Great Teams and the people who love them

“They’re through. Come on home.”

and slammed the door and quiet prevailed once more
“You never do know, Penny!” The youth outside strode back to his room
and slammed the door and quiet prevailed once more. Amy smiled.

looking for a chance to cut in
Carmine slipped past the Red’s left end and started on a wide run,
looking for a chance to cut in. But advance was blocked thoroughly and
he was finally down on his ten-yard line. A plunge by Rollins gained two
and Freer got past the right tackle for three more. Then Freer was sent
back to his goal line to punt. Thursby, at centre, passed low, and Freer
was hurried, with the result that the ball went almost straight into the
air, was caught by the wind and landed out of bounds at Brimfield’s
eighteen yards. Cherry Valley started in again with grim determination.
A weak spot was discovered at right guard, where Gafferty was in Hall’s
place, and two gains were made there, bringing the pigskin to the twelve
yards. Another attempt, this time on Tyler, produced two more. With two
to go on fourth down, Cherry Valley elected to kick and her right
half-back, who performed the drop-kicking, fell back to the
eighteen yards.

weakly
“I guess I’d have something to say about that,” said Dreer, blustering
weakly. Beaufort cut in impatiently.

tricks which were designed to outwit Claflin a week later
The ‘varsity scored twice by straight football and once by the use of
tricks which were designed to outwit Claflin a week later. The second
managed a field-goal from the fifteen yards. Toward the end the ‘varsity
used substitutes freely, but Clint played through to the last, emerging
with many an aching bone, a painful shortness of breath and a fine glow
of victory. Mr. Detweiler, red-faced and perspiring, caught him on the
side line as he dragged his tired feet toward the blanket pile. “All
right, Thayer?” he asked anxiously.

“Well, it seemed that Mr. Fernald thought Durkin had either picked the
quarrel or–well, we’ll say welcomed it. Daley told me Durkin was on
probation and stood a pretty fair chance of losing a scholarship he was
after. So, as I hadn’t been, as I thought, pledged to secrecy, I told
Daley what I knew of the start of the trouble. That seemed to put a
different complexion on the matter and Daley went to Mr. Fernald and
told him about it. Since then I’ve wondered whether I ought to have kept
my mouth closed. Do you mind?”

could not hear what was said]

score of 15 to 6, and the football team had entered on its third week
By this time Canterbury High School had been met and defeated, by the
score of 15 to 6, and the football team had entered on its third week.
Clint still hung on, sometimes much discouraged, and took his share of
hard knocks and gruelling labour. Tyler having returned to his position
on the second, Clint told himself that his last chance to make that team
had vanished. But, just when he had about given up hope of advancement,
a fortuitous combination of briskness on the part of the weather and
“ginger” on the part of Clint produced unexpected results.

“Suppose we do,” replied Clint cheerfully. “Who is he?”