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Rh ran out and began limbering up and making practice passes with the ball. Blanchard stretched himself on a blanket on the ground  and then drew Durant’s head down close to his.

“You’re captain now, and it’s all your game, Harry,” he said. “There’s just one thing; I believe young Crashaw will play better if you don’t scold him.”

“I’ll try to act like a captain,” Durant answered.

The game went on; Carberry at quarter-back was eager and energetic, but his judgment was not always good and his skill was limited. On the very first play Durant had him change the signal; then Jim Payne took  the ball and fought his way through to St. John’s twenty-yard line. There, after three furious scrimmages, in all of which Edward  was buried deep, St. Timothy’s were held and  lost the ball.

For St. John’s, Charles Crashaw made an end run of fifteen yards and then sent Dale  through Edward for ten yards; once more the  ball was in neutral territory, and St. John’s