[Left End Edwards by Ralph Henry Barbour]@TWC D-Link bookLeft End Edwards CHAPTER XXI 4/30
And now they've obliged him.
Too bad, though, they couldn't have slumped the first of the week.
It's fierce to be beaten by a tech school!" In the third period Coach Robey hustled the best of his substitutes on in the hope of stemming the tide of defeat, and, while the new men showed more dash and go, they couldn't stop the triumphant advance of the black-and-orange enemy.
To make matters worse, when it was all over, Benson, who played right end, had a strained ligament in his ankle, Williams was limping with a bad knee and Quarter-back Milton had to be helped on and off the cars like a confirmed invalid.
There wasn't a regular member of the 'varsity who could have stood up against a hard gust of wind five minutes after the final whistle had blown! The school returned to Brimfield disgruntled, disappointed and critical. There was scarcely a fellow on the train who didn't have a perfectly good theory as to the trouble with the eleven and who wasn't willing and eager to explain it.
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