The Gavelyte, November 1908

CEDARVILLE COLLEGE. 147 ATHLETICS. Dear Gertir: - It's been some weeks .:,ince my last letter; within that time our foot ball warriors have contended in some hard fought gridiron batt!Ps. Would you believe I've been taken from the Scrubs and am now playing on tl1e "Varsity':. The first time I "smelled powder" was in the game on Wittenberg field when we played our return game, resulting as be– fore in n() score. The Lutherans had our boy:-; on Lhe run for th,; first few rnnments, but one of the surprise::i of the game came later. You know, nertie, that boy with the curly loeks (who some declare crimp::i his hair each night before retiring upor. whom some have µronounced the name ''Appollo" whom I introduced to you as Mr. Begg) well, you should have seen him snatch a forward pass and rush down the field. You kn()w what a "forward pass'' is, don't you really? I'm thinking of making one in your direction, Home of these evenings - study up on the rules of the game and be prt"JJared t.o eawh it Well, Begg wasn't the only star in the game- you know that handsome lad from that. little suburb of Cedarville- Bower.:,ville- we call him Bill Linton, he's a stocky little fellow, has an "open" countenance- yes, wide open - and when he laughs his face lights up in an expansive grir:, and whrn he sings, the upper_lip shoots away up in to his eye·, the lower lip strikes the collar borw, from ear to ear he ope'.:, hi:-i mnuth - ancl melody comes forth - that describe::; Bill LiRton, the original and the surviving Tay- 1,H· man - he plays beside me in the line. We had quite a number of college girl:.; along that day . [ was so sorry you couldn't be present; it would have donP the team- meaning me of ~nurse - so much good. Next game, we went to an old rival of ours, Antioch, and there in a terrible struggle were beaten l~- 0. Our lads seemed unable to get to– gether during the first half and with the aid of their quarter back, Schaef– er, and a flPet half back, Beaver, Antioch secured two touch-downs in the firRt half. Our college boys and girls showea more spirit that day than they have for a long time past and came in droves, of ~ourne very naturally. in <·oupli>R, hPrauRP that RPPmR tradition ht>rP, though, G-enir, you know I nevrr

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