Evening star., 1936-10-18

LdTTy NOTtIl IClhtCo. oab
on the bench for the rest
- Of the afternoon, and he
used Ed Jasper at quarterback. And
he never said a word to me In the
locker room afterward. So I guess
I'm in the dog house, and won't play
against Mount Cairn on Saturday"
1t was the evening following Larry's
benching by Coach Curtis. He was
describing the incident to his father.
and asking him for his advice. Mr..
North listened to the recital quietly.
and pulled at his pipe for several
moments afterward.
What do the other boys think OF
the coach?" he finally asked.
We'll, UP to now they haven't said
much" Larry explained. But a
couple Of them made nasty cracks to-
night. They all could see that was
right about the play. and think they
thought ne was going pretty far, to
bench me. But they've had the idea
of discipline hammered into them so,
that they'll take almost anything.
"You could probably start q nice
little rebellion if you wanted to-" Mr.
North suggested. regarding his son
closely.
Sure" Larry agreed. But that
would hurt the team. You can't win
foot ball games with a lot OF bad
feeling on the squad"
Mr.. North nodded. You could take
your story to the principal he
offered.
7 AIRY shook his head "Too much
like being a tattle-tale." he said.
II really think that Coach Curtis is
using the wrong methods, but it's
not nv place to criticize him to the
principal After all. the coach is hired
to build a foot ball team, and I sup
pose he has TO do it in the way he
thinks is best. And if don't like it.,
I guess all I can do is get out"
Mr.. North nodded approvingly. II
think you've got the right attitude,
Larry," he said You know, there
are a lot Of people in the world who
are crazy on the subject of unreason-
ing obedience. Remember Capt. Bligh
in 'Mutiny on the Bounty? Theoreti-
cally. he had right on his side, and
he had many good qualities. But he
caused a lot of trouble. nevertheless.
Maybe your coach is another Of the
same kind-although not as bad, OF
course"
Well" said Larry. "I'd sure like to
keep on playing foot ball. and I'm not
going to quit until he throws me of
the squad. But I'm not going to be
ldriven like q dumb animal, either.
So we'll wait and see what happens.
Larry found out very soon what
was going to happen. For the next
two nights at prictice, he took the
worst beating of his life. Coach
Curtis put him in at end on the
scrub team, a position he had never
played before, and then had the
regulars run play after play over him.
The husky end and tackle on the
varsity tried to spare him as much
as possible. but Larry weighed 20
pounds less than they. and his body
was sore in every muscle by the time
the session was over.
THEN the coach played him at
quarter on the scrubs. while they
ran of some of the plays Mount
Cairn was expected to use. This
wasn't quite so bad, but the regulars
always knew where the plays were
coming, and smeared Larry viciously
time after time.
Bill Winters fell into step beside
Larry as they walked to the locker
room. Darkness was falling.
Boy. that was certainly . long
session." Bill said fervently. "Ano
what q going-over you got! Coach
doesn't like you very well. does hep
Evidently not" said Iarry tryinc