Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-01-15
Two In The Cheering Section
BY HARRIET PADDOCK and
NORMAN III. WHITE JR.
IN TWO PARTS-PART TWO

IN TWO PARTS-PART TWO
His prowess In college football had
been the open sesame which had taken
him up into q chosen group Of under
1 graduate leaders. He'd come from a
! tiny town in Ohio; had been no one,
that is till he had made himself some
! one on the gridiron. At one Of the
dances to which he'd been invited as
| q football hero he had met Marion
| Hill, the most important debutante Of
the season. She had been just Is, slim
and darkly eager girl in a rose red
/ dress. It had been one Of those eXcit-
/ ingly breathleSs romanceS that had
ended in a June marriage in old Trinity
within year.
How long ago that all seemed now
and yet how vivid was the remem-
brance of that soft afternoon with the
warm sunlight filtering in golden eff
fulgence through the stained glass win
doWS. Marton-eVen now his pulse
quickened as he remembered how lovely
she had looked.
It had been a large wedding-that
of the tender girl from Beacon hill and
the famous football star from tiny
town in Ohio. The whole team had been
there; and Pop Henry; and even old
Mike, the ground keeper
Jimmie broke suddenly in on his
thoughts. I'VE won the toss, Dad. We're
going to kick off Watch Bill Hender-
son boot that BALI"
His father pulled himself back into
the present with an effort. Without
speaking he took Jimmie'S arm and
stood up beside him to watch the game
begin.
Jimmie, as Henderson kicked the ball
to the Yale eight-yard line. James
GivenS smiled at his excitement and
agreed with him.
Below them on the bright grass the
teams lined up; their uniforms clear
crimson and dark blue in the slanting
November sunlight.
watch out now, soni" said James
Owens tersely. I'm bet that the Ellis !
will try wide END run on their IlrSt
play. Maybe they'll use that new lateral
i've been reading about. There they
gol Lookl What did tell you?"
They were both up on their feet
again as the play started. Jimmie
grabbed his fathers arm as the teams
piled up. A plunging, hurting figure
had cut in through the wide, sweeping
Yale interference and had nailed the
ball carrier dead in his tracks.
'That was nice work." said James
Owens with satisfaction. This is going
to be as good as last years game, I'd
like to have seen it. I sat in a little
cable office in Gydinia-that's IN
as much news as l
could. This is the first game I've seen
- Mother said you'd probably be lis
tening." said Jimmie, watching for
he news some place. Gee! Look at that
forwardl" he yelled, as he hoped TO
his feet.
James Owens rose automatically but
The long spiral of the ball, the husky
crimson and blue-clad figures darling
after it on the field below, were un-
noticed.
So Marion and his son had been to-
yether and had been talking and think
ng of him that afternoon a year agol
Marion, who had told him, during one
If the rare times he had ever seen her
.ngry that she never wanted to see
mother football camel
"Does your mother go to many OF the
sames ,Jimmie?" he asked, trying 60 {
.eep any importance out Of his voice. :
ooh, sure. We've been going 70 All ,
f the big ones together, the last couple
4 years." said Jimmie, as they SAT ,
own. "You must have taught her a lot ,,
bout the game. Let's see, since father
. Jimmie stopped miserably, Il mean
ince MIR. Deacon died, we've been 70
' 's'T ,isten' SON" his father said slowly, {
YOUR preference to Bob Deacon as
ather' doesn't upset me: A 1sl,o,1 IL
esitated and then added, quietly, Bob r
beacon was fine man" III
Jimmie looked away; looked down III
foe field. watched Yale back neaIly III
neared again by Henderson ana naroly III
oticed the play. He suddenly reail1eq
Inv James Owens had said that ABOUT
,obert Deacon. Tt was because ms
,ther had thought that Deacon nad ii
aen a finer person than he was him :
slfI But Jimmie didn't agree; ,
tn him he knew no one could DC inner
ION fine man who sat beside him, stall
art welI-Qroomed and set-rellanC.
back in the past years Inas
Z could so dimly remember, tnereo W
cen a mistake that had caused I've n
aonIe whom he loved to be DIVIDED. u
ne turned with sudden determination al
IA faced his father squarely. "
sSN6r. Deacon was swell TO me, ne u
I'D '1hllt ft wasn't the same thing, W
AZ see. not like YOU and mel He knew m
tooD Jimmie iucked his head ana CT
oked down the field, not trusting MS 81
res to meet his fathers any turtner;
zee. dad, I'm glad you're BACK ano to
m Won" he paused. Mother thougnt m
81 best to you" 49, al
lanes Owens stared at the field, rc
here RE- he'd played football himself, SO ps
a aT wears ago; saw the teams hne ia
, and charge; heard Lne l ,lLz 49,, ~ SO
and la1ru didn't begrudge the fact that &c
himself wasn't playing testing his
renofh and skill against that OF otner Al
an an, He was happy where he was; oil
sri i had sent her best to him and or
day he'd found a son who must = ne t,sa pl
. stranger to him any more In INT hC
N, of the game they were Ca
'tching together. the. barriers OF br
a,tI1fi1i shyness had been broken he
wn. ...-s,,o Of
And .Jinmie-weIl, he was staring Al
wn at the field and thinking; tnttiln m
. that his father and ms n ~. tps ar
.,.s ' Two Of the SWEETEST people IN the Wa
I'd and that something ought 70 DC hi
ma alp0llt IL -. co