Then there was an awful bump, I yelled 'Down!' at the top of my lungs--and woke up.

I was on the floor." Mills laughed, and Sydney took breath.
"At first I didn't know what had happened.

Then I remembered the dream, and all on a sudden, like a flash of lightning, it occurred to me that _that_ was the way to stop tackle-back!" "That?
What ?" asked Mills, looking puzzled.
"Why, the bag of potatoes act," laughed Sydney.

"I jumped up, lighted the gas, got pencil and paper and went back to bed and worked it out.
And here it is." He drew a carefully folded slip of paper from his pocket and handed it across to Mills.

The diagram, just as the head coach received it, is reproduced here.
[Illustration] Mills studied it for a minute in silence; once he grunted; once he looked wonderingly up at Sydney.