St Nicholas [serial] . cheering, and theyyelled encouragementto him with the sameardor, whichever waythe game went. Thatwas some help. Quiz went in to winwith such a dash thatbefore many minutes hehad jammed the ballinto the goal at the costof four spokes for Boggs,and for himself a twistedfront wheel that lookedlike a wilted collar. He and Boggs weresupplied at once with fresh bicycles, however, and the game wentmadly on. Quiz spared himself no struggleto keep the ball in Charleston territory. Hewould not risk anything more on Punks slow-ness. By the fire and fury of his speed, and theskill w
St Nicholas [serial] . cheering, and theyyelled encouragementto him with the sameardor, whichever waythe game went. Thatwas some help. Quiz went in to winwith such a dash thatbefore many minutes hehad jammed the ballinto the goal at the costof four spokes for Boggs,and for himself a twistedfront wheel that lookedlike a wilted collar. He and Boggs weresupplied at once with fresh bicycles, however, and the game wentmadly on. Quiz spared himself no struggleto keep the ball in Charleston territory. Hewould not risk anything more on Punks slow-ness. By the fire and fury of his speed, and theskill with which he held his wheel still, or backedit, or used it for a buffer or a bat, he managedto keep both Boggs and Haddock XXV.—61. Twice or thrice he came as close to scoringgoals as the striking of the box, but he wasable to get at the ball again only after a beau-tiful display of skill, in which he nursed theball along the side wall, twisting his wheel infront of it or behind it according as he wished. BICYCLE POLO. A CRITICAL MOMENT FOR THE LAKERIM TEAM. to ward off Charleston or to propel the ball. Sohe worked it far around the circle behind thebox before he had the chance he wished andfound Boggs and Haddock so placed that theycould not check him in a straight drive for thegoal, and the bell jangled in a key new to thetown of Charleston. The score stood : Charleston, 3; Lakerim, 2. 482 THE LAKERIM ATHLETIC CLUB. [April, There was a fine scramble and scurry now,as Charleston realized die metde of its op-ponent. In spite of their most violent parry-ing, however, Quiz, with the aid of luck anda courage that hesitated at no risk where therewas a chance of driving the ball, banged theball home for a tie. He looked up among the audience now, andsaw that the fair and fickle Cecily was in a sadplight. Not knowing which side was going towin, she had no resource but to keep silent. As the first part of the game ended with thescore at a tie, her misery lasted long. She
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