The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-12-05


ing when the very afternoon before
the match. while practicing. the man
from the scientific school, who had
been relied upon for the principal tao
kler and runner as well. emerged
from q scrimmage with a broken leg
That finished the rising anticipations
Of Vernon, and the game was given up
for lost
Nevertheless the next afternoon
there was big crowd on the oval to
witness vernon's -defeat. Captain
Muir was walking across the gridiron
with his head hanging in dependency
when a man stepped up to him ac-
coutred for football and said
I'D like to be in this game"
do you know football?"
Eyes"
You're big and strong enough ap-
parently to do good work. It's pretty
late, but / think can take you on
that is, if you're really in. college. !
never saw you before, and ! can't ac-
cept you without proof that you're in
college and not professional"
GO ask the registrar He's over
there in the west stand"
Muir did as was suggested. came
back satisfied and accepted the new
conner. placing him In the position of
right tackle.
This happened not ten minutes be-
fore the teams lined up. When the
game began there were not a dozen
persons On the ground that knew the
Vernon team had got an accession. A
man appeared in their line half a head
above most of his fellows whom no
one recognized He attracted little
attention, however. for every one
knows that bigness is not the only
faculty necessary to a great football
player. Those most intimate with the
personnel Of the team noticed him as
he took his position in the line and
wondered where he had come from.
Not one Of them knew him. A mem
Der of the senior class said that his
face was familiar to him, but he
couldn't place him. Some felt suspi
cion that he was seminrofessionaI
who had been showed through the ex-
ans for some special course for this
special occasion. But even if there had
been time for this supposition to take
root the unimpeachable character OF
Captain Muir would have prevented.
The game commenced with the butt
ing of two wedges. The newcomer
was seen in the center of the Vernon
wedge apparently dragging half doz
Ell men with him as he advanced at
snairs pace Then when the game
became more open every one was sur
prised at the elasticity of his great
body and his remarkable quickness.
The end Of the first half is an inter-
val of importance in football. Up to
that point the game is developing. The
comparative ability Of the teams and
of the individual players is being
noted. No great interchange of views
among those present is taking place.
Every one is intent on the game. look
Ing especially for scores. But the mo-
ment the half is ended there is a
hubbub as to what has taken place.
One team or the other is marked for
the better one. Some one player has
shown especial ability as n tackler. a
passer of the ball or runner One of
whom great things was expected has
failed lamentably. In this Vernon
Kendall match when the teams had
lined up for the kick off few bets
We're being made Of 5 to on Kendall.
When they broke their formations.
though Kendall had scored once and
Vernon not at all, Vernon hackers Of
fered even money OH their team. There
being no takers, odds were given.
This change of feeling had beer
brought about mainly by the big man
who had come into the game at the
last moment Twice by his own effort
he had got the ball within six yards Of
goal. but for want Of support had lost
the ground he had gained. Once he
had by a quick move got on the enc
Ua.E's right and could have carried it
to goal but for the same reason-the
failure of his team to assist him. And
now no one knew what he might sue
coed in doing unaided in the second
half Bettors are timid. and many be-
gan to hedge.
AS soon as the second half opened
this change in sentiment became a
revolution. The new man entered the
fight as If the fate of Vernon depended
on him. He had been seen during the
interval to speak to one of the most
popular young ladies belonging to the
college coterie. She had smiled upon
him. and when he had left her he had
walked back on to the gridiron with n
very gait that brooded no good to the
Kendall team And now that the
game had recommenced-more open
than before-his great frame was seen
fitting about like featherweight.
Within ten minutes he had run through
a succession Of taoklers, lodging and
ducking. finally carrying the ball to a
touchdown. Later while on the ex-
treme right the ball was passed to him,
and he made one of those famous runs
with it to goal that never fail to cleo
trify spectators His last feat was to
carry half dozen men who were
clinging to him and the ball as well
for Ave yards and plant it over the
line.
The half ended with this feat,
while Vernon rooters went wild with
shouting. Their college had won and
had won through the personal effort OF
one man.