On Your Mark! A Story of College Life and Athletics

. Until then Allan had spent almost every afternoon on the cinder-track, running the half mile at good speed, doing the mile and a half inside his time, occa

r athletic meeting, in February, he should be allowed to try both the mile and the two miles. The trainer's instruction had already bettered

y in form since the Fall Handicaps until at present he easily leads the distance men in that feature. It is Mr. Kernahan's intention," concluded th

ions, when the clouds temporarily ceased emptying themselves onto a sodden earth, the middle and long distance candidates were sent on cross-country jogs and straggled home a

do battle with the Erskine youngsters. The varsity team had journeyed from home to play Artmouth, and consequently the freshman contest drew the

oint of vantage to another, and Allan vainly striving to keep up with him. The latter had gained admission beyond the ropes by p

.. Third down and one to- What's that? Lost it? Lost nothing! Why, look where the ball is! How can they have lost- Hey! how's that for off-side? Just watch that Robinson left end; look! See that?... T

score, while some few extremely optimistic watchers hinted at an Erskine victory. Considering the fact that the purple-clad team was twelve pounds lighter than its opponent, this was a good deal to expec

t on Robinson's thirty-yard line. The Brown accepted the challenge and returned the kick. It went to Erskine's forty-five yards. Again Poor punted, and the ball sailed down to the Brown's fifteen yards, where it was gathered into a half-back's arms

spectators after the first two attacks. Robinson wasn't making much headway. Twice she barely made her distance; the third time she failed by six inches and, amidst cheering plainly heard on the cam

re going to play hi

s, and even when, his hands on the full-back's hips, he doubled himself up for the c

ayer had been discouragingly slow, in spite of his weight and strength and cheerful willingness. Even yet he possessed only a partial understanding of the game. He did what he was told to do, and did

e advan

er playing had been defensive. To attack is more tiring than to repel attack, and now what difference there was in condition was in Erskine's f

and through the opponents, without bothering his head with the niceties of play. If the hole was there, well and good; he went through it and emerged on the other side with half the Robinson team clingi

own line held for an instant. The first down netted a bare yard, the second brought scarcely as much. The cheering, which had been continuous from the first attack, died down, and a great silence fell. Tommy was ni

rskine ha

sing high above a struggling mass, and then had disappeared, and chaos had reigned until the referee's whistle commanded a cessatio

repulse their defense grew perceptibly weaker, while their rivals, as though they had husbanded their strength until now, made each attack fiercer than the one before, until in the last ten minutes of the contest they simply drove the Brown before them at will. Long before the game was