Okolona messenger., 1904-03-09

IL Jet, as you know. a strong feeling
of rivalry between these two seats Of
learning. II happened not 90 many
months before that Attila had carried
on the honors in rowing. while Tanner
lane had won at baseball; 80 we foot
ball players felt. a. I may say. that II
was up to Us That's the right express
sion. Is II not?"
Don't try to appear innoeent-I
heard you use It in a sermon the other
day" said the judge
THAT is a base SANDER" returned
the parson. Besides, you haven't
been to church for three months, 50
that II had used Il you wouldn't have
heard It. Well, the game was fast
right from the start. We went at each
other and fought like a wildcat in q
tin oven-as some Boston author said.
The local authorities had been warned,
and made provisions for It by keep
ing their policemen away from the
grounds so they wouldn't get hurt, and
sending all the doctors, surgeons,
nurses, ambulances and other allevi-
ating and repairing apparatus to the
/ field early. The combat was something
terrific, but through It all these fear
less workers for the good Of humanity
Il include the ambulances) moved
about and carried relief to the strick-
en-. As soon as q player was incapable
Of movement he was carried away on
q stretcher and a substitute took his
place. A well-equipped field hospital
had been established under the grand
stand, where restoratives were admin
istered and minor operations perform
ed. A line OF fast ambulances hurried
the more seriously injured to the city
hospitals.
,"As the game progressed its fury In
creased. Players. integral and frac-
tional, were flying In the air every
where. The umpire and referee retired
to a safe distance and conveyed their
instructions through giant mega
phones. The spectators stood in the
grandstand and fairly howled. though
little Of the strife was visible to them
owing to the fog Of torn clothes and
uprooted soil which hung over the
scene, not TO mention players, or parts
Of players, which ever and anon we're
thrown up from the seething mael-
strom below. Once a flying Tamerlane
player, hurled through the air by two
Attilss, struck & Red Cross nurse and
bore him down, but he was dragged
from the field by a brother wor'Jer.
Again, an Attila player was tossed to
the top Of the grandstand, where he
clung TO the ridge pole and yelled for
his side. while a substitute rushed to
take his place. The combat deepens!
Now It is impossible to-"
"see here, parson," broke in the ma
jor, rather firmly, you're getting toe
excited. Calm down-you1l be tack
ling US and throwing us out the win
dow the next thing you know. Besides
you are telling US of nothing but q
simple. ordinary game os football, af-
ter all. Where's the extraordinarily
unique uniqueness you boasted about p
''You may interrupt me II you
choose, but you .shan't stop me-" said
the parson, with a trace Of indignation
''See, the combat deepensl It-well
no matter. It was a wonderful game
And here is what made 1t unique so fal
. as known. All the way through ",
players felt that something was lack
ing-that something, somewhere, wal
wrong. Afterwards we learned thai
the spectators had the same feeling
But no one on the gridiron or in the
grandstand could say what 1t was. Al
last the game ended. Ali had been Fe-
moved except the two captains. wal
one Of them. We lay stretched on the
plain near the middle Of the field, oi
course, unable to rise. We heard the
ambulance coming to bear as away
the captain Of the Attilas raised hil
head with dihiculty and whispered
hoarsely:
Hello, old man. great game. wasnr
itr
Wonderful ! replied. still, ther,
was something lacking.
I had that feeling all the time
too, but I can't make out what it was.
Neither can l. was my answer
But there was something wrong ius
the same
You're right-something wrong
Hold On-I've got I'll We didn't hav'
! balll'
"And It was q fact, and this is wha
rendered the game so remarkable
though, as said before"
"Parson." interrupted the Judge sol
emnly. will you do US a favor7"
Certainly"
Never mind about what you sal,
before"
ROW OVER BANDITS BONES