The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-03-29

m9sphere reyerberated with defiant cries far
llung from faction to faction, While
"'Rah, 'rah, 'rahl Rah, 'rah, 'rah! 'Rah,
iah, 'rahl Nineteen Levenl" with flushed
checks and looscnad tsndrils and flying ban.
ncrs shrill chor,isea tke Sophomore girls,
loyal punched and mutually chaperoned
A bold decd, this, and done out Of great
cNgber4nce, len crow And instantly,
answering the challenge crowed back the
Freshman gtl also loyally bunched, with
Ilusling checks and lashing eyes and banners
waxing: "llah, hah, hah! Hah, hah, hah,
Ilaa, hail. hah Boon--a retort crushing
II the midst Of this feminine exchange the
Freshmen phalanN Of lighters entered the
field. Ii numbered, as iarcasted, sixteen
Tor every candidate had made the team and
substitutes. Arlong his fellows Harold heard
the Freshman girls rejoinder TO the Sopho
more girls CROW, and recognized il because
Bright Ewes had very, very conlidentaly (oh,
in delightful con6denceD told him the plan.
He could not now distinguish Bright Eyes
voice, Of course, but he felt certain that she
was there, dearest in the bcvy Of maids
And he wa, lad that she ltaS there,
escorted only BY aer kind. He hated 10 pic
lure Bright Eyes conyoyed by some chap,
even fraternity brother OF Delta Phi Omi-
cron. The current Of fraternity affection,
'wixt brother and brother, is always liable TO
be snortcircuited by Girl
But he was given no opportunity, now, to
look up and try to descry Bright Eyes, he
could only trust that she was deserving him.
For Heckie, important and busting, with
"Line upl Get to work, put them through
their PAGES,
The Freshman battle garb was not impos
ing. Hughes, the center, wore ragged jer
sey, tight high water pants" OF creamy
shade, and low tennis shoes Jenkins the
fulback, wore baseball suit Of proud high
school vintage already curously cen
stricted Graesley, who was German, wore a
natty Turner gymnasium costume of gray
trousers, low rubber soled shoes and gray
shirt with no sleeves Smith, half back,
exhibited peg-top trousers which must have
been tlched from his roommate or father, 50
yoluninuus we're they in length and breadth
and 50 markedly were they gathered in, by
tucks, at the waist Lewis was unmistakable
in his pink undershirt and suspenders, and in
deierence to the warning that the opposing
tackle would doubtless be mean enough 10
tread upon his toes he had protected his
wonted stockinged feet with boots cut OF al
the ankle
Harold. in old cadet trousers, baseball
shoes and outing shirt, hoped that when the
gaze of Brigh, Eyes singled him out he would
appeal TO her as the superior OF his associates.
The Sophs had arrived. and they, too, we're
being put through their PAGES. Between
PLAYS the Freshman squad cast furtiye, esti
mating glances Al the enemy measuring his
formidableness.
soon the whistle blew Amidst exhorta-
tons OF Eat EN- up Freshies''' y Go to it,
Sophs," and a medley OF whoops and cat calls
andbells ndhornsand cheers the game wason
A terrific battle il proved High over the
field noated the dust Of conflict, agtated by
the fervor OF combatants and non-combatants
alike. In the amphitheater and along the
side-lnes the male spectators wayed hoarSe
and hoarser. As Tor iemininity, il waned To
merely the appearance oieXcitement. Sopho-
more and Freshman maiden cheeks were still
flushed, Sophomore and Freshman errant
tresses were more disheveled, Sophomore and
Freshman dainty banners lourished inoes-
sanity. but those gleeful piping cheers, those
hen crows, grew faint, broken, and sank into
i state OF innocuous desuetudc
In the arena was blood, taiterS. painting.
CRIME, short temper, pcrspiradon, ever more
and more prevalent.
But no score.
Harold lost 4 sleeve of his shirt Lewis lost
one OF his cutoff boots. which rescued from
amidst the melee and tossed aside gaily cirCu-
lated among the Sophomore and Law contin-
gent OF the spectators as trophy. Harder TO
bear. his beloved suspenders, fair mark for
clutohing hands hung dangling and useless
behind He mut,ered maledictions upon
such i'll treatment and wanton destruction,
and ever and anon appHzed BY friendly ad
vice he hitched al his jeans But he played
on He was game, Lewis WIS.
Nes. in spite OF the facts IS narrated above,
and of the additional fact that all the sabs,i
tules, ON both sidcs. had been summoned into
the tray. now with The second hail well along,
there yet was no score.
Between halves Heckie had ieelingly talked
10 his squad. the members sqaaiiing around
him. Indian fashion, tried warriors ali, by
deed and rags, while ever the held pranocd
Freshman and Sophomair adherea,s Il cake
walk ana seFseniine parade; eventually,
esscc on by the Laws ani Mecics C 'a;ngic
in splendid, carc-free. hsang- Fniine. aai-
smashing, eap-s;7.lsr.r. cT-a r9sF is.sall-
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