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Show "FOLEY" OF THE SCRUB: A TOOTBALL STORY. BY JOHN W. HARRINOTON. v His mme was raul That Is Just the right mme for our son said his father for It la si short Hi ll the bos will glee him no nick-name nick-name when he goes lo school The sihool to which I'aul Houton was sent wua Dcnlon Hall The day he reached there the boss asked him what he tailed himself mid he answered Pole for being 1 ren h he pio nouncel the word like that Paul was tall and thin ami his arms and legs weie so long that the seemed read to doul le up like Ja kkniies. I illnws call"! the li who ha I spoken tn him he says his mme Is 1 ole Looks like one doesn t he All right tome along I oley sail the Ingest Im) In the school Trj jour chain es for the football team Paul wiole home next day that his nickname was Polej and that the lailaln sail ha was too tliln to Join tho eleen 1 mil sorrj he wiote that I should disappoint in parenla tut 1 am trying lo do the best I run The captain nays tint 1 mu plnj nn the si rub I ootbnll is tag clink the whip and wrestling all In one ou know that noholy was enr uble lo catch me ut tig so I have hopes of learning something al nit this game ' Pole ot the Scrub ' whence er he was not studjlng went out to purctlce football Although he was not hea) enough for a center rush he was quick on his feet an 1 could dodge and run like a deer ro he was halfback on the sciub an the football team Is cnlledtiihlch plns against the regular cleen so as lo glee. It experience The hoys who pbiye I on the scrub had u hsri time of II it they thought It was an honor to be cuffed and stepped on and sat upon for the good of the school On the daj of the groit footb ill game between Denton Hall an I Donuistcr academj Mr and Mrs Houton went to Mslt I'aul Out In the alhletlc Hi Id there weie mote than 10O0 persons on the grand stan I Paul bad three seals so tint he null bo with his pirents They were Just going to their plate when Hie taitain of the Dentou Hall eloeen ran m lo them see here Polc sail he M eons name Is I'm) ' said Mrs Houton Kxcusc mf nudum ' sail the captain cap-tain that Is a nickname If ou don t mind wo shoull like to haeo joui son at the side Un s Two of our plajcra uro In bnd shape ' If my son Is an moie grateful than the persons; ou mention said Mr Houton h all means let him 1 las On ahead Poles and If sou don t make n toilihdown III send sou to Doncnster next seal It was u rroul moment for I'olej when after changing his clothes he took his sent with the players His tall form was clad In u cansaa suit so co-cred co-cred with gnsB stains thit It was T light green, and his long hair was wae-Ing wae-Ing In the breeze He looked like n long-stemmed jchiseitpthemum going ncross the Held on the end of Its stalk The grnnd stnnd was filled by hoys who jelled themselves hoirse wneed Hugs unl stamped up and down until tho seata nenrly fell to the fround The students from tlio hall loared their jell like this r His bin? also bine Herns the real thing. ou inn t kirk glial Ulien nt plaj hill His hanc lioom jh Denton II illl Denton Unlit When the players appeared In the center of the gridiron Held thire was i loud cheer and curybods In the grind stnnd stood up and wav c. II us and Selled Jean ' said Mrs Houton Pleise don t mike so murli nolie hy djn t Sou sit down und look nl the proceedings proceed-ings quietly? I was Just trslng to ercourugs It game a little "replied Mr Houton iut that I tike any especial Intel est In It in) deal Doncnster won tho loss uid II o Havers Hav-ers Unfit up riw Doncistir Inin w is strongir unl benMei, nnj tie i liter rush was an Indian At hast that Is what Mi Houton wild mil he shoull hae known as In ins 1 Rriduit" of West Point unl In hi' 5 ' mgi i iIish kmw ull about football ml red mm The Dentou Hall elewn lid not nlund the stinln very well u 1 Im llreit hefoie the end of Un Hint hilf rich side kl kel gial ml 'be flr.it half ended with loi I checia and tho Mining of flags In the s nl h If 'he la" link of the Dentoi Hill i I ikeu nut from under a plli 01 I oi inters un 1 cnnled from the Hcl I . a . . Pole) uli I the inptuln nd the next moment Pull Houion will In the Held He knew that hU father unl mother weie wauhlng him but he was too buss lo notl Miem He fell under the mountain or aims nnl lisn and was nearlv unshed to ileu'i oil In git rut ngaln and went to wnr with ull Us might lie coul I not rail on it bos ind i rush the b eutb out if him by bis weight but he mew thnt he coul 1 dodge and run Ilk no othci plneLr on thnt Hell Ills chance inme at list 11" saw n leather s heie ionic soirlng through the nlr t iwarl him In n siipnd ho had It gripped tlBhtl) In his nims, II i bent over It nnl Ills h gs w nkod na though he were running in i tieilmlll lle-neath lle-neath him he saw th" Rfen cjiiet of the grass cinsel eveiy f"w 'ftt by n wide muk of white llm He did not count the linos Hi only knew thit bo wuseboundlng ovei them U the same tlmo he w is dodging anil lucking nnd side-stepping nnl wriggling I orms In canvas suits appeared b fore him and he dodged them Hands i alight him b) tin doublet of cinvus, but be shook them off He caught one glimpse of the sky and he wondered If ic were nnt briindlng up to meet It The giounl It seemed In him was Jumping nnl kicking under un-der him Ills eirs weie Hlled by ciles which seemel lo be miles away II t ran as though his life depended upon It Tar aw i) he hcird i elnprlng of hnnds and ii long deen mar, nnd then ho thought he n r4 lk" -Ing on tho iloori of a iL, "" Some one caught ,' 7H, He fought hlni'rrTn f giound again nt on h.e dashed on towau m0,v?l? ,wt which stood uir hlinth.?"' , Touchdown b heird some one raj m" "A Somebody took the ball . with n kbit sen. ll f0.I,n' slmdowy upright SKS. Then there bur t of,kSJ ringing cheer for Denton . I ., i was lifted up on the ,JuW & J boys and earn d uoii n th. ?,,? ooked up to the gr d .J JJ ho siw his molhc stonoln, . sent waving a II ana ?& Don t get so en tod mTf. Jlr Houton m"1'" Wb), I nm si ndlngontb, , snll she I wona r how !,, pencil mv ll1" It often lnppcn In footbill nnsvvered Mr 1 uion '", fler the boss put him , , went up to the gmrd.tanl iSr rr kissed him and hi. fatha, him between the shoulder kUJtt Good for sou oungt iS chip off the ol 1 block ,o it,, with us to the college Inn .njl, have dinner, said his father Ihe hoy Is in football clou,,, mat keel his mother Nevei mind alout tht"uid Houton We can get alonr . my denr. It sou will not forget nu nnd stand on sour chair at dlacf And ns thes 1 ft Ihe field th, gave threo cheers for rolei-p the bcruh |
