CHAPTER XVIII
THE GREAT FOOTBALL GAME
It is not my intention to give all the particulars of that game of football between Brill and Roxley, for the reason that I have many other things to tell about. Yet I feel that I must tell something of that great second half, which nobody who saw it will ever forget.
In the first half Roxley had the kick-off, and they played such a fierce whirlwind game that before the leather had been on the gridiron eight minutes they scored a touchdown. Then they made another touchdown, and just before thfc whistle blew for the end of the first half one of their players kicked a goal from the field.
And Brill scored nothing.
More than this, the playing was so rough that two of the Brill eleven and one from Roxley had to retire from the field.
Of course the visitors went wild with joy, and shouted themselves hoarse. They waved their
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