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L ft 1uanl ewton pla) d tead) hall. hit the line hard. and wa in th gam~ all
the time. One eemg him praltKe .• md then pia) in a u:ame "ith an oppo ing team.
would .1sl if th lt could he the arne " . t'\\ t"- a in e\·er) l!ame. "hi · hlood wa up."
The attitude of Left-tar ·le :tonehraker. iu t hetore makinl! an open-t1eld tar ·le.
reminded a frllo\\ of a mi ture of the tiu:er Lrourh with the turke\ · trot. 11 the
. ame, neverthele s, not\\ rth t,mding thi . he '' .1 .1 blooming l!ood n;an on the line.
hard a. nail. and unu u.dl) del endahle in the "t.1rkle mer taLkie" pia\.
Bill (Jet:ten. tall. stronu: and t<1 t. made an idtal ril!ht-tac ·le. pla)ing equal!) \\ell
on the offen i, e or the defen i' e. \ \·hetH'\ er hrs r~nal "a called. he ''as there with
the good .
Hender on. left-end. ho\\ ed so rruch natural abilit\ on the t1eld that \Oll would
be ·afe in . uppo-..inl! th.tt hi t1r-..t t<) had l een a foothall. He \\as a fa,r pia) er. a
u:ood tackle. and an e celler·t broken-t1eld runner. .\ ate l·et it '' ould he if \OU
\\ere to bet that " \tte)" \\ill -..on:e da) make a famous end. .
\\.hrte, and the t\\ o ( 1aine - "Big'' and "I ,ittle"_ ,, ere competitor tor right
end. Either one \\ ould make a reliable man tor the place. "I ,ittle" ( ;aine "a-
more frequent\) put on the joh, and rred itabl) did he till the hill.
Blitch, captain and left half-back. ''a-.; al" a\ rn the thick ot the )!ame. encr ur
aginf,! hi. pia) ers b, hi Llear thinking. I I i-.. puntrn).! wa stron).!: hi pia) in!!. tast.
his reception ot tor\\ ani past''>, accurate: and hi broken tield runnin).!. sure. ',tpt.un
Blitch "as ea-..ih master ot himself and ot hi-, rgnal . The honor done hnn h)
hi · team mate in hi election a · captain "a . • 1 "ell de en ed recognition ot hi cheerful
efforts in all line of athletic'>.
Cntil the time of the Florida game. Ha)den. at quarter, \\a skdlful in his
rallin).! of signals. handlinl! the team like a veteran. ln the ;.rame "rth the Florida
Re en es, at tullhack, he plou;.rhed through the line. hitting it hard and low- at
times makin;.r o much as a t1fteen twent) ·)ard ).!ain. \\hen plun).!ill).! was impo sihle~
he dived mer tor a four or ti,·e-)ard ;.rain. Hi interterence-running -..erured for him
.1 broken tooth- ) ea. more- und) in!! honor.
:\Ic Lean, the "hi!! and ton)!" ri).!ht-half. could al" a) he depended upon to
make a.;, lar).!e a ).!ain as he "as <"•:preted to. and man) time . more than could po -
ibl) he hoped for. To tackle and down him \\as impo . .,ible, for no man could ).!t't
under hi "stiff ann." His "ork at breaking up the for\\ ard pa e of the oppo rng
team \\a. e eel lent. To him fall-.; the honor of makin).! a touch-do\\ n on the Ionge t
broken t1eld run ot the season- made on a fort) -flH' ) ard gain. H c tackled hard, an(l
hi · \\ ork at runnin).!-interterence \\as e cellent.
\Vhen the Florida re.;,erve: put in their coach against us, our roach "ent in t<1
as i t in "inning the da). The once famou Florida TerHle) made no !lain over our
~'!e, en. but they \\ere scrapped del iheratel). as .;,napping ).!Oes in football. ( )u r r oach.
at quarter, ho\H'd the tuff he\ made of. He. it \\a . who directed our team. holdin).!
them together a thou).!h the) "ere one man. hrou).!ht about h) hi cool manipula-
tion. . To him is due honor and praise for the good \\ ork he did with the football
team. ccnch \\ ho is new in a place has lot · to do before he can turn out a good
team. or in an) "a), make ).!Ood. ( )ur coach ha surel) pa · ed the point of merel)
succe"din).! man), man) time ·.
\Ianager Farmer \\a~ faithful. untirin).!- hut the full Lhedule-.. ot oth r colle).!e
pre\Cnted our .;,ecurin).! a man) game., a~ our team could have creditahl) ph1)ed-
and, more than that-could have won.
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L. B. 'If>.

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