Jack Winters' Gridiron Chums

urdily built boys in their middle 'teens, clad in an astonishing

tion from the coach, who also acted in practice as referee a

w about relieving the one underneath of their weight, for

fellows, won't you? What d'y

ontinued to divorce themselves from the heap that at one time h

tion and dirt, struggled to his feet, and began to feel his lower extremities sympatheticall

-set man who limped a little, now came hurrying up. Joe Hooker had once upon a time been quite a

erto sleepy manufacturing town, Joe Hooker gladly consented to assume the congenial task of acting a

ester, during the season recently passed, had been able actually to win the decidin

n athletic sports. He himself had been a devoted adherent of all such games while in college, and the fascination had never entirely died out of his heart.

ve made a clean touchdown. A few weeks of hard practice like this and you boys, unless I miss my guess, ought to be able to put old Chester on the gridiron map where she belongs. Now let's go back to the tackle job again, and th

fternoon, when school was out, for going on two weeks now. He seemed to

eleven, who had shown no genuine aptitude for the exciting g

in their element. Indeed, it was no unusual thing to hear one of these boys say to his mates that he hardly knew whether he cared t

ime star player. Among them, besides the tall chap, Joel Jackman, might be mentioned a numb

emed to be already taken for granted that he was bound to be given some position on the gridiron, for Jack

ind it was a shame that, with so much good material floating around loose, Chester could not emulate the example of the neighboring towns of Harmony and Mar

inters boy. Besides these, favorable mention might also be made of Big Bob Jeffries, who surely would be chosen to play fullback on account of his tremendous staying qualities; Fred Badger, the lively third baseman who had helped s

w well in

he early nuts. Early in the mornings there was a decided tang to the air that hinted at frost. Considerable talk was being indulged in wheneve

came along. Right at her door lay beautiful Lake Constance, several miles across; and the intake at the upper end near the abandoned logging camp was

nights, during the winter, it can be easily understood that a glorious prospect loomed up before them. Why, over in Harmony they were getting decidedly envious of the good luck that had b

ssful football. Constant practice alone will make a player act through intuition, since the plays are so lightning- like that there is never any time to figure

nd being shown by old Joe in a spectacular fashion just what was the proper and lawful method of in

o the vigorous way in which they had been working. Besides, most of them wo

all such I give the same answer. There is no reason to despair. We have plenty of promising material, though it will need constant whipping to get it in shape between now and the first game with Marshall. That will be a test. If we down those fighters we can hope to meet Harmony on something like even terms. Tomorrow I shall have to drop out several boys who, I'm sorry

boys commenced t