[Grace Harlowe’s Third Year at Overton College by Jessie Graham Flower]@TWC D-Link bookGrace Harlowe’s Third Year at Overton College CHAPTER XX 11/16
The Semper Fidelis Club, resplendent in cocked hats of junior blue and wide blue crepe paper sashes fastened in the back with immense butterfly bows, occupied places directly behind the faculty.
They had gone to the gymnasium an hour and a half before the game in order to secure these seats, and were now ranged in an eager, exultant row, impatiently awaiting the entrance of the two teams. With the shrill notes of the whistle began one of the most stubborn conflicts ever waged between two Overton teams.
From the instant the ball was put in play and the players leaped into action the interest of the spectators never wavered.
During the first half of the game the sophomores valiantly contested every foot of the ground, and it was only at the very end of the half that the juniors succeeded in making the score six to four in their favor. In the last half the doughty sophomores rose to the occasion and tied the score with their first play.
Then Elfreda, with unerring aim, made a long overhand throw to basket that brought forth deafening applause from the spectators.
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