The Press., 1912-01-24
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 The Great IF FootbanGame At WestmOreIand College That Brought Revenge By ELLEN R. CHANDLER Copyright by American Press Asso-
 ciation 1911.
By ELLEN R. CHANDLER
Copyright by American Press Asso-
 ciation, 1911.

ing the cOIleSe cOuISc WA1n Some pert little misses, tossing their heads, declared that 1t was because the girls wouldn't firt; that they them selves had turned their backs upon sophomores who had more assurance than brains. Others averred that the Dresence of the women made the col Iege "hennery" instead of field for s'staRs." A third lot laid the whole movement to the fact that several of the girls took scholarships away from as many young men. Certain 1t IS that one young woman of remarkable facil- ity for learning captured a prize that all the honor men were striving for Be that as it may, the antagon1st1c spirit prevailed, and it was determined | by the board of management that the class of TO should be the last woman's class to be admitted to the university. The class contained an unusually | bright lot of girls, who, spurred on by what they considered an injustice to | their sex, devoted their intellectual ef- forts to taking away as many per ouisites in the shape of prizes and scholarships as possible.
 Miss Julia Horton, president of the class, proved an excellent choice. Not much of a scholar, she developed rare talent for management. Upon l her election she made a few remarks embodying the desire that the mem- bers of the class should beat the men in every field.
 ''In athletics2'' asked a voice. | Miss Horton was staggered for a moment, then bringing her white fist down on the table, said with vigor, "Yes, in athletics"
 A burst of laughter followed the an- nouncement, after which it was for gotten till three years had passed The president had by this time been succeeded by others, but she had be- come the recognized manager of the class. The college fall term for 1910 had scarcely commenced, when she called half a dozen of her classmates | to her room for conference, and when they were assembled said to them:
 | You may remember that when was elected class president in our fresh man year I signifed wish we should beat these dog in the manager students who haven't the brains to take prizes themselves and are unwilling that we should take them, even on the athlet- | fc field. Our prize scholars are sure to sweep the board next June, and have called you together to consult as to a means of beating the men in ath- letics."
 A dozen coral ears were pricked up at once at this daring statement.
 eff we haven't the muscle" Miss Horton, continued, i've may at least have the ingenuity to find a way to beat the men, or at least drive them
 from the field. The football season is at hand. At that game manly strength has greater advantage over woman's physique than any athletic contest. propose that we select a team from among those of us whose advantage lies rather in our muscles than our brains. and at the finale of the season attempt to win game"
 Nonsense! Impossible! It wouldn't be proper" were. the words that greet ed the proposition.
 "An 1 ask of you," continued the speaker, ''is to cooperate with me
 We will organize a team. We will
 not let our object be known till the
 last moment, then we will challenge
 the university team, relying on oul wits rather than our physical strength
 to win. At any rate. we may get {
 revenge"
 'sWit won't win where brute strength is needed" remarked Miss Porter.
 "Any more than brute strength vii win where brains are required" Mis- Ripley added, "as is manifest iron
 our sweeping away the prizes anC
 scholarships from these strapping fel
 lows"
 i've might weaken them," suggest l. ed little Miss Mufhns, "by sticking S pins into them"
 "I have a scheme" said Miss Hor ton, "that propose to put in prac
 tice when it comes to the final test" "What is it?' asked all at once. . Girls" was the reply given impres 5 sively, "there is one faculty we nee, ' not f1atter ourselves we possess-reti cence I shall not communicate m. , plan to the men through each and ev
 cry one of you"
 Miss Horton won the assent of tn 2 company, they agreeing to her terms at least all of them except little Mis- Muffins who declared she could neve
 in the world wait for the denOuement.
 There were several remarkabI
 strong young women in the class, am one, Mary H3nk. who had come fror farm on ephich, her classmates de clared. she had, followed the blow. wa , five feet eight in height and strong a
 an OK Miss Horton. who organize
 the team, selected her for the mos prominent position and assigned tn : others to. the rest of the places as the z seemed best fitted s
 Since the managers plan was base upon the wits rather than the strengt
 of the team 1t was not supposed tha
 training and practice would be a6
 hered to very strictly. The main troU
 ble was to find a ground where the could practice without having the me '- students ogle and guy them. How ]. ever, they secured a gridiron in ' neighboring town, fenced in, and o practice days went there in a ha wagon.
 Nevertheless it was not long befoI ,. the men students learned that th co-eds had organized a football teal r and were practicing. Then it leake ! out that they were intending to cha T lenge the men. Innumerable were tt jokes perpetrated at the girls expens ? which luckily they did not hear. Mis Horton was working with some esp cial purpose in view, but since sE
 kept her own counsel no one kne' s what it was. She urged the team learn the game and changed few s the strongest. especially some wh < were fleet runners, to prepare for son | real work on the last Saturday in N
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