The Washington times., 1905-10-15
Home Run Haggerty
Takes to Football
Accepts Challenge From Serrybellum Col
legc Chum and Shows CoIIegian How to
Make Touchdown by Long Run.

half was up. and they says the score
was 20 to o. 1 hadn't seen them ,core
no runs. and was goin' to kick but Reg.
gle an Rufe shut me up.
To the woods" saws they "T,h,
game is scored different than anvth,n |,
you know" N'''''s s
that?" hke
Sure" says Rufe. "onIy you can't
score hundred aces"
why not?" saysI.
cause they's only one ace-an' that,
me, says he. Then 1 knew he wa.
hiodin. But what's this?
mere comes Hennessy with a kee on
ms shoulder, and he dumps It down On
the oressin'-room floor, and IL bre.L.
ana hundred or 30 railroad spikes |.p
out. SpiAes ran
sure he says. "a big guy pert 70
me has got brass knuckles. rnn .o,r.
to have iron elbows"
An he ties spike in each elbow .na
SIPS two in the paddin' of his nonts
at the knee. And we all did IL ana
"nen we got through the railroad iron
stickin out would a-started a round
mouse right there. / had fish plates IN
eacn knee, and Brownie put a switch
po'h. asln his breastbone. SOS when
the Dig guy opposite fell on him ~
wouldn't hurt. Wouldn't hurt Rro..,a
/ mean. me
And then they started the second b,,,
l seen big guy comm lords me WITH
the ball. and i grabbed him tight uritb,
both hands. swung him round INV head
dropped him like a eack o. wheat. and
tnen Jumped on him with me knees.
BrutalityP yells the crowd
MuruerT yells the feller, and when I
got up there was the print o. them
nsn plates In the small OF his back.
Worked Squeeze Play.
The best OF 1t was that that squeeze
play mine had squeezed the bail (an'
wind) out o. the feller at the sam.
time. And now Pinch had It and was
scoot1n' for the Serrybellum Colleg.
goal just like he was scor1n' from f,rst
on q short single (Which he Is the only
man in the business en- do).
Say. the way those Serrybellum r,v,
handled US after that was a caution
1t was more than very EinEerly. They
SHE'D Wen they seen us comm. an.
you couldn't blame 'em. To see big
Rufe or Brownie tearin' down thu field
with the ball. an with railroad spikes
an things stickin' out all over him
wouldn't make nobody want to dive for
their knees TO down him. No. indeed
One Teller tried II. and they fetched him
to over by the pump, with plenty a.
water. When he woke up he said he
remembered havin' the lightnin' express
hit him, but why wasn't he all cut upr
So IL went TIL they said the score
was tie. and only four minutes more
to play. The Serrybellums had the ball
and when II was passed back 1 see they
were comm my way.
II was easy to rip their center rush
out the way. j just give him the ell
row "a railroad spike went with it)
I'D he took the count. Then. chargin'
ht for me I seen the man with the
e' and three or four pushin' him.
h',L2 Run for Touchdown.
sed my knee as he came on. and
+af buck the hshplate. And then the
I'm knocked us all over, and
st thing 1 knew 1 was I'D on
80 y I'd digging for the Serrybellum
he ball under my arm. How
ever knew
a was the only one twixt
per posts now. and as he
he right knee ahead SOS
piece o. the Sante Fe
And II did ketch him.
inny little grunt an
and / go on to the
the ball down and
the timekeeper
fas -s a-v won. nev.r
NJ, 'ir yenty-five runs
80 nothin'. They
II it G. Be- Y
Int !
have to |
ond base -,
right exccgf vl- =
ed their 81 FMS o.
back of it,
All o. which
Hennessy. on "a, :.
science is the
can't buck cold v
Copyright. 1905. by =. Il
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