CHAPTER VII
CLEARFIELD MEETS DEFEAT
Locust Valley High School descended on
Clearfield the following Saturday, as Chester
Cottrell phrased it, "loaded for b'ar!" She
came with some two dozen capable-looking red-stockinged
youths, a head coach who had red hair—Dick
said that was a dangerous sign!—and a manager
who brought joy to the Clearfield supporters
by sporting a green alpine hat of the fuzzy variety.
Clearfield cheered delightedly when she first laid
eyes on that hat, and cheered at intervals throughout
the afternoon, whenever the wearer of the hat
showed activity.
Locust Valley found Clearfield unprepared. The line-up that started the first period for the Purple amazed most of the fellows and displeased those who pretended to be football authorities. Why, in
