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7 H YQA, TEAM HOh, you Dartonln Rodney Darton, left end, pulled in a pass from quarterback Roger Sherman Calias Sparky? and was racing down the field toward the opposite goal posts. Any possible tacklers had been ably taken care of by his teammates and the only worry he had left was big Steve Mason who was waiting for him at the goal posts. They were about eight yards from the goal line when Steve dropped forward for the kill. The eager fans were amazed when the clutching fingers slid away from Rod's uniform and he cut across the line. He touched the ball to the green turf to tie the score and grinned as he went back to kick for the extra point. The Linton team dropped into formation and Rod kicked. Almost.... almost.... it was over, but it had been close. Linton High School had beaten their con- ventional rivals from Greenwood City. Monday morning Rod met SparkyN'on his started the conversation. HSay, Rod, didja see the headlines in Needless to say Rod had. In fact, he at the gate and had stared a long time at read, UDarton ties score in last minutes, that looked swell. He nodded to Sparky. way to school. Sparky the 'Daily'?n had met the paper boy those headlines. They kicks goal.n Gee, but Hwell, old boy,n Sparky continued, Nwhen you get to be All- Ameriean stuff just don't forget to look at dear old Sparky once in a while. And, if you don't hurry up there won't be any time to get in a few words with that cute little Junior girl, before the bell rings. Hey, don't throw your books at mein Sparky dodged an imaginary missile and kept on talking. nRodJ Watch out for your blood pressure! Your face is actually purplelu By the time they reached the school, Rod's face had returned to normal. He cheerily answered the greetings of his friends and was extremely conscious of the admiring glances sent his way. The underclassmen thought of him as a hero and the girls regarded him as a god. The only fly in his ointment came when he found that the teachers did not join the ranks of the worshippers. He flubbed up an algebra problem so that its originator could not have recognized it. He disgraced himself in Latin class because he couldn't conjugate the verb nto ben in the passive voice. English and General Science were merely repetitions of the two preceding classes. When Sparky mot him at the field house he was in a dcjectod mood.
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nShut up. Gee, Rod, but HClmon, kid, snap out of If you go around looking cow-eyed, that certainly it. This is no time for mooning. wonit help us with our game against Woodruff, Saturday.n Ulf you had seen the way old Delaney lit into up my Latin, you wouldnft need nl don't believe thatis the only thing wrong me for messing to ask.U with you. But c'mon, Coach is hollering for us tfhurry up.n Sparky injected this speech between answers of the other boys. Everybody loved Sparky. He was ly insulting. to the sallies so refreshing- The game with Woodruff was the biggest and last of the sea- son. Rod, walking down street Saturday morning, saw a group of boys, among them Donald Moran, a member of the preceding senior class and captain of the football team of a year ago. nDon, what did you flunk out of college for?u 1 . the sight of your shining count- enance warms my heart. Seriously, though,I just had to come down to see the game. That Burt Macon in their backfield won't know what hit him when you give out with one of your tackles. Well, look who's comin'. Effen' it ain't Roger Francis Sherman, Jun- ior! Howdy, Sparky.n UI knew it,n Sparky responded, UI just knew it was you. That voice you can hear eight miles upgthose long, lanky legs and that pain of shoulders that would stop a Diesel Engine just couldn't belong to anybody else.U One-thirty came and the stamping and yelling in the field- house increased. Padding, red uniforms, helmets, shoes, and footballs were everywhere. The varsity players trotted out, the Linton High School band raced into a tune that struck a quiver inthe hearts of those men, who, in former times, had been out on the field themselves giving all they had for Linton. They knew what it is to be hurled almost senseless to the ground in a vicious tackleg the courage it takes to go on fighting to the finish when every muscle in your body is crying out for rest, when the so and getting into your eyes cept the towering goal posts. be memory so that they cannot it takes to acknowledge defeat blood is streaming down your face that it obliterates everything ex- Those posts are seared into your wiped out. They know the courage when everyone is counting on you. The first two quarters were uneventful. Neither team got large gains, and neither had scored. Rod had been in and out of the game, but Sparky was holding his own on the field. The third quarter started with a score of O-O and the ball on Woodruff's forty-yard line. Gus Jennings, the big Linton center, called for
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