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Show Sprinter Gets Chance to Exercise His Skill Once in a while a sprinter gets his chance ' to exercise his skill. Elder of Notre Dame, fastest back In football, foot-ball, had one such chance last year, and that was In the Notre Dame-Army Dame-Army game. He Intercepted a forward for-ward pass on his own 3-yard line, and, with a clear field ahead, sprinted 97 yards, straight down the gridiron. Probably no other back could have eluded all tacklers as Elder did. It was speed and speed alone that carried car-ried him the length of the field. If Elder had been forced to sidestep, pivot or change his pace, he would probably have failed, but the opportunity opportu-nity that came his way was exclusively exclusive-ly for a sprinter and Elder's track ability had full sway. All the situation situa-tion called for was straightaway speed, but those situations rarely happen hap-pen In a football game. There are few chances for a bock to keep going go-ing on a straight line alter taking the ball. |