Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-10

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 typical camoafiase I don't know what There is a noted referee in football, ! the same being Tiny Maxwell. Of Chi cago. SwaEthmore, Meaico Chi. etc
 Tiny played on about as many college teams ass most of us have played games. In spite of this he emerged with Sos pounds, apeirdupofs, and very happy. But and afsu in spite of this, he got bIufed. ~,' In certain game Tiny was having his troubles with the home crowd. all because the home team WAS losing. Right. near the end of the game Tiny was threatened with battle and nfur- der by sohfe7 rough Locking o4lfDok- CTS. Tiny looked over the. field, saw ar opening in the fence beyond with 1 acted. instantly.
 How much time remains ' to be played ?" he asked the lfnesHlal. >> Three minutes ns~ered that in dividuaL - tsSa-:
 ] You may think so;;'~ said Tiny; but l this game ends right aftec. the next play" Whereupon Tiny went tc the l auarteroaGk of the svisftins g team which was winnins!s.1 >:~ sT 3s; 9.-.. l.
 "ssx. Iso, ;. he is supposed to have
 said Out. as Tiny stutters that isn't
 just the way he said it.. Say. Bo. do
 around. yoar left end.''a
 1 Sure, I wil. rep1ied the qual ter l He did - =:
 The end run started and leading if
 was Tiny Maxwell three hunured
 doWned far across the field from the 1 ipme-team's- supporters who had 1 threatened Tiny's health. Tiny blew his whistle. shouted at the top of his voice Times up!" and landed in
 the taxi in one more jump. =, As a matter Of fact Tiny didn't tell
 ne that story. got it from his
 Very likely added to it somewhat at 1 Ciny's expense and just for the fun of the thing. But. they, the Three Hundred Pound Club, =. asked me to
 write it up as I have ami with Tiny as the hero in fiction: Either way it comes finder the heading of camou- 1 fiage and Tiny can stand for it be-
 cause he is good official. .''
 1 One of the other members of the Three Hundred Pound Club" who. sas ] a little weight to gam before reach
 ing the highest degree issour ola csa- W. Va, catcher and pinch-hitter ,ex- traordinary in his college days at his state university. Fat broke loose at A recent meeting l.. attended and gave
 parts baseball He is knewn as the catcher at West Virginia who could
 take & pitcher who had nothing but
 a straight ball and a prayer and side all. because of his line eeirind
 the bat. t =. -- ..
 This particular evening Fat spoke
 teHingly of his fence busting pinch
 hitting. .~;
 But 2 spoke up one of thef mann
 5ers, carefully scrutinfzing F,ar's broad
 eNpanse, .*but, csald you run after you
 hit 'em. Fat ?".
 ready repartse, why man, had ro
 1 turr, sideways to keep from ny1ng'e
 This eoiemn has recently been gull
 ty of rank camoufage. Aboat three
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 ing spirit in football and in this con = nectfon had an interview with Humbo l Stiehm. the Indiana University coach,
 in which it gave Indiana and Stiel11r, credit for beating the Tufts. team last fall Stiehm did give the interview but Stiehm never sad his team bea
 Tufts am the. rank culpr it who did that and. and I have no excuse SC to offer
 1 is human. Tufts won the same from
 Indiana e12-10- and was we'll satisfied with the result in. view of. tire eircrfn- stances. 4s I In this game Tufts was without the services of it's regular *quarterbaek
 whose great work against Dartmo uth this past fall ena bfed Tufts to win ,j 27-0. Tufts. was not at all pleased ; with the ,.In@izzaa affair last, ,.s year, , ssI writes a Tufts man. tome: s:and the "trip will not be repeated. Every time
 we rushed the ball the In diana root } ters kept up such a @din that Tufts
 | rroting was more, dansefous than her foot ball team < .xz s,css9fs < .. r Therefore, herebs:s..ta off my ha, this opportunIty to <apoiosize for my grievons error. Tufts deserved fa1 better at. my hands than she got and l the mistake was ent ire1y my, own. Lei 5 me add that I.shal1 n eyer deal *witi t unintentional scamoufiage again. ? swore off on the intended variety, four teen years ago to the day. And now f-unintenfional camouGage = never : again! :. About the finest kind of. camounag<
 pulled annually in football is the All , American team. It was invented wf1eI : H;nkey, as player, was putting thu f ale in Yale and hong before Perc5 : Haughton became the guy who put tht . r in Harvard. It once was prcnos,ne- ed "Havard," you know. :. Since tht Crimson began playing foot ball they : have rolled in a. long r for rough anf ! l ready. It sounds real and American : when sP worded.
 II I can't figure sut this All American l stuff either during or after war; ana ' I never could before. Flight now. as : write these lines. after about thre, t months with squad of twenty -seVei t i the best eleven off ha nd. 1 have tt , study for long time Jesse Harper , of Notre Dame. ssis right. this instan t working over the same local problem , Yet others can 50 right out and with : o1it, seeing teams play -or fndivi daIat : perform say right off who's who ii s football. All of which goes to slruS : that some of us coachesf are cerfainI, !: Icanoufiaging sonskthe job 7 g And ours friend Grantland F. Rice i. !. going even farther Hes picking tn, r best eleven of all time. haven ina1ieh money and f have very pou1 : football judgment because never. be I but when Grantlartd sets his job fin 8 Eished and Walter picks his teaIA, in t Eforrha1 aier' otherwise. if he does .piel g lone this year. I'll bet ,tEem ssle0 each } twinner to pay all to the Red Cross Cam "A II fl1ez1f4sar fs.ara1 on