Show Casey Breaks Into Gridiron Limelight 4 t Henry F Hank Burmester has made a hit with the following take takeoff takeoff takeoff off on Casey Case at the Bat It Is one of oC the most widely copied football poems of the season Burmester Is a former fanner Salt Lake newspaper r man beginning his career on The Herald He Is a Salt Lake boy well known here her and was at one time a member of the University of Utah football team It was while playing halfback with the university against the Car Carlisle Carlisle Carlisle lisle Indians that The Herald dubbed him Happy Hank the halfback hero of oC the gridiron on account of oC his star playing In tackling ana anti downing the speedy Indian runners The name Hank was Immediately picked up by the university students and has remained with him ever since Burmester Is now sporting editor of oC the Seattle Times It looked extremely smoky for tor the Mud Iud ville yule high that day da daThe The score was as five to nothing with th four minutes s left to play pia When hen Brown the Mudville fullback bumped his face against a shoe And was carried from the gridiron the rooters all looked blue Then a slender sub named Casey Case with a shock of auburn hair hall Went in to take the fullbacks place no other subs were there But Casey was an awful dub a freshman green as grass He had lingered two semesters at the v bot bottom bottom tom torn of his class clas There was joy among the rooters from the Ashton Pol tech And they confidently shouted that the Mick would break his neck But Casey Case was a stoic stole quite unmoved b by taunt or praise He murmured as he trotted In Ill show them A P As The whistle sounds the game ame Is on and Mudville has the ball While hile Casey Is as restless as a racehorse In his stall The balMs ball Is Snapped snapped the forwards clash and dust obscures the play All Mudville groans while mighty might shouts go up across the way From out that mass of players comes a flying streak of red Like one long blur of scarlet the startled Casey Casay Ca y sped So fast the hated freshman beat a trail across the lot That Rusie Rusle would have missed him with witha a basketful of shot The air was rent with shrieks of Joy as Casey strikes the goal While some one fondly murmurs Hes a darlin bliss his soul sou His oun heart beats with throbs of Joy jO for Casey Is no fool tool He lIe knows hell be the candy kid when he gets back b k to school But the A P As are smiling while the Mudville crowd looks sore Wha s up the freshman treshman queried when he caught his breath once more moreA moreA moreA A hero I should say not Casey save the day He make a touchdown Back up Wats that you say Now listen gentle gentl reader goal lay at the west While Casey sprinted eastward with the ball hugged to his breast The freshman treshman lost his bearings acted like a stupid jay jayHe jayHe He could have made a touchdown but he heran heran heran ran the other way 8 ay |