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Interference and Other Football Stories By: Harold Morrow Sherman (1898-1987) |
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INTERFERENCE AND OTHER FOOTBALL STORIES
BY HAROLD M. SHERMAN THE GOLDSMITH PUBLISHING COMPANY CHICAGO
COPYRIGHT 1932 by HAROLD M. SHERMAN Made in U. S. A.
CONTENTS
Interference
A Case of Nerves
The Bright Token
"Butter Fingers"
For the Glory of the Coach
INTERFERENCE
"Can I see you a minute, Coach?" "Yes, Mack. Come in." Mack Carver, substitute back on Grinnell University's varsity squad,
stepped across the threshold of Coach Edward's office. He carried his
one hundred and eighty seven pounds easily and with an athletic
swagger. But he scowled as he entered, indicating that his call was
about an unpleasant matter. "Well, boy what's on your mind?" smiled the Coach, straightening up
from a mass of papers which contained diagrams of the plays Grinnell
was to use in her season's big game against Pomeroy, now less than a
week away. "Plenty!" was Mack's bluntly grim answer. He stood now, facing his
coach, across the desk. Coach Edward's smile faded as he met Mack's challenging glance. "I want to know why I've been kept so much of the time on the bench?"
the substitute back fired, point blank. "Because," answered Coach Edward, evenly, "there were eleven better men
on the field. That's ordinarily the only reason any man's kept on the
bench." "I don't believe it," retorted Mack, feelingly. "You've had it in for
me because my brother is coach at Pomeroy. That's the reason! And
you'd like to be coach at Pomeroy yourself!" Coach Edward drew in his breath, sharply. "Perhaps I would!" he said.
"But that's a strict matter of business nothing personal!" "No?" flashed Mack. "You and brother Carl have been rivals for the
last two years. You've been out to beat each other on the gridiron and
now that you've turned out some cracking good teams with the smallest
college in the State, you think you've got my brother on the run!" "I'm tickled, naturally," admitted the coach. "Wouldn't you be?
Don't you suppose your brother enjoys his triumphs over me ? ... It's
all in a spirit of good sportsmanship!" "That part of it may be all right," conceded Mack, "but you feel strong
enough against my brother, just the same, to not want to give me a
break!" "That's bunk!" branded Coach Edward. "But there's one thing I've
always wanted to know ... why is it you quit Pomeroy after two years
and came to Grinnell?" "That's an easy one to answer. I discovered I could never hope to make
the team that my brother was coaching. He was bending over backward to
keep from showing me any favors. When I found that out, I figured I'd
better save him from any further embarrassment and give myself a fair
chance by changing schools. That's why I came to Grinnell!" "But why Grinnell Pomeroy's bitterest rival? Of all the schools you
might have picked...!" Mack grinned, sardonically. "My brother didn't think I'd ever make a
good football player. I'd hoped to be able to show him." "That's just your greatest fault," spoke the coach, frankly. "You want
the limelight every move you make. You're wondering all the time if
everyone's looking at you ... and it's hurting your game. No good
player can be thinking of starring and playing at the same time." Mack stared hard for a moment. "You've got me wrong," he said, slowly. "I naturally want to do the
best I know how. And maybe I've looked to you like I wanted to attract
attention. If I have, it's only because I hoped you'd take a shine
to what I was doing. The spectators didn't matter." "You didn't need to worry about me," the coach replied. "It's my
business to keep tab on each man on the squad. I'm sorry if you feel
I've legislated against you but you force me to say that, up to the
present, I'm inclined to agree with your brother." "You will excuse me a minute?" requested the Coach, on observing that
Mack had no comment to make for the moment, "I've an air mail letter I
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