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 CHAPTER XXV

THE SECRET PLAY

Tupper caught near the side of the field and allowed himself to be forced over at the twenty-yard line. The ball was taken in and Chester Cottrell slapped his hands and barked out his signal:

"White back! 47—68—62!"

Lanny fell back to kicking position, Nelson Beaton taking his place behind left guard, and Chester jumped aside to the right.

"47—68—62!"

Back shot the ball to Chester, off darted Tupper for the guard-tackle hole on the right. Beaton and Lanny swung wide to the left. For a moment the lines heaved and fought. Then, the ball clutched to his stomach, Chester plunged straight ahead and went through where Haley and Arthur Beaton had