. Left end Edwards . in the Sat-urday game, a fact which once more allowed CoachEobey to give a good deal of attention to the sec-ond and third squads. Steve was playing rightend regularly now on the third, and Tom was alter-nating at left guard on the second. The thirdsquad was now down to only eleven members, andwhen, after a hard hour of signal work and funda-mentals, the second and third were lined up for aten-minute scrimmage, Marvin had to borrow sub-stitutes as needed from the second. There wasno scoring that day, but there was an awful lot ofhard work. Steve made one or two good playsd
. Left end Edwards . in the Sat-urday game, a fact which once more allowed CoachEobey to give a good deal of attention to the sec-ond and third squads. Steve was playing rightend regularly now on the third, and Tom was alter-nating at left guard on the second. The thirdsquad was now down to only eleven members, andwhen, after a hard hour of signal work and funda-mentals, the second and third were lined up for aten-minute scrimmage, Marvin had to borrow sub-stitutes as needed from the second. There wasno scoring that day, but there was an awful lot ofhard work. Steve made one or two good playsdown the field, but, as usual, was weak on stoppingthe runner when he reached him. After they weredismissed, Marvin stopped him as he was trottingoff with the others. 11 I say, Edwards, are you very tired? heasked. N-no, I guess not, Steve replied. Then I wish youd stay out a few minutesand let me try to show you about glanced distastefully at the dummy anddoubtfully at Marvin. But the latter smiled and. Lift! instructed the quarter-back. Lift me up andyank my feet out from under me! Use your weightand throw me back ! K iY AS ND TL -vg LEFT END EDWARDS 177 shook his head. Never mind the dummy, Ed-wards, he said. l i We 11 have our fun right going to be the dummy and youre to stopme. Did they take all the balls away! Nevermind, well imagine the ball. Now, first of allIm going to show you how Id handle you ifyou were the runner. Stand where you are,please. Marvin dropped in front of Steve and threwhis arms about his legs just above the Theres your position, Edwards, he i You see I have my body in front of you. You venot only got to work against my grip around yourlegs but youve got to push against my weight andresistance. Try it. Steve did try it, but he could only shuffle an inchor two. See? asked Marvin. Now, then, havingtackled you, its up to me to put you dowTn. If Ilet you come forward of your own impetus youllfall toward my goal, a
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