The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-18

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MWlliam BrauCher

Myron Ubl, halfback at Mime
atty of the football season. A
broken breastbone. followed by
pneumonia.
The coaches say Ubps mishap
was just one Of those things that
happen in football. and point out
that a man can slip on a sidewalk
and have the same thing happen
to him.
Dooley Goes Out
That may be. But the other
night this observer happened to
peer into a copy of Tricky Dick"
Hyland's book, DIARY of Line
Smasher. The former Stanford
star reveals some Of the pleasant
ries that pass back and forth be-
tween rivals on the gridiron when
the going gets trifle spirited.
Hawk Dooley takes the ball on
an end-around play, according to
Hyland, and big end named Ma
kerk dives straight across Hawks
face and pulls his knee up.
Right there in front of u.s." Hy-
land writes, Hawks face disap-
peared. 1t flattened out like a pam
cake. There was no nose. You
couldn't see where his eyes were or
had been, and blood was all over
everything. Hawk let one groan
out of him you could hear in the
stands, rolled over twice, and then
lay perfectly still.
Regain Takes 1t Up
II thought from the way he re-
Taxed that he was dead. Rules or
no rules 1 jumped off. the bench
and ran out onto the field. Jumbo
and Regain were right with me-"
AL Regain becomes the avenging
angel. An opposing tackle named
Sykes challenges with:
Look who's here. boys Am
bin AL Regan. Muldoon says we
can't win If he plays. Come on,
Amblin'! Well send you back with
Dooley, pronto."
That t..rns out to be Mr. Sykes
mistake. Regain takes the ball on
the next play and tears into the
line at top speed. But after break
ing through, instead of heading for
the open field, Amblin' AL leaves
his feet in the general direction of
the enemy's rowing center, fellow
called Biffens.
A Biff for Biffcns
AIS knees come up into Biffens'
middle. Al gets up, but Biffens
st US down.
"There you are, big shot," says
Amblin' AL. You asked for it. And
Sykes, you yellow ape, you're next.
Think you can put me with Dooley,
do you?"
(After the game it was learned
that Biffens' pelvis bone was
Amblln' Al is just getting started.
He asks that the ball be given to
Norm. Sykes plays opposite AL, so
when the ball Is carried off tackle,
AL is supposed to take Sykes in to
make the hole.
II saw Sykes take a poke at
Regan's head with that taped hand
of his" writes Hyland. "Only
Regan's head wasn't there any
more. He was crouched, to begin
with, and as the play was called
he dove at the r.ound in front OF
Sykes and turned complete SOM
ersault.
A Kick in the Face
"He spun like a pinwheel and
both his feet came whirling around
and square into Sykes face. One
heel landed in his mouth.
IT drove through the hole and
made 16 yards before 1 was
stopped. 7 looked around as soon
as I could and Regain was up and
coming toward me. SJkes was on
the ground holding his face. Most
Of his front teeth were gone.
"Regan promised me that he'd
be good from then on, but on the
next play I came up with this eye
sinner. and he was off on an
other vendetta.
1--WE marched straight down the
field with the ball and Al sent his
fifth man out of the game on the
scoring play.
Well, there's picture of some
football action for you by
a man who was an All-America
selection six years ago. Sounds as
though IL might be rough game.