"_12--21--212!_" The ball came back to him.

At the same instant the tandem moved forward, the Erskine guard and tackle engaged the opposing guard and tackle, and Gillam and Mason shot through the hole, the former with head down and a padded shoulder presented to the enemy, and the latter steadying him and hurling him forward.

Then two things happened at the same moment; the ball passed from quarter to tackle, and Gillam and the leader of the tandem came together.
The shock of that collision was plainly heard on the side-lines.

For an instant the tandem stopped short.

Then superior weight told, and it moved forward again, reenforced by quarter and right end; but simultaneously the Erskine quarter and left half made themselves felt back of Mason and Gillam, and then chaos reigned.