The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-02-04
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Thanksgiving meant REC! Rec!
until $3.50 b. m: =. Reefs stood fol .fee-2
reation, and many morning e;
echoes of Rec! Reel" sounded
through the corridor and campus, sig.
nifying that 400 lusty students for,
whose education fond parents paid
dear money, preferred "sweet.do-noth-t
ing" in commemoration of dis
tinguished visitor, ETC., etc. Many
visitor never knew he was ldistin-
guished until this cry Of Rec! Rec"
so informed him. Thus on Thanks,
giving morning the clarion call Of
Rec. Reel" again sounded through
the institution. The kindly rec-i
tor, as substitute for the forbiddenf
trip to sLenuox. granted all the rafep
privilege OF remaining downtown all.
day. Studies would not be resdmed,
until 500, ,p M. *' .. 10 '.< @.St,{ ;
i AT 7:46 that morning, Father Thorn
tas- and the team took the train. for,
,Lennox. Only a hearty wish for good
luck and lusty college yell ACCOM-
panied them. The rector's wish Scent
led to have been obeyed to the -letss
ter. .-'St s.r2 1s~t.,s. :, 81, /.
But thirty-one skulked in c6rridors,I
and thirty-one whispered sagaciouslyI
in groups. Then thirty-one seemed
to vanish in thin air only to re,unite
fifteen minutes afterwards at the in
|terurban depot half mile down the
road. where contrary to all hallowed
orders Of the beloved president thirty
one tickets We're purchased for Len
noX.
They were safe, thought youth.
| They would not be missed in the re-
fectory at dinner because OF the gen.
eral permission to remain downtown,
and they could easily. lie back intthe
study han by five o'clock. They would
by eSherlockian deduction not. enter
the stadium where Father Thomas
| could espy them but would watch the
game from a. friends home that look;
ed directly over the field. Y:
| The. preliminaries went strictly ac;
cording to schedule. Father Thomas
and the team arrived at one depot:
the rebels, at the other; the former
had dinner at the Nendome Hotels
the latter at their friends home; the
obedient ones entered the field through
the regular gate; the disobedient- pre-
pared to watch the game from eight
windows in their second story
Had this game been umpired with
the least semblance of fairness nc
lplans would have gone awry, and thir
ity-one could have unobserved watched
a spirited set-to, and just as unno
ticed have returned home. The con
test, however, was not in progress
long before the mask was thrown
away by Lennox, referees, ct al. FRS
Kennedy, the battering ram of St. Be
mas, was ruled off for an apparen
linfraction of the rules, and Valley, tn,
l200-lb. fullbaek, followed in shor
order With only mediumly fair UNI
piring, st. Bona's might still hav,
lproved the victor in the game, b,l
when Lennox resorted to every IN
lawful trick of the game and the rel
cree simply, would not take notice, i
became impossible. Whenever tn
collegians threatened the last line,
penalty. an. off-side or something o
the nature was resurrected, and the,
We're. retired to a harmless distance
Before the last half of. the game
j some !. Lennox players land severa
sportily attired gents held a whispere,
: consultation on the side lines. TIL
r subject, of, their conversation scoul
easily be deduced by the. kind of ,pla
that followed, for, angered that the
had not been able to score on 81
Bona's, they would now throw all cat
ton to the winds, Valley was agai
ruled out, this time for good, and Ker
nedy in some mysterious fashion ha,
his ankle sprained in scrimmage. B
La vicious personal attack on the weak
ened line that: remained, .Lenno
hoped shortly to romp away with, tn
Victory. 20
i Rather had the thirty.one RENAME
at home than suffer the anguish cor
tsequent to this Manufacturing game.
did you, see. that?" cried Kilderry
; THAT was foul tackle"
IT'S the worst umpiring in tn
whole history of football" confde
Hechinger to-. the. four walls, for a
were too much engaged to favor hi1
with a reply.
"Rotten!" "Cowardly!' Grim
mali" came from thirty-one nearl
maddened spectators
nj And ali the while the Brown an
White fought like heroes against tn
i inevitable. There lin a corner, wit
! 1.-THE subs stood Father Thomas, CHI:
! lgrfned, rooted to the spot. not know
IL ing whether to continue or to call tn
players from the field. With Kenns
] idy and Valley absent, Danny o'Har
had become the tearing lion Of tn
defense, and he. fought with all tn
glorious tradition of ST. Bona's BIZ
j hind him. Liebermann, another tacf
lie. had somehow aroused all his al
cestral doggedness, and scarcel
knowing why, so battered was he, h
} meant to hold the line, come wfa
! imay. =
See. they're after Danny now,
cried one in that second story
They've recognized him as the lead
Ter, and they'll put him out, sure" 4
moments tense silence. THE fol
nations are verging ttwards Danny
end"
Il "See the niger make foul tackle.