Junction City High School - Junco Ed Yearbook (Junction City, OR)

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;;;; Ellie Eight Ealf mark Harold Burns, ll4 On the football field Campbell was a young tiger. A hundred and forty pounds and playing on a varsity eleven, which demands weight, pluck and intelligence, had won for him the position of right half back. Two years he had worked faithfully on the squad. The third year nearly the entire line had to be developed from new players. The coach was too busy to undertake this, so he appointed some of the seniors to help coach the new ones. Campbell was appointed to coach a Freshman named Holmes, for half back. With no thought, in the beginning, that he might be raising up a rival, he had gone into the coaching with high spirit. l The Varsity played Wallace University the next Saturday, and Wallace had a heavy team, recruited from experienced players. The Varsity players went into'the game with much determination, and it seemed as if there would be no scoring. i The fierce onrushers of the Varsityls backs were crushed by the heavy Wallace line. The Wallace backs made no progress against the new line. Campbell, trying time after time to break through for one of those long runs which had won his reputation, was always pinned by Wallacels Heet little quarter. . The coach, thinking that Campbell was too light to buck against those heavy players, out Holmes in his place as haif back. ' Campbell now realized that the coaching he gave Holmes had lost him his place. The new line becoming weary of play, broke loose, and the Veterans soon added seventy yards to their credit. But here it stopped, the new line having stiffened, and in three downs the ball went to the other side. Holmes now made nearly all the yardage for the Varsity, and when the half ended he had worked the ball out of VVallacels territory and up to the center of the field. In the last half Holmes was able to gain but little, and the quarter being convinced that the Orange players were onto their 61

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um '14 'ng a , o . n II 1H rank 5 igrphtmmpnt as a W; in whu - . V - , . Varsity f r . By Glenn Taylor. 15 M001 won Hf mm Ihc Frank Wheeler was a quiet sort of a person, 35 most 01d trappers MG -orkfd fatthium 0 and hunters are. It was seldom we could get him to tell anything sththa uhad m be deVCIOPc about himself; but one afternoon we succeeded particularly well. ? mdrflim - 11 IIVVellf, he began, then I was young I was down in Califor- 7; buwto undertake thus. 50 nia. I remember once I was at a dance. My companion was a t' m woncs Wonththe nc jolly sort of a girl, always looking for something to laugh about. t we were seated in a corner, not far from the door, when a man wdto MC . , thi of about sixty years walked by us, and as he passed I noticed that 43mm in thC begmnmg- . ' he had some kind of a growth on one side of his face. As I wanted .ii'uhad gone into the coaching to know who he was, and to make fun of him, I said, IWho is that I old pirate with a wart on his jaw? Nell turned crimson, got up . ,, . . h t q and walked over to where some other girls were standing. After RHMIHIVCTSM t 6. ex I a Nell joined them Icould tell by their quick glance in my direction, ?mmitdimm eanCnCCd P1 that I held a very prominent place in their conversation. 73032ng With much dctermin IIThe first set I danced with one of Ne11,s particular friends, triggjikmsmring. and. when theystopped we took seats where Nell and I had been writhd'arsitfs backs were CH Sitting. The girl asked if I knew who the man was I had made IRWIIh bar that remark about. and I assured her I did not. When she told me i Ct ks made no ng that it was Ne11,s father, I almost fainted. A ItThe rest of the evening I was on one side of the room and ?Rafiertime to break thmugI Nell was on the other. When we were ready to go home I was le his reputation was ah ha Freshman nam standing on the steps. She walked up to me and said: 3M. Im mad at you, V W Lt hi C3 . 'I guess I know it,, was my reply. mph has 100 Hg ?'?th Holmes in his :: :ItIs not for what you think it isf Q: the place a What 18 it then ?i ' maching he gav I II IYou did not ask me to dance with you once tonight, ii C n' of pl 3V hrok l e 1 t . . 00

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Holmes for tive times signals, changed them. Now the ball went to in succession, and each time he was able to gain a little on account of his weight. Campbell, on the side lines, saw that at the rate Holmes was playing he would not last long. This proved true, for in the next down Holmes was hurt and Campbell was put in in his place. The next signal and the ball came to Campbell, who broke through for one of those long runs. By the ten-yard line he Hew. Now it was the line of the flve-yard line that his Hying feet scat- tered. Near the side line the big Orange, watchful for just such a play, was waiting. A half back and a Heet tackle blocked the way in front of him. From the fullback he turned at right angles to where the half crouched low in expectation, took one quick step and jumped; jumped as he had never jumped before, and right over the half back he went, coming down on the other side and planting the ball between the posts. A'few minutes later the sound of the refereets whistle closed the game, with the Varsity as winner. 31': teats 101 . 1 tothehomc 0t 1 . . ouhl he sattstt dwas now a heap 0t tn hmgcr hc St , . ' 1 filhce 9126 h httw. he w is Chih i am he '75 spring could I wiltathad been uprmted hy the v :ihtmtmOttCS at his htth' oncehummcd with the SM xahite. Rough wmdcn sh; thstept at night and the rcnt :tespotwhtre many a man ha the 01d mants eyes as he tu