CHAPTER X
CLIF GOES FOR A PAPER
The First Team played its game away from
home on Saturday, meeting Minster High
School at Minster, and so, at three o'clock,
the Scrub lined up against Freeburg High School on
the First Team gridiron. A goodly portion of the
student body had followed the school eleven, but
enough fellows had remained at home to form, with
a large delegation of high school boys and girls, a
very respectable audience. Doctor Wyndham attended
and remained until the third period was well along, and
the issue had been definitely settled. Others of the
faculty graced the occasion, too, and Mr. McKnight
and Mr. Connover joined "Cocky" on the bench. The
cold spell had passed, and the weather, clear and moderately
warm, with almost no breeze, was ideal for
football.
The First Team had beaten the local high school by the score of 19 to 7, and "Cocky's" charges were certain of their ability to triumph, although none predicted better than a close victory. Mr. Babcock started Adams, Ames, Howlett, Ridgway, Henning, Coles and Bingham in the line, and Jackson, Kemble, Gillespie and Thayer in the backfield. It was evident almost
