distinguished himself.
In the second half. the spectators began
10 call for Danny Leeds. This must have
started gray curling hairs out OF Eichorn s
scalp when little Abilene made a touch
down. the call for Leeds became a roar.
( The noise was unavailing Danny sat it
out IN the grnndstand by the side Of Miss
Tannehil Had he been a small man or
a mean one there would have been Joy In
that hour for him. But there Was no Joy.
I, The idol pulled at the pipe and his face
| but lll-coneealed the black gloom IN his
You ought 20 be ont there, Danny. help.
| ing the poor man cut Miss Lettie wills.