CHAPTER XIV
THE FIGHTING SCRUB
Tuesday found the Fighting Scrub putting
up a better defense, even though McMurtry,
in Ames's place, proved a weak point in the
line. Later Joe Craigie, a substitute guard, ousted
McMurtry and the left side of the Scrub line got back
to normal. In the first period of the practice game
"Big Bill" banged through for a touchdown and Stoddard
kicked the goal, while the best the Scrub could do
was repeatedly kick out of danger. In the second go,
however, with Fargo out of it and "Swede" Hanbury
in his position, the Scrub not only held the enemy scoreless
but earned two points when Houston, at quarter,
touched the ball down for a safety rather than have a
touchdown scored. The Scrub put up a hard
fight toward the end and Captain Tom had the ball
on the adversary's twelve yards when the whistle
blew.
On Wednesday it became known that Quinlan, of the First, was in trouble at the Office and might not get reinstated in time to do much more playing. Quinlan was only a second-string guard, but he was a good man and his loss was no light matter. "G. G." reached out and grabbed Clem Henning away from the Scrub,
