Evening star., 1935-10-20

After two years Of faithful performance
on the Dorset High school Scrup team
Pay SHIELDS n S ssnRoT 9esr he IS
quarterback. Then after the first game Of
the season Gabby, Gahriel star OF the Meg ed
moves to Dorset and joins the squad. The
players and Coach Travers are deightsa.
tney NOW 5fe Su Paul resents The
coming of Gabby which will put him back
the eTg5 In hs T s teesa
aabby faSafe retaiiates fa With M tackle that puts
Meanwhile Dorset wins all its games. and
Gabby's stellar playing makes him the
dol Of the school but the Pisyers Ssyt
breaking training rules regarding late hours
and eating and everybody knows Coach
Travers won't stand for Gaooys cohouce.
INsTALLMENT w.
THE rumors of Gabby's violation
of training rules finally reached
the coach's ears few days
Il before the Medwick game. The
team was being pointed for this game,
because Coach Travers felt sure that
if Dorset got past Medwick an unde-
feated season and a district title were
really possible. Only Finlay High had
to be met after Medwick and Finlay
did not appear to be any stronger
than Gabby's old school.
The players knew that something
was up when the coach summoned
them for a talk just before practice
one afternoon. His face was serious,
and while he did not mention Gabby
personally. every one knew to whom
he was referring.
Fellows he said, 'you all ought
to know by now how I feel about
training rules. I don't care how good
a player any man is. or how much the
team needs him. If he doesn't care
enough about foot ball and Dorset
High to observe our simple training
rules to the letter, don't want him
on my team"
There was pause. Two or three OF
the boys stole glances at Gabby. but
his face was blank. Paul, however,
noticed that the ghost of smile was
playing around the corners of his
mouth.
"All right, remember that" the
coach concluded. IF I find out that
any of you boys-any of you, remem-
ber!-is breaking training. Ill bench
him in a minute. I want an unde-
feated season. but I don't want it
badly enough to stand for that"
a S HE ran out to the field for prac-
= tice, a glimmer of hope began to
burn in Pauls heart. Somehow he
felt that Gabby Gabriel hadn't taken
Coach Travers' words very seriously.
Gabby was the independent, strong
willed type of fellow who is impa-
tient of all rules and regulations. His
impudent, care-free spirit was one of
his chief assets on the gridiron, but it
might be fault that would keep
him out of the lineup. And if the
coach benched him, Paul would be
back in there at quarterback.
But Gabby was calling signals when
Dorset took the field against Med
wick the following Saturday. The
game was played at Medwick. and
long before the first quarter ended it
was evident that the home team had
been primed to do just one thing:
stop their former teammate.
AS result, Gabby hardly was able
TO get past the line of scrimmage
There were two Medwick men cover
Ing him on every play.
But Gabby met the situation with
strategy that once more proved his
right to his job as quarterback. He
quit calling his own signal entirely
and sent the Dorset fullback banging
into the Medwick line until the de-
fensive backs closed in to support it.
Then he looped passes over the heads
of the secondary to pull them back
again, or shot Tommy Plumber and
Eggs Wills outside the tackles.
MEDWICK was strong, even with
" out Gabby, and, although Dor
sets plan Of offense got them a
touchdown, Medwick matched it. and
the score was tied. TT, at the end
of the half In the third quarter
Gabby continued his same strategy
until the Medwick players uncon-
sciously decided that they had little |
to fear from their former teamnate. |
Whereupon Gabby promptly executed
q trick play he had been saving for |
this precise moment, caught Medwick |
hat-footed and scampered 40 yards for |
another touchdown.
Then, while Medwick was still dis
he returned their kickoff /
to midfleld, shot long pass to Tommy
Plumber for a 20-yard gain, sent
Eggs Willis spinning around end for
another first down on the 18-yard
line, and then got third touchdown
with a mixture of power plays and
short passes.
And, even though Medwick pulled
together in the last quarter and played
the best it could get
was one more touchdown, and Dorset
went home with 20-13 victory and
the district title closer than ever be-
fore.
The whole school was foot bah
crazy during the next week. Pep
meetings were held every afternoon,
and finally on Friday night there was
= grand rally In the auditorium. The
school felt so sure Of victory that,
after the meeting broke up, many Of
The students went down town for an