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Show FAME OF FOOTBALL PLAYERS Sam White Bobbed Up Unexpectedly and Grabbed Off Gobs of Glory in Single Game, Most football pluycrs achlevo fame by degrees, but now und then soino fellow bobs up unexpectedly und grubs off great gobs of glory In a slnglo gnme. Such n chap was Sam White of I'rlnccton, nud the story of his rent Is worth retelling. It wns Just live yenrs ugo, November 10. IDli, thut Sum White mudo hlmseir Iminnrlul. Sam bad been n great baseball player, but the gridiron gnme didn't Interest him, and It wns not until 1011, when ho wns' a senlpr, that ho was Induced to have u try nt It. He did so well I that ha became a regular In good stiindlng on the varsity eleven. On tho day In question Princeton pluyed Its nnclent enemy, Yule. The game was Hearing Its close, with the scqro 8 'to 0 In favor of Ynle, when old Sum I). White got oa the Job, Ynlo film-' bled the pigskin und White went uf er u nt full speed. Ho didn't full on It. it's was thu Immemorial custom, lib Just picked It u' us If It wero n buscVnll. ,wlthout slowing up, nnd shot hwiy: with tho ball under his wing, going' CO 'Jtirils for n touchdown. And 'ie wo'i j tho gumo. |