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HOW BELLPORT BUCKED THE LINE
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be gifted with the heft that fastened its fatal clutches on me at an early age. I'd give the world to play football, but though they've tried me several times, it's always back to the scrap heap for poor Buster boy."

"Well, they left me out this time, too; my first half in the game with Clifford wasn't a howling success. But at any rate I'm a sub, and if a few of the boys get carried off the field they may call on me," and Jack Eastwick patted his chest in anticipation of the slaughter to come.

For the concluding tussle of the High School League the contending teams presented this lineup:

COLUMBIA.
Comfort.
F.B.
Allen, Captain.
R.H.B.
West.
L.H.B.
Wallace.
Q.B.
Shadduck.
R.E.
Oakes.
R.T.
Harper.
R.G.
Bird.
Center.
Daly.
L.G.
Shay.
L.T.
Morris.
L.E.
BELLPORT.
Clay.
L.E.
Coddling.
L.T.
Smith, Jr.
L.G.
Lacy.
Center.
Alpers.
R.G.
Macy.
R.T.
Smith, Sr.
R.E.
Snodgrass.
Q.B.
Banghardt.
L.H.B.
Bardwell.
R.H.B.
Lee, Captain.
F.B.