Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-11-21

touchdown, after smashing the choicest
trick plays of Valley Schools eleven A
goal had followed The home team was
not pulling together. The players did
not get off well at the signals. The ball
was not put in play properly. fumbles
were frequent. Their pet play, bluff
right-end run, delayed pass, and then
mass on left tackle, had resulted in
loss every time it had been tried. Their
confidence was gone. Still their 'iefen-
sive game was excellent Time after time
there had been individual plays of the
most sensational order, yet they could not
advance the ball. Millville had slowly
but surely worn them out, driven them
back and ever back toward their goal
line, then past it, and they were beaten
team at the end of the first half.
Now the second half had begun. The
ball had been in the play scarcely five
minutes, and Millville by steady ham,
mering of the line. had forced the ball to
Valley Schools ten-yard line. A small
contingent from Millville shouted madly.
The crowded grand stand was silent. The
coach pranced up and down the side lines
and implored a brace. 1t came. Three
times the MiIlville warriors butted their
heads into defense that would not yield.
They had not tried a trick play once.
On the next signal the full back, behind
three players. licked around left end.
Half the Millville team were before
them in an instant. but Millyille's lusty
right guard had the ball, and he plunged
through the weakened center. He col
lided with a stocky little figure and fell
back a yard. The substitute quarter
(Black) had by a magnificent tackle saw
ed Valley School from another touch
down. The Millville man arose, but
Black lay still. He was raised and snp-
ported off the field. Then from the grand
stand came a chorus of feminine cheers.
A little figure had shot out of the gym
nasum and out on to the field. "Char-
liev' Charlie Town" shrieked the girls
in the grand stand. Valley School had
the ball.
Charlie punted out of danger. The ball
was Millyille's at the center of the field.
They started to push their way down
the field again, but the Valley School
eleven had decided that they did not want
to be pushed. Millville tried again and
again, but made no gain. Their Captain
signaled for kick, but some ruffian from
Valley School broke the line, blocked the
kick, got the ball, ran off with it and
would not stop until he had gone thirty
yards. This was awful! Millville could
not understand it. Why couldn't this
team stay beaten? From the under grad
yates on the side lines came p roar of
Charlie TOWN. "Charlie TOWN.
First DOWN. "First down."
Then Millville's Captain called for
brace. His team were perfectly willing
to brace, and they braced so hard and
played so low that Charlie had no diff
Guilty in hurdling the line. He leaped
| over the back of the little tackle, lodged
| the backs and, running three feet to bis
pursuers' two, made beautiful tough
down directly between the goal posts.
| Of course, he kicked the goal.
The score was tied, but the NGillville
| blood was up. Try as they would. the
| Valley School team could not get beyond
| the Millville's 2O-yard line, and there the
| ball was with only one minute to play.
| Millville knew that Charlie would try a
| goal from the field, and they prepared to
| break through, and two seconds after the
ball had left Charles toe he was imme-
diately buried under several hundred
pounds of bone and sinew from Millville.
| But the ball had gone over the crossbar
| between the goal posts, just where it was
needed most. The game was over.
| Charlie had to be carried to the gym
naSlum. w neu he opened Ills eyes HIS
| father was hurting him fearfully about
the neck. He protested. ''Lie still and
| let me set your collarbone," said his faith
er; "if you don't, you will be lopsided.
and then Miss Millie won't take any more
interest in you" Charlie blushed. What
| do you know about it?'' he asked.
WELL" was the reply. ''she raised a
fund among the girls here, with which
she paid a prominent Boston physician to
look after all those poor little sick pa
| tients of mine for one day, so I could
come up here and set collarbones for
you
| "Oh,'' said Charlie wicked1y. 81
thought perhaps you had got them all
dead by this time. Dad" And then he
added. NO, don't want to be lopsided." !"
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