Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-07-19 | Page 8 | Wee Gee Says

v f WEE GSE SAYS- f 7 Carpenters all root for Ruth jfC' 1 f I And thusly show their sense, "vw-7' iy ' I For dally doth he give them wort N-n v. , A-flxing up tho fence, , vW,, ; I The quarter gave the signal "Four-'levon-siMi-t-n-l hi ei-Ho ei-Ho crouched behind the center. With hands upon his knee The halfback'!) too. were read . The fullback's eye was peeled. Both ends were waiting, eager, To scamper down the flel I. The guards and tackles waited, To see the quarter's sign, All set to hurtle forward And tear holes through the lino, nut what's this sight outlandish, We cannot understand ? Each ath-n-lcte was Krasplng A pitchfork in Ills hand: "Change signals!" cries the quarter, "Six-eight een-forty -play : " Each player darted forward And tossed the new -mown hay. That's what the foothrill players are doing many of them these warm July days. They nr.- getting themselves them-selves husky for the autumn struggles on the gridiron. Incidentally, and probably more Important, tin;, are performing n Valuable economic service serv-ice by helping the farmers with the crops. . Dispatches from Bloomlngtoh, Ind . tell how the member of the 1920 eleven are hardening their muscles In the Kansas wheat fields, the lumber camps, and In othe.- spots where there's plenty of hard work. Their Vfforta d esei ve praise, ive.n If the labor dqcsn'l improve the Hoos-ler Hoos-ler football team to an rriejt extent, Perhaps their lolling in the harvi fields along with other gridiron nspl-rr.nts nspl-rr.nts will help make wheat a little cheaper. Let's hope so. Musculnr strength is valuable In football, but not su valuabl" si-ee.l afoot, quick wits, ami knowledge of the game. Speed ami practice make a football star--not hull strength. If tossing th new-mown hay ami .llg-ging .llg-ging fenre pest were calculated to make n south expert in handling the ball without 'umbllng through a broken brok-en field, on" wdNild be more Inclined to predict that the Illinois eleven would Startle the Rig Ten conference this coming fall. 00