The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-02
CHAPTER xxi


The third day of the Water Carni-
val was brisk and breezy and dancing
with sunlight. When the Lakerim-
mers reached the arena it seemed as
If the entire town had gathered there
TO see the final game and the decisive
game of the festival of aquatic sports.
The Lakerimmers were not long in
getting into their swimming suits, and
the two teams lined up at opposite
sides of the pool for the first dive-off
OF the hrSt hall. And this is the way
the teams were arranged:
Lakerim. Position Keol,ulx
B. j. .......right forward. go. Foster
Tug ........left forward. ..... Herbert
Boobies .....quarterback.. Schuyler
e9ulz -. center ............ Moore
SaWed-off goal. common. Jones
Pretty .......... goal ........ Grant
The referee was Mr.. Wayburn and
there were two time-keepers.
Mr. Wayburn took his post at the
center of the right side of the pool
and tossed the ball out upon the wa
ter just about an equal distance from
both teams. Then he gave a shrin
whistle and the two teams dived into
the water like so many enormous
frogs. B. ]. and Foster raced for the
ball from opposite ends of the tank
and B. ]. arrived first. Pushing the
ball along with his left hand he dodg-
ed Fosters attempt to tackle and
swan slowly up toward Keokuk's goal
The Keokuk quarterback and center
| tried to head him off, but he easily
swan around them, as they were not
| yet warmed up. The left goal-keeper
for Keokuk, Jones, made a leap out
| of the water and knocked the ball from
| B. J.'s hand spinning back to the mid
| die To see those two teams cutting
| through the water for it. was to see
| two schools of fishes tipping for a
morsel of bread.
| Foster of Keokuk was the first 10
| reach it, but Tug was on him instant
| ly, and, without asking his pardon OF
making any apologies, ducked him
| under the water and held him there
| till he let go the balI-water polo is
not a game for weak lungs or weak
spirits.
When Tug got the ball, he found
himself in the arms of Schuyler and
Moore, of Keokuk, and there was a
| fierce wrestling match as they all trod
| water, and incidentally trod each
other. The two Keokukians were get
ting Tug down, when he gave the ball
a flip to Boobies, who was floating
round at one side and had clear field
| for the goal. He swan rapidly down
upon the two Keokuk goal-keepers.
But as he came near, Jones right
| foot appeared ABOVE the water ana
kicked the ball out of Boobies clutch.
Then Schuyler took it and began to
ripple it along. He soon came to a
stone wall of Lakerim forwards and
tried in vain to find a hole through
the line, then he made sudden dash
at Quiz and bowled him over, but was
downed Immediately by Tug and B. J.
Now b. ], has the ball and swims
forward. Here little team play is
attempted Tug, Boobies and Quiz
swim in front of him to shelter him
| like a football interference, and they
| bunt to one side four Keokuk men as
they come up. Now the two Keokuk
goal-keepers begin to grow nervous
IS they see the irrepressible Lakerim
line They bound back and forth in
front of their goal trying to be in
three or four places at once. Tug and
| Boobies wrap their arms fondly about
Jones neck and he goes down splash
| ing like a shark caught on hook.
Grant overpowers Quiz, but cannot
shake him off. B. ]. finds loop hole
and pushes in to the end of the pool
where he reaches up andstrikes the
ball against the word Goal" Time
1 minute and seconds. Score. Lake
rim, /: Keokuk, 0.
(To be continued).