this Fall
Southby had been piling up larger scores against her opponents and her
stock had risen. Consequently Brimfield, being deprived of Tom Hall's
services at right guard and of Rollins's at full-back, journeyed off
that morning more than a little doubtful of the result of the coming
conflict. Most of the school went along, since Southby was easily
reached by trolley and at a small outlay for fares, and Brimfield was
pretty well deserted by one o'clock. Out of some one hundred and eighty
students a scant forty remained behind, and of that two-score we can
guess who nine were!

The game started with Edwards at left end for Brimfield, Thayer at left
tackle, Gilbert at left guard, Peters at centre, Pryme at right guard,
Sturges at right tackle, Holt at right end, Carmine at quarter, St.
Clair at left half, Otis at right half and Martin at full-back. Later
on, toward the end of the second quarter, Thursby went in at centre, and
in the fourth period several substitutes had their chances, amongst them
Harry Walton.

Walton had begun to realise that he was playing a losing game. Since
Pryme had been shifted back to the right side of the line Don Gilbert
had come more than ever to the fore and Harry had spent a deal more time
with the substitute squad in practice and on the bench during scrimmage
than he approved of. Harry had a very special reason for wanting to win
that left guard position and to play in it during the Claflin game, and
this afternoon, sitting on the side line with a dozen other blanketed
substitutes and enviously watching Don in the coveted place, his brain
evolved a plan that promised so well that by the time the second period
had started he was looking almost cheerful. And that is saying a good
deal, since Harry Walton's countenance very seldom expressed cheer.

Southby showed her mettle within five minutes of the kick-off, when,
getting the ball on a fumble on her forty-five yard line, she tore off
thirty-three yards on a complicated double-pass play and then, ripped
another down from the astonished adversary. On the Maroon-and-Grey's
nine yards, however, her advance was halted, and after two downs had
resulted in a loss, she sent her kicker back and placed a neat drop over
the cross-bars, scoring three points before the stop-watch had ticked
off six minutes of playing time.

That score was apparently just what Brimfield needed to bring her to her
senses, for the rest of the period was marked by b