Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-22

Is to be devoted to clean, gentlemanly game"
SO we lined up against EN-. In the first
crash alter the game started we were handed
two black eyes, and any number of punches
that dldn t leave any marks, but hurt Just the
same.
They're punchin'! yells Dwarf Duffy,
who could have eat the he playin'
against "W'at'll l do?'' His hands he KEEP
behind his back, trenholm lest he sh'd hand
out swat an break the reform rules.
Be a gentleman" yells Pigskin Pete.
Don't countenance their ruff 'nisml Play
clean!'
The next minute he took the ball for a run
around the end He gained two yards, was
trlpped, punched in the eye and ribs, kicked
in the neck, and finally the biggest boss doctor
sits on hi; head.
We picked him up, dazed, and his declara-
ton for clean game seemed to be shakin
reformed Pigskin Pete style under his breath.
. dun no but what you better punch back
a little says he 1" If we're goin' to reform
these fellers, we'd better do it right. Don't go
to extremes Jest hold your end up"
So we cut loose and handed EN- a few
scratchin in addition to punchn'; and we
stood it for few drives, till Pigskin Pete got
kicked and scratched in prime fashion.
Fight EN- with their own weapons, says
he. Don't be brutal; but you en- claw an
kick little
So we did. And then they began to gouge
our eyes and bite our ears. They got touch
down by it.
eye to Pete. Legg1t Sanders was holding his
ear against his head while bound it with
handkerchief.
"Terrible!" says Pete But be gentlemen
Remember our glorious motto O reformin'
football"
So we remembered, though it was hard work
And then the boss doctors seemed to know
everything goin to do If we went
round the left end, they were there to meet
US. If we went through the center, we found
SPOTS sings out that his signal card has been
robbed out of his back pocket.
On top of everything else, they're stealth
things" says Pigskin Pete.
And then the first half ended, and we had
a chance to count up our injuries and
arrange our signals.
:" think we're reformin' EN-" says Pigskin
Pete. Il think appeals fer a clean, gentle
manly exposition o this manly sport has had
some effect. They're beginnin' to see that
brutality has no place in this game"
An the boss doctors gettn' reformed
There was hardly pair o eyes on their team
any good for seem things with, though they d
made some fine decorations in a house in full
mourning; Besides. they'd lost consid able
blood Right at the opening o the record
half Leggt Sanders gets loose with the ball,
and before they ketch him he's got touch
down. We tie the score and the playing goes
on harder than ever. PlgSkln Pete bucks
the center, and big boss doctor bites through
the back of his sweater into his shoulder
blade, an another sinks his teeth into Pete's
shootin' finger. His heart seems bowed down
wen we bind him up.
I'm afraid" says he, feelin' his ears to see
if he's still got EN-" I'm afraid the only way
to stop these fellers biting is to knock their
teeth out
Il suggest chokin EN-" says Clancy
Don't be entirely inhuman, Chop" says
Pete.
The very next play them boss doctors, see
ing Pete was our best man, massed together
to put him out O the game, and when we
picked him up he was all in. Ribs stove,
blinded bleedin' externally an prob'ly in
terribly, he cd just get five words out of a
mouth that was swung around under his ear,
and them words was:
Kill 'eml Do it gentle"
AS the doctor said afterwards, it was man
hood triumphing over will power, but will
power still in the ring, though battered. And
went at EN- and jest killed em-scientfic
When the audience tried to stop us we broke
into the lockers under the grand stand and got
the baseball bats, and did good job till the
cops broke it up.
And put Pete to bed that night
bound up arms, legs neck head, and ribs, he
hsped through a very poor lookin' mouth:
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