Evening star., 1926-10-24

about that. OF course. 1t was typical
Markham team-heavy, rather slow.
| finely drilled in foot ball fundamen-
tails, a defensive orga nization with a
steam-rOller offensive. 1t was pre-
cisely the sort of team which Wood
land should beat by huge score.
| THE Red and Black was fidsety as
l. it took the field. Dissension had
reached the breaking point. The cheers
were all for Dolly Parker and the
team, but Dolly was the only individ'
ual whose name was barked at the
end of the Woodland rahs. The squad
knew that the public considered that 1t
had fallen down, and that Dolly Par.
ker was as great as ever. 1t resented
the fact
Woodland received the kickoff. In
stantly 1t tried split buck which net
ted four yards. A sweeping run
around gained IL more, thanks to Reb
Rogers perfect interference. The
stands cheered Dolly Parker who had
carried the ball. The team squirmed
Reb knew and the team knew that
Rogers name should have been on
the end of that cheer and not Par
ker's.
! Four yardS-siX-frst down. Then
they were held twice. and Parker sig
nailed a punt formation. himself back
The ball was snapped. He streaked to
the right and backwards. alancing
the ball in his right hand. The Mark.
ham captain shrieked the warning
"Pass!' to his secondary. Then Dolly
| cut in. Reb Rogers was between him
and Markham tackle There was no
reason why Reb should have failed to
block that man out of the play.
But he didn't. Parker was thrown
for q 14-yard loss. AS the teams lined
up he expressed his opinion
Whats gotten into you, Reb? Are
you asleep - letting that fellow
through"
"Aw. Can it. If you'd been awake
he'd never have gotten you. | blocked
him out. and you cut right into him.
The team was all with Reb Rogers
Dolly again called for punt formation
And then things happened. The cen
ter and both tackles s1fted through or
the play. Dolly's punt was blocked
the stands groaned-it seemed as
though Dolly had delayed unneces
sarily. The ball struck a Markham
player in the chest and rolled back
toward the Woodland goal Mark
ham end ScoOped il up and sped foi
a touchdown. They lined up on the
3-yard line. and an extra point was
added
Markham. Z: Woodland, 0. Here was
the break of the game-the impossible
the unexpected. Woodla nd elected tC
receive again. and when the teams
clashed it was a different Markham
a team which believed it had chance
to defeat it's bitterest rival, the State
| wonder team.
| Woodland made two first downs one
on beautiful forward pass, Snyder
to Rogers, the latter having shifted
to end on the play so AS to be eligible
as receiver. The Red and Black
stands rose and cheered: "Rah. Rah
Rah! Tears.'
Then Markham held. and Parker
punted. long spiral which went Sc
Yards over the line of scrimmage
The Gold and Black launched a driv
ing offensive: employed its weight ir
nlbbllng tactics; six yards-one--foul
first down. One yard-no gain-eight
yards-and then a smashing offtacklt
play which yielded another first down
Hammer hammer, bang-rip-tear
Woodland was playing brilliant in
dlvldual foot ball, and that was all
IT was not functiOning as a team
Eleven Woodland players threw them
selves into every play. seeking per
haps to salve their consciences b,
bruising their bodies. But the ex
quisite conference of their play wa:
gone. The feeling against their cap
tain was responsible
Woodland found itself fighting &
losing battle. The Red and Blacl
G . nd
on its own 6-yard line. and Mark
hams try from placement went wrong
Woodlands ball on it's own 2O-yarC
line
| Parker-understand the situa
tion--was playing an inspired game
But he was getting no help. Inter
ferers weren't where they were sup
posed to be. Time after time he was
thrown for losses All through the
balance Of that quarter and through
out the second period he was caught
before he started. The stands mur
INJURED: Il told you so. Yah. Didn't
was a huke? Look at him now
Yeller. Quitting. Laying down like
dog just because his team ain'1
winning"
The new feeling penetrated to the
field. Dolly sensed the current ot
adverse comment. He knew in
stinctively that they thought he was
yellow-a Quitter-a front runner tr
star when things were going well. and
to lay down when the breaks were
against him.
THE half ended with the ball in the
middle field. Bill Boswell scarce
ly knew what to say. He did not dis
cern the lack of teamwork; he. too
saw only that the team was PLAYING
brilliant individual foot ball-and thai
Dolly Parker was not getting away as
he should. He didn't want to ride
Parker.
The Woodland squad was moi
ashamed, because the Woodland squac
, didn't know what 1t was doing. Its
actions were reflex-born Of resent
, ment and nurtured in bitterness
Only Dolly Parker understood-ant
there was nothing he could say.
The second half opened with q
, fierce succession of scrimmages ant
fruitless exchange of punts. Their
Markham got the ball and tore dowr
the field. And this time the kick from
placement did not go wrong Straight
and true. spinning end over end from
the toe of the big lineman who wa.
called back for the try. 1t sailed ovel
the oFonBbaP and the Roy gceuta n