Show 15 r p JJf s fit 9 i 7 Ar a the Fullback BY JEAN ODDIX Kelly the Hilton college fullback Was lying stretched out on his bed in the Camden House In the afternoon Hilton was to play the famous Camden university uni-versity team and Kelly was obeying the coachs Injunction to keep quiet and try to think of something beside the game Someone knocked on his door Come he called expecting to see one of the fellows but the door opened and I a Western Union messenger boy stuck I his head In Are you Mr Kelly he once plunged into the subject Dc st you know that youre going to have a chance to immortalize yourself this afternoon af-ternoon Armstrong gazed at him blankly I Kelly has been called home and youre to be out in at fullback in his place Armstrong drew a long breath and for a moment stared steadily out of the window without saying a word Then the young fellow turned his head and looked the older man squarely in the face Well he said slowly Ill give em the best thats in me Thats the talk Ive been watching lour play and I think that you have A the right kind of stuff in you Now were going to have some hard work this afternoon some mighty hard work and unless even man does his level best were going to be licked and licked badly We can hardly dare hope to win F and the best that we can do Is to keep r the score down so that we shant be r ashamed to go back home Im not trying try-ing to scare you but I want to show f you just how stiff a piece of work you have cut out for you Shaw got up and sauntered back to i the captain I believe the boy has good nerve and Ive Just said enough s to make him play like a fiend I made him think we hadnt a ghost of a show Ii 61 Utiiic ba v < MIiiy to win and hes just the sort of fellow to risk his neck for a lost cause IL The clock on the high tower of College Col-lege hall was striking 3 as the Hilton players clambered out of their bus at the field and lined up for a few minutes preliminary practice A moment later the Camden team trotted out on the field at the other end and began passing pass-ing the ball The captains and officials of the game conferred for a moment and then Captain Forbes hurried back to his men who grouped anxiously together to-gether to hear the result of the toss Theyve won the toss and chosen the south goal We kick off Hurry up to the middle of the field Sweaters were stripped off and tossed to the subs on the side lines Hilton lined up along the white line in the center of the field and the Camden players scattered over their territory ready for the kick Camden ready the referee called All ready Hilton ready The captain nodded The referees whistle sounded and the long line of Hilton players surged forward as the captains toe struck the ball squarely and sent it spinning high in the air toward the Camden goal It was a high kick and Marsh and Bennett the Hilton ends were well under un-der it The fullback stood waiting for I what looked like an easy catch but his everconfidence betrayed him The baIl dropped squarely into his arms slipped r 1 r L J Z e + r i A ltlnt 1 ri t a l f77 fl lt 1 i i There wont bea thing too good for you when we get back to the old i town tonight asked Yes What is it A message mes-sage for you Kelly took the yellow envelope and carelessly tore It open As he ran his eye over the dispatch his face paled under its coat of tan and he caught his breath with a gasp Then without a word he rushed out of the room almost al-most upsetting the messenger boy and down stairs to the clerks desk Whens the first train north he demanded breathlessly Forbes the captain and Coach Shaw were sitting In the office and his question brought y them both to the desk Youre not l running away I hope said Forbes I must go home Sly fathers hurt runaway Read that and he shoved the telegram into Forbes hand Go home blankly repeated the astonished as-tonished captain But great Scott man wholl take your place Hang your old football team Do you suppose Id stay here to play when my father is helpless dying perhaps and Kelly turned impatiently to the clerk Theres a train north in fifteen minutes said the latter You cant can-t make It if you hurry Kelly raced upstairs for his hat and top coat and was down again in a moment Have some of the fellows take my football clothes back to Hilton tonight will you he shouted over his shoulder as the door slammed behind him Forbes looked at the coach in utter bewilderment Heres a nice mess be groaned Whats to be done now Shaw shrugged his shoulders Its about as bad as it can be but whats the matter with giving Armstrong a try Hes been playing fullback on the I scrubs all the fall and working hard and he deserves a chance if any one does Armstrong at fullback I see that boy bucking the Camden line Hed make about as much of an impression on it as a mosquito on a stone wall Have you any one else to suggest You have me there but I see our finish Thirty to nothing Is a mild estimate es-timate of the score theyll pile up Shaw stood up and squarred his broad shoulders Never mind he said Ill i I take all the responsibility Im going to find Armstrong and have a talk with him I i He found Armstrong sitting ilone in f the office and working out imaginary t football games on the hotel stationery Shaw dropped into an empty chair beside I be-side him with a pleasant word and at through them and rolled on the ground In an instant ijt was buried under a squirming mass of Camden and Hilton players When the men struggled to their feet again Bennett the Hilton left end was at the bottom with his arms tightly tight-ly clasped around the precious pigskin The Hilton subs waved sweaters and hugged each other in their glee The ball was theirs on the Camden tenyard I line In the first minute of play Line up fellows One seven forty nine sixtythree chanted the quarterback quarter-back The ball was passed to the left halfback and he charged Into the line with head down and the whole team behind him pushing and straining to send him through Down he grunted grunt-ed from under the mass of humanity heaped upon him Second down two yards to gain called the referee Camden tackles on side warned the umpire A brief rest and a chance to snatch a breath of air while the quarterback called out the signal for the next play in quick jerky accents The ball was snapped back again and the right half drove through the opening made for him between right guard and tackle for two yards and a half and It was first down again The Camden captain was furious I Get low he shouted to his men Dont let em shove you off your feet Tackle low On the side lines the Hilton subs were dancing up and down and shouting to their comrades Hip em up fellows Keep em agoing Tear em wide open Armstrong standing in his piece between be-tween the two halfbacks With ihs hands on his knees heard the quarterback quarter-back calling his number for the next play It was a tandem buck with the I left halfback heading the interefernce and the fullback behind him with the ballAs As Armstrong dashed into the line the quarterback passed the ball straight into his arms with unerring swiftness The line was opened wide for him but as he went into it he involuntarily in-voluntarily threw up one arm to shield his face The Camden quarterback crouching low behind the line hurled himself at Armstrongs knees and tackled him hard and fast As he plunged forward over the tackler the luckless boy felt the ball slip from the grasp of his left arm and had a sick I ening consciousness that he had fumbled fum-bled The referee darted into the mob of men pulling and hauling to find the ball Camdens ball he called out Armstrong ran back up the field to the fullbacks position on the defensive wishing at every step that the earth would open and swallow him up Twice the Camden backs smashed into in-to the Hilton line and thenthe fullback full-back with a strong kick sent the ball fifty yards up the field and the goal was out of danger Up and down the field the battle was waged the rest of the first half with no perceptible advantage ad-vantage to either team Whenever the play would drift dangerously dan-gerously near either goal a vigorous defense and a welldirected punt would send the ball back jnto the other teams territory and the half closed with the ball in Hiltons pOSEesslon on thelr own fortyyard line The captain came up to Armstrong in the dressing room where the players I were resting and regaining their strength That was a bad fumble you made old man but dont let it worry IOU I-OU Ive seen older heads than yours get rattled for less cause than you had and you may have a chance to redeem yourself In the next half III I The fifteen r minutes of resting soon passed and as the players filed out the captain turned to Armstrong and said with a look half quizzical and half serious If you fumble again in this half young fellow Ill be hanged if I dont make you walk home In the second half the superior weight and strength of the Camden players began to tell and in spite of a brave defense the play was forced into the Hilton territory Nothing but repeated re-peated punts saved the Hilton goal line from being crossed and each successive suc-cessive onslaught carried the ball a little nearer All hope of scoring on the Camden team had disappeared and the exhausted team longed only for the call of time to save them from defeat The Hilton line was going to pieces and in spite of the captains desperate efforts to rally his men they were being be-ing forced back and back until the ball lay on the tenyard line and it was Camdens first down Nothing shsrt of a miracle could save them now The Camden rooters were yelling Shove em over Youve got a touchdown Keep at It Bucking the line had netted all the gains In this half asthe Hilton ends were too sure tacklers to allow any end runs The play had drifted over to one side of the field and the ends had been drawn in by the repeated attacks on the line Seeing this and wishing to score the touchdown where a goal would be easy the Camden quarterback quarter-back gave the signal for a fake buck The fullback charged into the line his head down as though he carried the ball The Hilton players threw themselves them-selves into the center to stop the rush and even the ends forgetting all caution I cau-tion rushed into the thick of the fight But the ball was not there Instead of passing it to the fullback the quarterback quar-terback had held it for a moment and then tossed it to the left half Kennedy Ken-nedy In an instant Kennedy was off like a shot for the Hilton goal Armstrong Arm-strong was the only man between the flying halfback and a touchdown Cutting Cut-ting well across the field to shake off all possible pursuers Kennedy was running almost parallel to his opponent oppo-nent As the latter gathered himself for the final spring for the tackle the runner stopped short and dodged quickly back Armstrong whirled and threw out his arms in a last desperate effort to make the tackle His outfiung arm struck the ball squarely and knocked it from Kennedys tooconfident grasp He turned to seize it again but it was too late The ball bounded up almost into Armstrongs arms and he clutched it half Involuntarily It was a hundr > lards l-ards to the other goal but he had a clear field Line after line of the gridiron grid-iron sped back under his flying feet The whole Camden team was in hot pursuit Armstrongs comrades were following in the general ruck shouting I words of encouragement which he never heard and blocking off the laggards lag-gards on the other team Kennedy was close behind the boy and gaining every yard but the gap was too wide to be closed easily Armstrong heard the flying feet and panting breath behind him and strained strain-ed even nerve As he gave one last leap to throw himself across the line Kennedy sprang at him like a hawk and nailed him In the air and pursuer and pursued came down with a thump f across the goal line A fluke Of course It was but it won the game and what else do we play for Armstrong felt more than repaid when the captain wrung his hand and exclaimed Good boy Im proud to know you There wont be a thing too good for you when we get back to the old town tonight And there wasnt oo A WESTERN EMPIRE Californias Vast Domain and Equally Equal-ly V st Industrial Outlook California occupies on the Pacific slope a strip about 200 miles wide and extends in latitude from the southern line of South Carolina to the southern line of Massachusetts To make up Its area from the Atlantic states requires Connecticut Rhode Island New Jersey Delaware Maryland Virginia North i and South Carolina and about 40000 square miles from New York and Pennsylvania Penn-sylvania Laid off on the western side of the river in the Mississippi valley It cuts oft a small strip from Louisiana and takes In Arkansas Missouri and Iowa In the great San Joaquin valley could be placed New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts Connecticut Rhode Island and onehalf 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