[The Half-Back by Ralph Henry Barbour]@TWC D-Link bookThe Half-Back CHAPTER VI 8/17
Remsen and Blair talked with this player and that, explaining his faults or saying a good word for his work.
In the second half many of the second eleven went into the first, the deposed boys retiring to the side-lines, and several substitutes were put into the second.
Joel went back to full, Ned Post taking Clausen's place at right half on the first eleven and Turner becoming once more a spectator. It was the second eleven's ball, and Joel raced down the field after the kick-off as far as their twenty-yard line, and there caught Blair's return punt very neatly, ran three yards under poor interference, and was then seized by the mighty Greer and hurled to earth with a shock that completely took the breath out of him for a moment.
But he was soon on his feet again, and Whipple gave him an encouraging slap as he trotted back to his place.
The next play was an ordinary formation with the ends back, and the ball passed to left end for a run back of quarter and through the line outside of guard.
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