He gave up before the game was through, though.

I held out and when the whistle sounded, down I went on the grass and didn't stir for ten minutes.

We had two referees that day.

The first chap got hurt in a rush, and it took us half an hour to find a fellow brave enough to take his place.

That _was_ a game.
Football's tame nowadays." Across the coach Rutland, the right guard, a big bronze-haired chap of one hundred and ninety-six, was deep in a discussion with "Judge" Chase, right end, on an obscure point of ruling.
"If you're making a fair catch and a player on the other side runs against you intentionally or otherwise, you're interfered with, and the rules give your side fifteen yards," declared Rutland.
"Not if the interference is accidental and doesn't hurt your catch," replied Chase.