The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-12-05
INDICATED
A Story of the Foot
ball Gridiron
BY FRED L. YOUNG
Copyright, 1910, by American Press
Copyright, 1910. by American Press
Association.

One morning Elmer Ward. a fresh.
man in Vernon college. was called up
before the president, who thus ad-
dressed him:
'Mr. Ward. last night you were
caught in one of those depredations
which of late have been throwing dis
credit on the university. Peter Bar
ber's grocery store was entered and
liquors and cigars taken. Barber,
who lives over his store. hearing
noise below, put his head out Of the
| window and saw several young men
running away. He recognized you as
one of them. Ii you will give me the
names Of the others your punishment
will be far lighter"
Last night replied the accused
man. Il was in my room from o'clock
till Z in the morning, never once leay-
ing it,
THAT you would undoubtedly be
able to prove by your fellow students.
but not to the satisfaction of the fac
ulty. You may consider your connec-
ton with the college severed" >.
Elmer. after an interview with Bar
Der. during which the latter maintain
ed stoutly that he had seen the stu
dent running away from his store, saw
no way to prove his innocence and.
making q virtue Of necessity. left the
university. There was no legal pros
ecution for burglary since the matter
was considered one Of those indiscre.
tons common among college students.
The hardest part of the young mans
college leaving was saying goodby to
Della Trevor, the daughter of Profes.
sor Trevor. The two had been play.
mates, and Elmer had chosen Vernon
college because she was there. They
were neither of them quite of an age.
certainly not in a position to pretend
to any thing more than friendship.
but there was an undercurrent OF
feeling that was liable to burst forth
at any moment. This trouble which
had overtaken the young man brought
it all out. Together they talked over
the situation as matter of supreme
interest to both. and the plan that De-
liza proposed was carried out to the let
ter. 1t was In substance that Elmer
should not be deprived Of a college
education. When he left this was not
only understood between them. but
that the current of their lives should
be one.
Though Elmer had been in college
but few months. his expulsion was
received by the students with marked
disapprobation. The spirit of rebel
lion ran so high that the president was
burned in efigy. on the campus. The
freshman was net only the most popu-
lar man in his class. but was looked up
to as the athletic Moses who bid fair
to lead his fellow students out of the
wilderness Of defeat in which they had
been wandering for several years. He
stood six feet two in his stockings
and was Hercules for strength And
now that he had been expelled the
expectation Of great things he would
do for the college was crushed in the
bud Interest In the annual football
match for the next year died out,
and it was supposed that Kendall uni
versity, which had dewned Vernon so
often. would do 1t again. And 50 it
turned out. not only that year, but
the next and the next
When the autumn Of the third year
came around the Vernon undergradu-
ates felt that something must be done
to break this chain Of defeats. A good
man, Tom Muir. was selected for cap
tain, and he worked hard to get to-
gether an efficient team. He succeeded
far better than was to have been
hoped; but, after all, the team as
whole was too light.
Muir during the early part Of Oc-
tober succeeded In replacing four play
ers with better men and one Of the
freshmen in the scientific school was
discovered to be not only very strong
and very heavy. but remarkably quick.
In this way Muir brought the team
UP. to a state OF efficiency that began
to awaken an interest IN the annual
game. A week before II was to como