The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-03-27
Looking For
A Hero

alumnus Of both the college Of arts
and the college OF law. Being q TO
mantle and ingenious young person Of
Is, Mary had Informed Jim that she
was sure going to fall In love with
some football hero.
The handsome Greek god, who, when
all seems lost, saves the day for old
Wisteria or the slender boy whom
the rest thought too light for the
game who gets around the end and
scores for old Iligan. and when he
doesn't rise where he fell In making
the touchdown they nnd he has been
playing the last quarter with broken
rib-oh, / shall fall In love with some
one Of them" said Mary. with dane
ing eyes.
'Bosh," said Jim. stolidly. There
were no handsome Greek gods. on any
team ever saw"
well, theren be one hero. certain
ly, and when he's carried on the field,
suffering terribly, but not a word OF
complaint escaping his lips, and I'll send
him some flowers and he'll bury his
face in them, tears starting from his
eyes"
AS the girls do in those fierce
yards purporting to be college stories.
To my notion football game affords
about as much chance for q real story
aS a game Of chess" declared Jim. Il
never read football story that wasn't
punk. Hi. look at that now!"
The visiting contingent of Wisteria
undergraduates. LOO strong, headed
by their band, was progressing around
the track that encircled the gridiron,
in an astonishing choragic dance. II
was at once a cake walk, q minuet and
gigantic quadrille. With their steps
in ordered rhythm, their hands bran
dished aloft In triumphant gestures In
unison with the cadence OF their high
lifted feet, they wound In and out.
why, It's charming. No. It's awe
inspiring" exclaimed the girl, look
ing through her field glass. Who's
that leading them? Isn't he hand
some?"
That's Bill Howard, the hottest
alumni rooter of them all"
And look at those people nthe
box down there! How excited they
are! Alumni and their wives. Of
course. Isn't 1t fine to see the alum
nj so enthusiastic and loyal"
Alumni nothing" growled Jim.
That's bunch OF brokers with big
bets on the game, probably on the Wis
iting team, for fellows like that
would be likely to back a university
| outside their own state"
Suddenly there burst forth from
| the bleachers where Wisteria students
were massed a huge roar OF inarticu-
late, mindless sound. The Wisteria
team had hulked out on the field. All
possible comliness OF face and form
/ was hidden by the ungainly garb, SO
Mary hardly looked at the players.
Her glass swept the line of yellmas-
| tiers, picturesque, well tailored slim
youths, gay with ribbons, waving PEN
nants in a frenzy
That one in the middle is such q
DEAR" she said
| That's Red Robertson" said Jim.
He roomed with me when he was q
freshman and l a senior law. He's
the head yellmaster"
Does he ever play2'
Play? He's too pretty to play. A
man who ties a necktie the way he
does wouldn't play. He hasn't the
beef, anyway"
/ He's awfully graceful, and SO quick.
know he could play II he want.
ed to-"
Illigan won 1t didn't matter much
to Mary, for Red Robertson at the
close Of the game had sought them
out, anxious to see Jim, though be
hardly noticed Jim after he had been
presented to Mary He steered heI
through the multitude. Some foot
ball men passed. They moved heav
i lily, awkwardly. Quick enough OF
the field in action. they seemed ou
Of their element now, like crabs OF
land.
"Hackaday is bowlegged in his
arms as well as in his legs, isn't her
said jim. Good player, though
Where'd they get him7"
Bill Hands, SO, when he was VI
hunting two years ago, saw him Dol
Ing logs in the river, and got hin
, down here" explained Robertson
Bill is the man who got Dixie, too
Dixie was driving a cab in Denver, 4
corking good alumnus, is Bill"
What Do colleges still hire pro
resional players?" asked Mary.
No. But there are still orRanizs
lions called Alumni Students Aid as
soctations that loan money to me,
whom they want to see get q colles
education and the men they want I.
. see do that are liable to be I'm
I athletes"
Are there no football heroes?" de
mAnded Mary. mo boys who wee
over the defeat OF their team? Nobod
for me to give my roses to for him /.
weep intoT"
Yes, there are some real str
> dents on every team and perhap
> some day they'll all be real as the
d used to be IN the old days. But tn
J, fellows who weep over defeat ar
mostly on the bleachers. I've lost
J. big bet and I'd like to weep. Won
you give me the roses?"
IT'S a dreadful establishment.
said Mary. Il meant them for hal
: back. not a yellmaster. but here ar
the roses."-Chicago Daily News.