Evening star., 1926-10-24

| DUuy L dIkeT kTeW tIldl he IldQ OlS-
tanced his field. He was thinking
clearly now. Somehow this seemed
no more than practice Scrimn,a ge.
/ He deliberately slowed down-slacken-
ed pace without breaking stride. He
was doing what is technically termed
drifting"
The safety man knew his job. 1t
was his task to keep the flaming
youngster from crossing the goal.
That and only that. If necessary,
he'd let him get to one side, and then
| cut him down. or else run him out
of bounds-and the game would be
| over.
| Apparently Parker was travelling
with all the speed at his command.
His face was contorted with effort;
! he still held the ball out in front of
him, ready to tuck it under his afm
should the necessity arise for stiff
arming with the left.
| They drew closer and closer to-
gether. 1t was certain that they
were destined to meet-body crashing
against body-and the Markham
quarter was a deadly tackler.
The stands were hushed. A clean
! tackle meant victory for Markham--
a failure meant touchdown ana
glory for Woodland. In all the gath.
erng of 10000. only two persons
counted: Dolly Parker and the quar-
terback of the Markham team.
And now they were clOse--clcser.
There was a hysterical shrek as
the gold jerseyed figure shot through
the air And at that instant Dolly
Parker came to life. He dug his
cleats little deeper, fexei his
muscles trifle more tightly--and
fairly leaped ahead. The quarter
back barely touched him--then
crumpled on the ground sobbing.
And now the Woodland stands
shrieked and screamed and cried as
| the 1.-the, boyish figure flashed down
the field for the 35 yards interven ming
between the PROSTATE figure of the
Markham quarter and the goal line.
| The cheering was a bedlam. lnco'
| herent barks and arse.throated
screams and a great sob arose from
10000 throats as Dolly Parker crossed
the line.
And that was ALL There was no
necessity for the attempt at point
after touchdown. The game was
over. The timekeeper's whistle had
blown. And Woodlawn had won 3
to 8.
DOLLY PARKER was dazed. He
stood under the goal posts with
chest heaving and legs feeling queer.
ly all gone. And the varsity sWooped
down rpon him and some of them put
their arms around him and others
cried like babies, and big Reb Rogers
fell face down and sobbed and sonpeo.
The students swarmed about theili
! and lifted Dolly Parker on thelr
shoulders and bore him from the field.
Tears were streaming from their eyes
and they were very boyish ana
very foolish and very sentimental. 1t
was beautiful and wonderful ana
silly experience-and Dolly Parker
was reveling in the momen. wnich
would make all life worth While 1or
him. 49, :; uha
| His letter-of course. Ana IN lte
dressing room. the hardfaced. SOL
hearted coach expressed ms opinlon.
"Oh, Dolly-Dolly-wha iouse
rye heen. All season I've used you
as a scrub plunger. I'm fotten
hum But wait til next year. JUST
wait until next year.
And that was the motif of the hys-
terra which pervaded the campus
that night. "Wait until next year
we've had the swellest halfback IN
10 conference with us all year and
we didn't know it." But now
Retween the closing of the 1901
hall season and the Christmas non
days Dolly Parker was the CAMPUS
hero. He was placed upon peoes.a,'
not only because of his maglnhcehl
achievement hut also because OIL wl'"'
he promised for the future.
He made a frat and was elected
vice nresident of his class. When
Snring training period came aions'
| Riu BOSWELL. the coach, worked lhce-
fatisably with him. H.
nil Roswell saw many things. he
s.w that while Dolly's historic run
in the Markham game might never
he repeated. the young man mao .he
makings of a great foot pall p!ast.
one of the f1ashy. twisting. saulrminG;;
o,,e,:feld men who make foot ball
| history.
SPRlNG training was more a.. a.
- duous than usual. Woodland was
returning eight varsity men IN aool
ton to Dolly Parker. Addeo 10 uid.
| iuposing array was a nst OIL hdehH
freshmen. Boswell arranged ten
tative lineup and put them 'hrousn
signal drill.
"Speed - everything for speed
Tbat.s what we want next year
sneed and trickery. Here comes
Woodland-there they go. That's us
newt season. C'mon. Rogers-lttle
non there. Give 'em the S4-31 play:
double backward pass an forWard
to Dolly Parker. Attaboy. Parker:
Thassit. Cut in! cut in. You got
it. Dig. lad. dig.
With the passing OF the Gays II
became certain that Woodland WaS
10 have team which would make
it's bid for fame. The student body
| the chance for which every minor
college longs-the opportunity to
! fash across the armament where
only big universities belong. Par
tic,llarlv they were thinking about
the opening game against State.
| Woodland always opened states
schedule-a warming up contest for
the great conference champions.
Perhaps. in September-well, IT GER
tainly wasn't beyond the realm OF
| possibility.
Then came the breaking up OF
school for Summer. In mid-August
the foot ball squad reported at River
Camp. where it went through con-
| ditioning process. Big time stuff.
That's us. If we don't have team
this wear we never will. Eight var
sitv regulars back including two
three-vard ends And Dolly Parker
And six as promising freshmen AS
we've had in wears. Cmon boys.
Dig in-speed. Thassus:
Speed. Speed. 1t became the
| shihboleth of the little college.
Speed and trickery. Hour after hour
Boswell gave the squad skull prac-
tice. Each man was to have GER
tain Job to do in each play and
was to be letter perfect in doing 1t.
And then he tossed out a halt a
dozen new foot balls and worked
them weary.
"If YOU can't handle foot ball.