Show CONFUSION OF r GOODS GOODSBY oo I BY FREDERIC CARROL BALDY BA DY I II I n and md Hampton were to t C meet fleet It MM WaS the lait big same game of the t year u men en after then their splendid showing against Kings Kingston ton were confident of ot victory Al AI AIH nady H ad Hampton men stood to Shoulder r antI and were we e ready rady to stake Rake their last dollar on their eleven Such an air all airl of t l confidence was wu wa extremely pleasing h to tot the t he public lUbIk and anti awakened an uncommon uncommon mon amount of ot Interest in the ap approaching approaching struggle It wa waa late afternoon Before i t hig his grate ste tire Ike 1 hi tb t Ir lr fraternity hoU 4 tt 1 Stub Simpson arid and some six aix or sev n 0 of hia hili l companions Stub Simpson on A Was ts a notable character in Bristol life lite Simpson imp on had hud worked his way through college by writing for tor the New York YorkI I Km His Hia H articles on t football were widely idely w read How Hos many of or y you yeu u fellows fell have money up Ul on tomorrows gamer alUe in inquired led Stub I answered At af Ii Then Th n entered into litto a discus of the relative merits of the two Ho He had not nut progressed etl very tar lar when hen the colored butler buller pushed his hie i ul through the door and lint cried Din i r and ind t i tl away awty t l hud had no wore MOre than hall sealed atod It r t the table when a It note was wa handed linn This Is 18 what hat hitt it said isid Id Stub come to training quarters at nine ii e Must s e you before we are ill all allI I ked oft off to bed Drop everything cilia come cOlne ARCHIE AUCHIE The devil den muttered Stub crushing i 1 he w note and pushing buck Mck his chair chah Stub made his bl way to the training tr r and found the men jiu jUi just t ris ug from the It was not long Ions fore the newspaper r correspondent corr va closeted with the thc captain of ot th Bristol eleven Stub was ali th the drat to Now No Arehie dost dont make a It foel fool ot our eC 1 Stub you know knew a si lui well ell as u a I do doi i hat Bristol cant Q lose Why Wh A e has hu lost loat be Joie C wh wit pot not now no queried QuIl Stub You never will understand S u lowered th big fullback dra up p us is large frame Just Ju t look lo k at BrI tol tI defensive play pay in the Kingston anie amE Why hY osa alive we held bald the dw Maroon on our line lint right un tin d ur tir r our goal Koal posts O 1 t You know kno Stub that hat 1 Kingston can play sit all around Hampton 1 I You told me that yourself only Ily last Jast week before bE lore the Kingston game aUIe What hat te Is landing then Then Thea besides ba have bat IU ILi seen een 11 Shorty King drop goal front frem fr frontI a Hie I held Maybe he be wont surprise all alli allgood good i iod people fH tomorrow No Stub my minds made up Im litt going to get very 1 cent I have haye and what bat is 18 more I Ie e borrowed some and up UI that goes t to 0 o here Her is I a MO And as he b spoke poke lung sung Ferbert pulled a 1 wad ad of bills bill hi his liS pocket and shoved ji II i at Stub adding You know Stub that hat t my position on the team pre pro prenta prents nta me fl from going 1011 into the bettIng batting ing and putting this money In ney up I my m If Jr so Im Int trusting you to place ll e this d t mount for tor me at even money Archie Arehie cant do this answered Simpson dropping his eyes to the tho tb toot floor cud and lid shaking h his hll lead head Quit it Stub for sake ke quit it f entreated entreat d Archie rehM you understand nn TIU 11 answered d Stub speaking earnest 1 f HI I would do this willingly filing for tor jou OU if 1 you NOi ou could afford it nut Cut you 01 cant Think bo how you have bins h ve had to work T 1 put yourself through Bristol Be Bei Ber i l r you OU commit such uch a rash act think t l U our your mother and slater sister who are ure every rUke for you 0 And Amid i v 1 tiit do they do It ft for tor That you pond lots Jot of money and e a g Ko Kot gt t ITI No o Archie you OU ik ette It is hi not for that U lt It Is J n o e i hers i last Jast request waa wag tji ht t Jou ou ouI B 4 I OlleO toll p education edu atlOn and Ja Jt t in makee kes me sick Jilek at heart to tos see e you ou risk i on this one game Just JUlit think thin for tor a minute what it means Should Hampton win it ft means mean that tt ton ou lU must quit college for you ou could roul not Ilot I ot possibly afford to go 10 on ott That nearly miserly Hill m III your poor mother 1 link better oC of o what hat hal I ha have hae e said Id old lI tn Stub said Id Arehie Ar and one could couk plainly see that young YOun Ferbert Forbert WIle was livIng a It hard bard time keeping back beck the It ars I know that only the highest motives prompt you to say what hat you lave have I know kno yu yu are my strongest aud HU iid best beat e l friend You hays hava been kind kindt t tl my m mother moUl r to Rosamond and to tome tonte I me lH And I honestly thank you for fr r it If I really thought there re was Wait a pos poe possibility 8 I of or losing I might heal hesi hesitate tate but no such euch possibility exists stub Why man n and Archie began I t tt warm to his hl hi subject t it Iti s a perfect j I inch and aid if It I t could borrow t fIG SM more mere I would put it up without the slight Ii ht tt ft t hesitation Hilt But say eay Stub lUb answer me mite this question truthfully truthfully T say Do you expect to bet your yourself you youself self ett For a at moment t stub did not reply Ht HI W was u painfully counting th the seams in iu the hardwood floor IGOr Then he nut J ut something about that being dif cut different dl ferent and that their two to eases were not ot Archie kept on pressing tb th matter until Stub Anally admitted that hat t lie he had determined to back hack Bris Bristol tol toi at even nen money Stub tried to s bow show that he lie had po mo mother and sis sia 18 11 tt f to support rt and tint it made Itt tl tIt difference te t th lb v ople at t hother h ho he continued in ill it ollege or not DOL Ho pr it was va as ail aU I tv i 1 I Archie aio alO c when wh I har ir l the tue head i iada ada a h Inquiring for I it i fit H lt Inlet id Stub that hail t lie lif posted po led hit hi mu for I jim Jum ji lit Iu would get JIlt hawkins II kin or I 1 irry rry Hi h to tt lh iii I hI task Hought tA tn t 1 it 11 Stub St ul uh old A Ii sty ty r ulder r th ji ta kin l of o a arest pr preat rest eat I in t CUt ut ts J made rp VP Wit bitt 1 those thoai two spendthrifts must not han halt handle bandle dle die your money The Hampton team with its fn coaches trainers and rubbers with over forty fort men in the party inched ached New York Friday night The next morning thY they moved into New England The Hamp Hampton Hampton ton elUm had quarters Qu at atthe atthe atthe the Y As Captain Harding lg pushed his him big bi burly form arm or i through the doorway there was a big demonstration tion Each man on the Hampton team toom was cheered as a he came mo in I view An even n on shouted a II large arge man with a JI big diamond stud and Harding Hardin did not even try tl to tb sup suppress SUPpress UP press a smite smile Taken came the quick response re Immediately lately there was a big rush insh The betting was was on In Got Oot any ny more Stub The lh two to entered a small room root and took seats ats at a table Simpson knew ku w his friend to be an old Hampton grad who was dealing do in Wall Y treet et stock for a u livelihood Stub knew he was wn up against a real live plunger but bitt ho never neer quelled quailed l He had Iad so Se J he e told McPherson which he ho to Lo pu pit up U He HI did not tell taU the th K that noo of It belonged to the Bristol captain and nd to if either I I did he h tell tn hits hla companion that only nl the w day ay before beron he had received a letter I from home telling him of his fathers I failure In business bustness What good would it have done It was finally naU agreed I that SOO apiece should he be wagered i I Stub took a large i roll oil of bills from front his nis nisI I I I pocket and carefully counted committed out I II The other he lie put in his pocket i McPherson r had conic come with his liS money I Ij j done up in packets of OO In his busi bust I i I ness Hes he had adopted such devices deI es So the broker was not forced H HI I to count The rhe two men left the Ule table 1 and sought ht out the tAme at the t e office officer dj k TIme The money mo n e was counted asam gam gamb r I by b the clerk lerk who the bins bills in an In envelope Then the envelope envelop was 88 ca e fuJI fully marked and amid stowed awa away iu In the he sate safe of the Vendome As Stub was vas leaving McPherson Johnny Johnn S Snow ow LIme Uie stroke oar of the Bristol crew hur hurried hurrIed ried nod up Give clive G I me tue OO Stub I J eon can get et odds of ot ten to seven for tor you ou Where asked tub Stub excitedly I Is M a s snap and T r cant give It t away answered a Johnny Jonny hurriedly r Youre sure sine of your man an Johnny Johnn f I questioned ets eta Stub fumbling in iii his i pock pod pockets pockets Perfectly And An d off O ff trotted the hold bold I stroke oar with Simpsons sons other WO Stub hastened to a writing table and andI I I I scratched these hurried lines Unes I Archie your our OO up Now ow go in and win STUB I Calling a messenger t er boy Stub Sl h fits dis dispatched patched him with ith instructions to de tie deliver ll liver lter JI r this note to Captain Archie Fer Ferbert F el elbelt I bert belt without fail fait Then Stub got sot ready to report the game t It was as nearly 2 For the la l last t three hours big crowds croda had been pass Ing through the gates tate te Fully peo people p J o otile tile had been seated and more were ft ere still tilt coming cominS On one Side of the Held heldt I were massed the supporters of the Pur Purple pie pI with colors waving and streamers I Hying lIing Just opposite them were located I the strong cohorts who came all at the way from front Hampton to cheer their war warriors warriors on Pretty girls in jackets wearing the colors of old Bris tol vied with the smart southern sek eU who were ere decked out from lions hond to foot footitt in itt flaming darning cardinal Men lIen prominent in inH fiU H walk of life li studded stu ded the stands From Washington ine ntO cabinet o ot with their judges judge of the highest courts in iii the land laud found time tOt nce more rally around the Flag Ping they so well Annapolis and adv Wo t ti nt were man r f are familiar in the halls halle of coQ con gr gues ss shouted their old college e b cry in the Hampton delegation sat feat at an of ot the United States I one of the middle statS came I a ft noted governor to le lead l the cheering for tor his lila alma mater matet Across the held m Jd came caine floating the notes toA to toA toA A hot time in Iii Hampton tonight Bristol tol answered vociferously with whIm her be sharp stubborn It was a grand and one that would stir sUr the most sluggish blood Every Everyone one was anxious for the fray to begin Already the were on an the tilde ahle Hue U In the time press box sat Stub Simp Slam Simpson Simpson son soft with his him hand on the ticker tiCket It was just 20 when whop the tha Bristol eleven jumped d the time ropes and bounded into the field A mighty roar arose nrose One might have thought that the dogs d gs of war had been bt n lt loose so terrific i was wa the din The noise had bud just start started ed Pd to subside when McPherson shouted thru h his megaphone Here H r comes Hampton Like a flash lash every Hampton man was yas wason wason on imis feet pet frantically waving his hl hi imms i ms and shouting madly Out trotted a n along long file of belonging to dyspeptic i r drinking Striped stockings marked eael man After Alter a preliminary skirmish the referees refer es whistle bi brought blought ought the tile two tw teams iam te lUs lo tnt and the crowd to their senes The rhe hall ban was as in position tUon and At Ferbert stepped back to kick off itt o As Ashe Ashe he did ld so Stub Simpson on turned in his seat and caught sight of Archias moth erand ernd sister He wras ready to swear that th t he had never ru ver oen moen the look ook prettier RO bl ck wavy hA I and amid dark eyes were somewhat bythe by 1 collar of ju frier r Jacket I The ne brisk emitting cutting air a haul ha La a mt hrICh healthy color l coor to heeks Bulb took time to notice hai si 0 wore on th flow ens which he hi h lied Imd mh M her r that Ut i 1 r i iAre J JJ Are J you Bristol U out ou I i ith th i Wc Y c f au an campe the Ut tf mm I liiSI I Hampton are ale you ready I iVl We Ve art are roach ready sir sh and In that re rf reply imily ply ily 1 h rp was aM mm h a of or the th tenacity the thie d Bristol br 1 on t tt mt liM hifle rOT fOT mir tho tb st lust hilt If im On nu i fio 1 m it t i f L i niJa t 1 0 L You may call caU it what you will willI I are at their best they can canon on nerve nare It Jt was a nerve that was as I I to pull those two teams through today U UA A shrill sound and the whistle lisa lias liast s t blown I I off oft excitedly shouted s a at Bristol man who bad had horses horseson i on n rhe JI j track Just watch that pole I kick he h continued by way of e i to his companion As th time j old war horse finished speaking Ferbert Feib I J I started forward There here was was kas a slight thud Down the Celd flew the I right Into the firms arms of ot Hamptons suy i halfback Wright ht started f and I by b splendid dodging ran the oval oal buck yards ards How those Hamo Hamu H mu muton ton toil rooters cleared their lungs Th i game was on In earnest shouted Hamptons little quarter and Wright right was as 05 pushed and pulled through left lert j t and center c EleVen men got into that play a I First down called the referee and the Hampton faction let out an awful f roar Hampton used her ler close tion lion and kept 11 hammering the Bristol Her revolving v wa w js auto buie SUf to t net something tackle s could not handle the mass plays dl di i t LI t 1 i t 1 1 f i l J 4 I c Ir Irr r 1 4 i V i I i I if i I I Stub Simpson Sat In the Press Box Alone reeled against them Teddy Wi ht skirted 1 the tIme Purples right light end far fr f a abig abig abig big gain gam and things looked blue lor Bi Hold them theta Bristol hold them chorused many Get down on your you knees and pay low shouted a Bristol partisan Grab their legs lega chimed in an another another another other Smash that inter intel interposed posed a knowing ojie le Op Om got gat mashed blurted out a Hampton follower Ye r answered Stub 10 at nt lila his watch Stub l had ad missed calculations calculations lations Hampton Hampto hud worked the ball buH wei ell down dow into hito tolf when Tl tl e 0 Purple urged on Oil by defensive game braced and hem he the Cardinal for tot downs Hampton was vas playing the better ball ban and 1 knew it it Both elevens kicked licked Ferbert Ferber getting betting the best of it on cei exchange of punts It was as tIu on BristOl line 1 lifS signaled the quarter Wright explained the man next to Stub Around the end nd shot sh f the Ule stocky half halfback halfback halfback back end was comi iy boxed Behind e he escaped d the savage lunges ies of ot the Bric Bris Britol Bristol tol back field and anti breaking aWn awa away from his Interference he h dashed dan n the time field Held Go it old 01 1 man mali go it cried a toi tOil man maim Catch him him do catch him and him blat back buck screamed a pretty prett Bristol girl Sil who ho was wan probably her hei Tint t game same Then site she colored and md subsided fg completely when she saw h hu hov v eer one stared staled at lien hoi herBut But already Wright was wait r ye call Everybody was wi on bi on own o acme seme one fet fee te t sho shouting mg lik like p i madman On sped timed the i TUnnel runner toward tOW time tile goal posts |