StNicholas [serial] . ah! Rah,rah, rah ! Adams ! Adams !Adams ! Adams had won the tossand had chosen to receivethe kick-off. Riverport lineditself across the turf; Powersat right end, Kasker at righttackle, Devens at right guard,Jell at center, Koehler at leftguard, Reid at left tackle,Brimmer at left end, Kings-ford at quarter, Deering atright half, Langton at lefthalf, and Shaler at ready, Adams? Allready, Riverport? called thereferee. Hoyt of Adams raised hisarm, Rob called Ready!and the whistle blew. Away sped the ball, far andhigh, turning lazily in flight,and off sprang the
StNicholas [serial] . ah! Rah,rah, rah ! Adams ! Adams !Adams ! Adams had won the tossand had chosen to receivethe kick-off. Riverport lineditself across the turf; Powersat right end, Kasker at righttackle, Devens at right guard,Jell at center, Koehler at leftguard, Reid at left tackle,Brimmer at left end, Kings-ford at quarter, Deering atright half, Langton at lefthalf, and Shaler at ready, Adams? Allready, Riverport? called thereferee. Hoyt of Adams raised hisarm, Rob called Ready!and the whistle blew. Away sped the ball, far andhigh, turning lazily in flight,and off sprang the eagerline. An Adams man gath-ered in the pigskin and startedback. Powers sprang uponhim and brought him downstruggling. Adams lined upquickly and hurled her full-back at Jelly, but Jellywas stiffer than his name indicated, and there wassmall gain. The next play caught Reid napping,and the dark blue piled past him for five three to go, Claflin, the Adams quarter,skipped across and sent a forward pass to the. THE GAME WITH KINGSFORD, QUARTER 825 left. The Adams left end tipped it with hisfingers, before he was pushed aside by Powers,and finally fell upon it for a good ten yards dark-blue flags waved gleefully along thesouth side. Again Adams made her distance, sending herbacks into the line for short gains. Plainly Riv-erport was undergoing a spell of stage-fright, forthe secondary defense failed to back up the for-wards as it should. Evan came running in andpounded Rob on the shoulders. What s the matter with you fellows? hecried angrily. Get in there ! Stop it right now !Buck up, Rob! Then he went running up thefield again. Adams sent Bull, her star half-back,through between Devens and Kasker, but Deer-ing and Rob pulled him down before he was freeof the line. That s the ticket! yelled Evan,gleefully. Nail em, Rob! Adams tried anotherplay at Jell and again failed to move that youthout of his tracks. Their left tackle fell back topunt, and Deering
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