At good old Siwash . ire civilization wasabout all he could possibly stand. He had the bean-bag and he was tired of it. Beanbags meant nothingto him. He could nt grasp their solemn beauty. Heoffered it to Petey Simmons. Petey declined, withprofuse thanks. Klingel insisted. Petey bowed verylow and swore that rather than make another touch-down on Kiowa he would suffer wild horses to tearhim into little bits. Then Klingel began to getoffside. ^ You hear what I say, you little shrimp! he saidpolitely. If you dont take this thing and quityour yawping I m going to make you do it. Listen, you overfe
At good old Siwash . ire civilization wasabout all he could possibly stand. He had the bean-bag and he was tired of it. Beanbags meant nothingto him. He could nt grasp their solemn beauty. Heoffered it to Petey Simmons. Petey declined, withprofuse thanks. Klingel insisted. Petey bowed verylow and swore that rather than make another touch-down on Kiowa he would suffer wild horses to tearhim into little bits. Then Klingel began to getoffside. ^ You hear what I say, you little shrimp! he saidpolitely. If you dont take this thing and quityour yawping I m going to make you do it. Listen, you overfed mountain of pork! saidPetey, with equal cordiality. If you dont like thatbeanbag eat it. It would do you good. You dontknow beans anyway. Then Klingel, without further argument, hit Peteyin the eye and laid him out. Wow! Talk about irritating a hornet was a great little irritator. The whole gamehad been torture for our real team, cooped up amongthe ruffles in the stadium; and when they saw little. If you dont like that bean bag eat it Page 220 Frapp6d Football 221 Petey go down they gave one simultaneons roar andvaulted over the railing. It was a close race, butOle Skj arson beat Hogboom out by a foot. He hitKlingel first. Hogboom hit him second, third, fifth!and thirty-fourth. Then the two teams closed to-gether and for five minutes a cyclone of dust, dirt,sweaters, collars, arms, legs, hair and bright rednoses swept up and down the field. The grandstandwent crazy. The five hundred Kiowa rooters grabbedtheir canes and started in. They met about sevenhundred Siwash patriots and then the whole universeexploded. The police interfered and about half an hour laterthe last Siwash student was pried off the last was the most disgraceful riot in the history of thecollege. I dont think there was a whole suit ofclothes on the field when it was over; and the Siwashman who did nt have two or three knobs on his headwas nt considered loyal. The girls all cried.
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