Evening Star Newspaper, December 5, 1935, Page 40

INSTALLMENT XXIIL ESPITE the successful season the team had had to date, it was none too confident about ” the outcome of the clash with Coke. Rumors had drifted to the Colburn campus of the prodigious running attack Coke had, and of tre speed of its backfield. Bertwell him- self looked taut and drawn thinking about the game. To lose would be to have the chances of beating San- gord dwindle, for defeat breeds & llck] of confidence in an eleven, and dis-| supts the even tenor of its play. On the train which bore them to- ward their destination, Chuck sat| with Stevens, Fremont and Raleigh, a quiet hotel, some seven miles from the Coke campus. After lunch, the entire squad was taken in cars to the stadium, for a short workout, and in order to become familiar with the field. Bertwell ordered a punting drill for the quarterbacks’ benefi. He wanted them to become familiar with the air currents, which swirled through the Ionic pillars and arches of the stadium. For half an hour, Arnold and Stevens stood back and caught the high climb- ing spirals which Corbett and Salinger booted to them. Fremont and Raleigh relayed the ball back to the centers, who were passing the pigskin to the kickers. suggestions, and timing his kicks with # stop watch. “You've got to get 'em off faster than that, Arrold,” he said, after clocking him for some time. “Two and a gquarter seconds is more than enough time. Ought to do it under two.” “I think I can, Coach.” “That's better” Bertwell remarked as Chuck beoted & perfect drop kick between the uprights, * “That's the fastest yet.” “I think I have the hang of it now.” “I'wo seconds flat,” said Bertwell. “You're going all right. Don’t forget, though, if your drop kick fails you're always able to call on Hoffmeister for & place kick,. We may need both to win this ball game.” “All right, Coach.” The day of the game dawned dull |and cloudy. It looked like rain. Chuck hadn't slept any sounder than | the rest of the regulars. They were | too excited about the game to sleep. After breakfast they lay around their | rooms. Doc Overton had impressed on them the need of keeping off their feet on game days. At 11 o'clock Bertwell called the those things into consideration. . . . Use your passes as a definite part of your sttack. Don't keep them in storage. The time to use them is on the field. Shoot 'em on first or second down as well as on third. No use sending a team a telegram that you're going to resort to the air. That's not foot ball. And before we go on the field this afternoon. grab a handful of resin. It'll bothere wait- ing for you in the locker room, We're likely to have some rain and the ball will be mighty slippery. If it rains keep your plays packed. Use indirect passing as much as possible, and play for the breaks. That is, kick often, so Coke has to handle the ball. When they fumble that’s when we go. Give ’em all you have and play conservative foot ball.” “Should we save anything for the Sanford game in the way of trick plays, Coach?"” asked Arnold. “Not & thing. We'll need all we have to win this game. Don't hold back a thing. I don't care if the stands are full of Sanford scouts, DECEMBER &; 1935. — ~ we're going to show our hand. We've got to take this ball game at any expense. . . o How's your leg, Stevens?” “Good.” “Arnold, you'll start. We want to score early and often. Go right after ‘em. Use good judgment, and re- | hand. member your sequence of plays. You |et 12.” can't hope to score without a definite scheme of attack. Keep your scoring punch up your sleeve and when the time comes let 'em have it.” “Time for lunch, Coach,” said Jim ‘Warwick, holding his watch in his “You said we'd have a bite “Let's go down then.” (To be continued.) Cliff Falls. Thousands of tons of cliff recently fell at the famous Blackgang Chine in ° the Isle of Wight. Again this Christmas we lead the way in a very good small grand piino that far exceeds the THE QUICK, SAFE Shaieen e dpmcad play the lovely liitle = grand. 5338 G/ycm'ne-pws and talked foot ball and foot ball rows of seats in the stadium with his | quarterbacks to his room. On a big, 3 strategy. Stevens, instead of feeling | glum over being dethrone d by Arnold, | eyes, endeavoring to locate the one in took it philosophically. He seemed to rejoice in the fact that Chuck had come through so splendidly, and did all he could to help him, by offering a suggestion now and then. The more Chuck got to know him the bet- ter he liked him. “This Coke bunch” Stevens re- which Nancy would sit. He thought of how good it would be to see her again, and how wonderful to be playing there with her looking on. Unable to determine where she would be located, even though he remembered the num- ber of the seat and the aisle, he turned his attention to the more serious work at hand. | portable blackboard which he had arranged for, especially for the occa- sion, he went over briefly the plan of general strategy they had used | all season. It was merely & rehearsal for the sake of brushing up. “Remem- ber, when in doubt, kick,” he said | repeatedly. “No use taking a chance | on throwing the game away. If you're | uncertain, just boot that old apple. FUEL OIL and SERVICE r \A'([vll/\. ”““‘ OloMatI( | Vo urners” V| Ralph J. Moore Coal Co. 1401 N. Cap. St Pot. 0970 With bench to match and free-delivery. Trade in your old piano. 1239 G Street Comner 15 NW, For 65 years — millions of cough-torn throats due to colds have found quick relief in Pine Bros. Glycerine Tablets —and without a sin- gle stomach upset. That's because this fine old remedy contains no strong drags— just pure, soothing glycerine and other helpful ingredients. Keep a package handy—and use them freely anytime you need throat relief. FORMERLY 15¢ NOW Q¢ marked, as the four pilots sat pouring | over their charts and papers, “‘are 2 cocky lot. You could see it on their | ‘ faces when we played them last year. *There's no outfit they like to beat like | they do us. It sort of sets 'em on top of the world. And they’ll heckle you if they can. They don't stop at much | in trying to rattie a fellow. “Forbes, their coach, is a second | Pan McBrair. He's one of the old school. Strong for chatter on the line, and he-man stuff, but short on strategy and sound technic. I re-| member I had to complain to the officials that our bunch couldn't hear | the signals because their linemen hollered so much and so loud. They were trying to rattle me, of course. Cheap stuff, but they sure go in for 1. “Do they play a waiting or a charg- ing line? I mean mostly.” “I'll tell you, Chuck,” answered | Stevens seriously, “for the most part, they play a waiting game, and they stand pretty high. We didn't have| that dive-tackle play last year or 1 would have used it. I do think,| though, it ought to go great. If| Bloomgarten and Blake use a cross | charge, and Austin goes through for the fullback, it ought to go for a million. Playing high like that makes them targets for a cross-charge on the line. i “I meant to tell you, too, that you'll | have to watch out for quick kicks. | ‘They'll boot on first down as well as on fourth, and always when you least expect it. They sent one flying over my head last year, that made me look sad. I thought McBrair would tear | me apart, he was so sore. I thought | a pass was due so I played up a bit | too close. They kicked from regular | formation, and the ball rolled a mile. | It set us back against our own goal | line, and we were there for most of | AMitisted with After the punting drill. he practiced | Then the other team has to do the COLONIAL FUEL 011 €O drop kicking from the 30-yard line. | worrying. Of course, if we're behind, Bertwell stood beside him offering | then it's different. You have to take 5 pleasing flavors. Stein Bloch Clothes Mallory Hate Arrow Shirts Beau Brummel Ties (Separate Entrance on 10th St.) 5Ways to Buy Men’s Wear Pay Cash—Charge lt— Letter of Credit—De- ferred Payments — or Pay a Nominal Deposit alais S : . G.ST.ATH™ o1 4400 3,000 Famous 1.65 to 2.50 “Lynbrooke” and “Colebrooke’ SHIRTS in the Annual the day. “I think we might have scored if | that hadn't happened. Although I| must confess theyre a tough lot to| beat. We were lucky in & way com- ing off with a scoreless tie as it was. They had a cuss named Jarwick who could rip his way thrcugh a stone wall. I think he’s playing this year, too. A mean man in the open field. Runs with his legs wide apart so that when you tackle him he still has a free leg to drag along with, and shake you off. He’s smart, and @& good all-around man.” “How are their passes, Paul?” “Only fair. They were kind of wab- bly last Fall, if I remember rightly. They seldom resort to the aerial game | except in pinches. And they tele- graphed every pass. On the long one, | the one you'll have to worry about | particularly, the two ends go down! and cross. Don't worry ebout them so much. The man to watch is the wing | back who races right down the center. | I think the best way to play it is to| play when the pill goes up in the air, | come up to meet it.” | “How are you fellows coming?” | asked Coach Bertwell who was walking | down the aisle of the special train, | on his way to the drawing room. “Pretty fine, Coach. Just going over things generally.” “By the way, I have a couple of copies of Coke’s plays which I can let you fellows look over if you want. Pass ’em around among the backs when you're through with them. We went over most of them in those black- board drills last week, but there are & couple I received from our scouts only this morning. Better study 'em a bit.” Bertwell hurried back a mo- | ment later with the material. “Thanks, Coach,” said Arnold, tak- ing the paper from Bertwell. “If nything puzzles us, we'll ask your | help.” “0. X The train rolled along swiftly. Here and there the players were shooting | bridge. Tubby, who was taken along more because of his happy faculty of keeping the team in high spirits than because of his value as a sub- stitute, was leading the majority of the squad in some choice old ballads, revised a trifie for the benefit of collegians. His jolly disposition, tre- mendous bulk, and delightful sense of humor never grew ‘iresome. 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