CHAPTER XIV
AN UNWILLING HERO
North Side used Wightson and Larue continuously,
hurling them against the line from
tackle to tackle and managing to work the ball
from under the goal well into the middle of the field.
There, however, the Second, surmising that attacks
outside the tackles were not included in the enemy's
present plans, concentrated its secondary defense
behind the center of its line and stopped the advance,
North Side being forced to kick. The punt was
poor and rolled out near the adversary's forty yards,
and from there the Second began another advance.
But a fumble again lost ground and a punt went
over the goal line. On a third try from their twenty
yards, the North Siders managed to get Wightson
clear for a twelve-yard run. A minute later Larue
also squirmed free and, with the factory workers yel-
