The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-11-23
WON SOMETIMES
Between HALVES
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Football Stories Of Incident
Of Big Games in the

between the halves and by IL man who
doesn't get his fingers on the ball. In
other words. the coach sometimes
faces his team and makes them see
the situation with such clearness and
power that he sends them to the field
I4aslled by coaches tongues or stir
red by the personal appeal, an appar-
EMILY disorganized and defeated rabble
often becomes a steady but furious
fighting; unit. For instance. in 1906
Pennsylvania went to the dressing
room after playing a 8 to 6 first half
with Harvard.
The tic score was misleading. Har-
ward had played the better football.
to tatters. And Harvard would have
crushed Pennsylvania II Mike Murphy
the veteran trainer. had not jumped
upon a table and talked three min
utes to the team. Murphy. like An
,hony. was no orator, says the Ameri-
can magazine.
j. you want a lot Of b%eaneaters up
here in Boston to crow over the hash
their team made of you?" cried he.
They'll turn that city inside out and
OH good Penn money at that. Your
friends'll be counting free lunch count
ers for weeks if YOU let those dubs get
away with this. Myself-it almost
made me cry to see those big sttfs
walk all over you. (He gulped notice.
are. You weren't right that half.
Think Of the crowd. And say. fellows.
il there's no mother, father. sister or
girl up there watchin' just think of me
fellows. Think of me. that takes ARE
Of you az. For I've got the con- boys"
The Tears Come
He cnughcd. brushed his yes with
the BAGS Of his hand and faltered on.
II Won. be with you very much
longer and ] want you to win this
ganl:."
He finished speaking and stole away
without a word. There was no cheer
ing: the me we're thinking too hard.
The next half Harvard found n differ
en- Pennsylvania team, a team whose
emotions were, keyed up to such a pitch
that their fierce football has W
ward was dazed, swept away and beat
en-because a man spoke.
Another remarkable turning Of a
game between the halves occurred at
! Ithaca In 1903. Cornell led Columbia
by 9 to 0 when the team returned to
h dressing rooms. Columbia had not
recovered from a wearing game with
h men we're overturned. There was
a distinct feeling of the hopelessness
of 1t all when the players lay down
upon the floor and benches.
Bill the Example
Only Bill. a white bull terrier mas
cot. showed signs of liveliness. 1t
was cold in the dressing room and a
He used a poker. the end Of which be-
came red hot. When finally he laid
down the metal rod the red whitened
but the heat remained.
But, deciding that the poker was to
be played with like a. stick. caught the
heated end in his moth. Instantly his
lips scared and turned black. Bill only
grabbed him and tried to force him to
open his mouth. But Bill fought back,
and finally they had to choke him be-
fore he would loosen his grip.
1t was then that Coach Morley
nudged Captain Fisher and pointed to
the dog. Catching the idea. Fisher
spranT. to his feet and built up a
nerve to the teams and asked h men
if they we're not ashamed of them
selves. His closing sentence was,
'Just play for Bill. Bill. Bill!"
When Columbia returned to the
field. Bill yelping f%uriously, led the
way. All through the half the team,
heard him barking from the side lines
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the Jane:
We heard every yclp and it simply
drove u.s."
Also Bills yelping was so good that
Columbia won IL TO 6.
: Other Intense Moments
There are other dramatic moments
when one man alone turns the tide of
victory. In 1907 Minnesota and Wis
consin played II to IL. That it end
cd Il tie was because of Capron. He
saved Minnesota He kicked three
goals from the field. The game began
with a b%ewildering series of rushes,
end runs and triple forward passes.
The score leaped to Wisconsin IL. Min
nesota S. Here Capron began to kick.
standing on the 3o.yard line he
drove the ball between the posts. Wis
consin's lead vas reduced to three
points. Again, this time from the As
yard line, Capron sent the ball sailing
true. Minnesota led. IS to IL. The
first half ended however, with Wis
consin swinging back into the lead. A