CHAPTER XV
CORWIN WINS
While Fudge, completely exhausted, was
being restored to usefulness, Captain
Nostrand converted the six points to
seven by an easy goal. And before Fudge, assisted
by admiring team-mates, had reached the bench the
game was over, High School had won, 13 to 6, the
North Siders were dejectedly leaving the field and
Fudge had leaped into fame! A full eighty-five
yards, they called that run, which, allowing for slight
exaggeration born of enthusiasm, it was. But Fudge,
with becoming modesty, insisted that it hadn't been a
foot over eighty-three! Back in the dressing-room,
having recovered breath and presence of mind,
Fudge rendered his version of the feat to a respectfully
attentive audience.
"I saw the fumble and tried to get through, but
