Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-11-15

skin trousers nd attract some atten.
ton I'm the audience IN his seller
players. So he goes TO Clancy. Clan.
cy mas hard Time To keep FIN laugh.
in. but saws iin'lly that as Lcary has
registered "A vow to he knlrht or.
rant. an bis LADY love nas put the
toNsn onto his arm. 1t must t '.., took
tin tho deed is done.
II happened then that l.cary appear
ed az the football gamc with Yellan.
howl Institute the next day In great
trouble. He slep' in that coat. cause
he couldn't take II of: an ma no
couldn't take It of. he couldn't ret
his lOiled white shirt or his white
vest OF either. But he did take his
good pants of an put on his football
trousers an his stockins an shoes.
fom can imagine the picture thnt
long AIMED guy made when he comes
onto the field, half OF hm grass stain.
ed and dirty. an the other half rot
up III TO killl And on his arm was
pinned that rcd ribbon; w'lch nobody
was to take OF, an it must never he
dishonorod. an So forth.
can't write the crOol things that
were yelled at Long Arm Leary when
We appeared ON the field. We wore
ashland OF our right guard a bit our.
selves. an excused Il by yavin' he
was maxim that holy show of himself
on a bet. Somebody else said he was
gettin' initiated into q lodge. Leary
didn't say nothin', Int Just ken his
lips closed an teeth clenchod nm
looked straight ahead. There wns n
Kind OF a faraway look in HIS ewes:
out ncno of us Thought it'd cause
In the middle o the FIRST half. IL be.
IN very fierce game. one o. the tails
o. the Sunday coat was gone Leary
had black eve. an the white vest
looked like some one had thrown a
dish o pruncs Mt it an landed. At
the end o. the half the second tail O
HE coat was gone an one sleeve was
ioosenin up; but the ribbon still noat.
ed on the other sleeve. an Learv
looked. II anything, more determined
than ever.
We had got touchdown in the
iirst half, an kicked goal, while
the Yellanhows had got n touchdown.
nut failed in their try for goal: so
We were leadin'. six to five. They
were beatin' us back; but the time
was nearly up. AN by good defensive
work we could win.
AS yet there hadn't been any
chance for Leary TO perform any
great act an prove himself a capable
an trusty knight errant. lie had held
his man. despite tho fact that every
body on the other side wanted a
chance 10 punch the fellow with the
spike tail coat He wasn't worryin'
any about stage fright when along
came the play that would have made
MIN a knight Grant with us forever.
II was rush around the end by
the Yellanhowls. Their left halfLack
had the ball under his arm, an was
tearln' along in the midst OF a bunch
or his own men. when Landers in
some unknown way reached him, an
in the scramble the ball went up in
the air an iloated down directly in
front o. Long Arm Leary.
1t would save the game for us If he
simply caught il. Ii he kicked 1t. It
would win the game, for they could
never work It up the field again. And
so we all yelled to Leary To nail the
ball; an those who knew his little
secret said. Here's where he makes
good in that knight errant business"
Eeary b. accd himself He had
funny look in his eyes rs he watched
the ball sail lords him. He caught
It. an then, instead o droppin' on
tho ground or kckin' it down the
field. witch he had n good chance to
do. he just stood there an Rugged
the hill in his arms an looked fool
ish Mt tho rcd ribbon on his sleeve
as he did It. And then
Crash! The Yellanhowls hit Leary.
Down he went; the ball was ripped
out of his AIMS, The ribt'on of his
sleeve. the remains OF his good coat
OFF his back an he was left most
sonseless on the ground. while they
plunged over the line. FIVE yards
away, for a touchdown, an beat us
MI told. II didn't take one minute.
We never knew till Leary got back
rom the hospital why he hadn't foll
with the ball. or kicked 1t. The secret
fin'lly came ont. Wen Long Arm saw
that ball come sailin' TO him Oh it
was imprinted the fcatres. so he SAYS
ii seemed to him. OF the fair Laura
letta There was her blushin' teeth,
her swanlike smile. her ruby cheeks
on her w;nnin' neck He jest grasp
Cd her in his arms an pressed her to
his bosom. Could he fall an crush
that beauty into the grass? he asked
us Could he kick them precions fen
lures forty wards down n football
| field with his hobnailed shoes? Not TO
win a dozen football gamcs, He told
ns he c'nsidered' that the knight err
rant part of II was 10 hug her image.
an perfect it. even if 1t lost dozen
football games.
ANYWAY hc said 'T'vc squared
Il with Lauraletta mn we're goin' to
gct married Mt Christmas
He did Now he's The old mans
lnartner an has got lots o moncv Jest
because he was 2 inc durn fool an
wore a spike tailed coat into n foot
ball eame.--Washington Star.