item: #1 of 22 id: 11041 author: Barbour, Ralph Henry title: The Half-Back: A Story of School, Football, and Golf date: None words: 64509 flesch: 86 summary: Why? asked Joel March. Joel March turned and retraced his steps to his dormitory. keywords: ball; blair; boy; clausen; cloud; coach; course; crimson; day; end; eustace; fellow; field; football; game; goal; golf; good; great; half; hand; harwell; head; hillton; joel; joel march; left; line; march; moment; outfield; outfield west; play; professor; rah; remsen; right; room; school; second; sir; time; way; west; whipple; yards; yates; year; youth cache: 11041.txt plain text: 11041.txt item: #2 of 22 id: 12691 author: Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving) title: The High School Left End; or, Dick & Co. Grilling on the Football Gridiron date: None words: 47523 flesch: 89 summary: So, see here, fellows, I move that we appoint Dick Prescott a committee of one for Dick & Co., his job being to find out what ails football---to learn just what has made football sick this year. Bert has been leading a kick that was aimed very largely at Dick & Co., and now it almost puts him out of his head to find that Dick Prescott, of all the fellows in the school, has been sent by 'The Blade' to gather the facts concerning Theodore Dodge's mysterious disappearance---or death. keywords: bayliss; bert; boys; captain; coach; darrin; dave; dick; dick prescott; dodge; end; father; fellows; football; game; going; gridley; high; left; line; man; men; morton; play; prescott; right; ripley; school; squad; team; time; wadleigh; way; work; year cache: 12691.txt plain text: 12691.txt item: #3 of 22 id: 12692 author: Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving) title: The High School Captain of the Team; or, Dick & Co. Leading the Athletic Vanguard date: None words: 48080 flesch: 88 summary: You? demanded Captain Dick Prescott, looking at the aspirant in stolid wonder. This was the inspiring message flashed out by Captain Dick Prescott. keywords: annapolis; ball; boys; captain; coach; darrin; dave; day; dick; dick prescott; drayne; fellows; football; fordham; game; good; gridley; half; high; man; men; morton; phin; play; point; prescott; reade; right; school; team; time; tom; way; west; year cache: 12692.txt plain text: 12692.txt item: #4 of 22 id: 13542 author: Barbour, Ralph Henry title: Left Tackle Thayer date: None words: 68881 flesch: 90 summary: Clint inquired. All is not lost, With Clint Thayer to help us, victory may once more perch upon our pennant!' keywords: afternoon; amy; ball; boys; brimfield; carmine; claflin; clint; day; detweiler; dreer; durkin; end; fellows; football; game; goal; good; half; harris; head; left; line; look; minutes; penny; place; play; right; room; school; second; sir; tackle; team; thayer; thing; time; varsity; want; way; yards; year cache: 13542.txt plain text: 13542.txt item: #5 of 22 id: 13556 author: Barbour, Ralph Henry title: Behind the Line: A Story of College Life and Football date: None words: 58053 flesch: 88 summary: On Monday Neil went into the line-up for a few minutes, displacing Paul at left-half, but did not form one of the heroic tandem. However, starving Neil certainly was not. keywords: ball; college; cowan; day; devoe; end; erskine; fellows; field; fletcher; football; foster; gale; game; goal; good; half; head; hillton; left; line; mills; neil; paul; place; play; quarter; right; robinson; room; second; sydney; tackle; team; time; way; work; yards cache: 13556.txt plain text: 13556.txt item: #6 of 22 id: 18048 author: Edwards, William H. (William Hanford) title: Football Days Memories of the Game and of the Men behind the Ball date: None words: 115333 flesch: 78 summary: He addressed the team and substitutes in typical Princeton fashion and concluded, so far as a record is made of it, somewhat as follows: There is a feeling in the public mind that football games breed dissipation and are naturally followed by unseemly conduct. We all know that much of the excitement following football games in New York is due largely not to college men but others, who take the game as an excuse and the time as an opportunity to indulge in more or less boisterous conduct, with freedom from interference usually accorded at that time. keywords: andover; big; bill; brown; camp; captain; coach; coaches; coaching; college; cornell; day; days; defeat; end; experience; fact; fall; fellow; field; following; football; football days; football field; football game; football men; football player; football team; game; goal; good; great; half; harvard; harvard game; harvard team; haven; head; jim; johnny; kick; left; life; line; making; man; men; navy; navy game; new; place; play; players; playing; poe; point; practice; princeton football; princeton game; princeton men; princeton team; right; room; run; saw; school; score; second; spirit; tackle; team; time; touchdown; trainer; university; varsity; victory; way; west; won; work; yale field; yale game; yale men; yale players; yale team; yards; year cache: 18048.txt plain text: 18048.txt item: #7 of 22 id: 20650 author: Barbour, Ralph Henry title: Left End Edwards date: None words: 78553 flesch: 90 summary: The water splashed into his eyes and blinded him, for Tom was not an adept swimmer, and not once could he so much as sight Steve. You weren't doing much of it when I got to you! No one can swim when he has cramps, responded Steve meekly. keywords: andy; ball; blue; book; boys; brimfield; claflin; daley; danny; day; door; edwards; end; eric; fellows; football; game; good; guess; half; hall; head; left; line; look; marvin; miller; new; norton; play; right; robey; room; sawyer; school; second; sir; steve; table; team; thing; thought; time; tom; want; way; work; yards cache: 20650.txt plain text: 20650.txt item: #8 of 22 id: 26149 author: Barbour, Ralph Henry title: Left Guard Gilbert date: None words: 65728 flesch: 91 summary: After supper Don and Tim walked down to the village and Don had a few minutes of talk with the coach. I guess it was a mighty lucky thing you have little Tim to look after you, dearie! I'm glad I didn't, said Don earnestly. keywords: amy; asked; ball; brimfield; carmine; claflin; clint; coach; don; end; fellows; football; game; gilbert; good; guard; guess; half; hall; hand; harry; left; line; look; man; place; play; right; robey; school; second; sir; sort; team; tim; time; tom; walton; way; yards cache: 26149.txt plain text: 26149.txt item: #9 of 22 id: 26532 author: Sherman, Harold M. (Harold Morrow) title: Over the Line date: None words: 49085 flesch: 91 summary: Judd saw Barley brushed aside as he dove for the runner. And Knapp saw Judd, the only obstacle between him and a touchdown. keywords: ball; bartlett; benz; big; billings; blackwell; bob; canton; cateye; coach; college; face; feet; fellows; field; football; game; good; judd; line; little; man; pennington; play; pole; right; room; rube; second; team; time; trumbull; way; yard cache: 26532.txt plain text: 26532.txt item: #10 of 22 id: 28028 author: Bone, David Drummond title: Scottish Football Reminiscences and Sketches date: None words: 53901 flesch: 71 summary: There is not a club in the Association that is not ready to play a Charity Match, and far more has been given to the funds of charitable institutions by the actions of Association football clubs than all the other games in Scotland put together. Before the game began, the Yankees offered to bet level money, and some of their red-hot plungers even went the length of two to one on their chances; but they were promptly told that the days of betting and wagering at football matches, cricket, horse-racing, and all genuine sport, were now numbered with the past in the United Kingdom. keywords: association; association football; backs; bob; close; club; contest; cup; day; england; fact; field; final; fine; football; forwards; game; glasgow; goal; good; ground; half; international; kick; left; man; match; matches; men; new; park; place; play; players; present; queen; rangers; scotland; season; spectators; street; style; team; tie; time; vale; way; work; years; young cache: 28028.txt plain text: 28028.txt item: #11 of 22 id: 28728 author: Duffield, J. W. title: Bert Wilson on the Gridiron date: None words: 49724 flesch: 87 summary: Well, we won't kick now that it is handed to us, remarked Bert; it begins to seem like old times again. Twelve minutes of playing time had elapsed when, with the ball on the Greys' forty yard line, Bert suddenly dropped back for a kick. keywords: army; away; ball; bert; big; blues; boys; coach; college; day; days; dick; eyes; fellows; field; football; game; goal; good; greys; head; hendricks; left; let; line; man; maroons; melton; men; new; play; reddy; right; team; think; time; tom; way; work; yards cache: 28728.txt plain text: 28728.txt item: #12 of 22 id: 29705 author: Sherman, Harold M. (Harold Morrow) title: Interference and Other Football Stories date: None words: 41845 flesch: 85 summary: And this was the tough spot in which the Grinnell Coach and player found themselves. To-day you hold within your palms the opportunity for achieving Elliott's greatest athletic triumph and at the same time immortalizing the name of Coach John Brown. keywords: ball; brother; brown; butter; coach; coach edward; dave; davies; edward; elliott; field; fingers; football; frank; game; going; good; grinnell; harvard; john; line; mack; man; milt; phil; play; pomeroy; quarterback; right; speed; team; time; way; yard cache: 29705.txt plain text: 29705.txt item: #13 of 22 id: 33120 author: Berry, Elmer title: The Forward Pass in Football date: None words: 8042 flesch: 72 summary: The principle of this pass is essentially the same as that of the closed grip overhand pass described later in the chapter on technique of passing. This type of pass is therefore difficult for men with small hands and with a wet and muddy ball. keywords: ball; defense; forward; game; men; pass; play; yards cache: 33120.txt plain text: 33120.txt item: #14 of 22 id: 33425 author: Barbour, Ralph Henry title: The Crimson Sweater date: None words: 77258 flesch: 90 summary: 'You can rest awhile' 21 Roy lifted his hat, and nodded with a friendly smile, but his only reward was an unseeing glance from the blue eyes 45 'If you'll do your honest best there, I'll stick to you as long as you live' 51 'Run along, Porter,' counselled the peacemaker 55 'Of course I wasn't christened Chub' 61 'Poor old 'Thuselah,' she murmured 73 Even Harry joined her shrill voice, the while she waved her flag valiantly 91 Roy leaped upward and forward, clearing him by a foot 113 'My, what a temper!' 123 At last Roy stumbled over a root, went head over heels into a clump of bushes 139 Mr. Cobb and the search-party looking for Roy 151 'Look where you're going, Mr. Cobb!' 161 They had gathered chairs of all descriptions from all over the school 179 Chub's tambourine flew whirling out of his hand 187 It was Roy who dashed across the stage 193 Roy giving instruction in hockey 199 Schonberg made a last despairing effort when twenty feet from the line 217 Quiet fell over Fox Island 245 Roy held his breath and waited 261 Then slowly, he headed away in the darkness 269 It was unlocked and the crimson sweater lay in the top of the till 289 'When you're down on your luck,' he murmured, 'grin as hard as you can grin' 307 'The way that gal sassed me was a caution!' 315 Ten hard ones made a difference 331 'About this!' 347 Roy's bearers waited 365 THE CRIMSON SWEATER THE CRIMSON SWEATER CHAPTER I THE CRIMSON SWEATER'S FIRST APPEARANCE Hello, Lobster! Can't you do anything, you--you stupid silly? At last Roy saw the reason for her fright. keywords: bacon; ball; boat; boy; boys; burlen; chub; cobb; day; end; eyes; feet; fellows; ferry; field; forrest; game; good; half; hammond; hand; harry; head; hill; horace; jack; left; line; look; moment; place; play; porter; post; right; rogers; roy; school; second; sid; sweater; team; time; way; white; yards cache: 33425.txt plain text: 33425.txt item: #15 of 22 id: 39743 author: Camp, Walter title: American Football date: None words: 24446 flesch: 75 summary: The half-backs and backs have usually been men of speed coupled with skill as kickers. All the tendency for the last two years has been towards diminishing the number of men held in reserve, as it were, behind the line, and increasing by this means the crushing force by which the forwards might check either runner or kicker before his play could be executed. keywords: ball; centre; end; exercise; game; half; kick; line; man; men; opponents; play; quarter; runner; tackle; time; way; work; | | cache: 39743.txt plain text: 39743.txt item: #16 of 22 id: 41410 author: Garis, Howard Roger title: Dick Hamilton's Football Team; Or, A Young Millionaire On The Gridiron date: None words: 62215 flesch: 92 summary: Dick half guessed that it was coming, and when the man with the ball made his appearance in the hole torn for him, our hero met him with a suddenness that shocked them both. Guess I'll go see how Grit is, before I go to Hatfield's room, said Dick half aloud, for his pet was now kept in one of the stable barracks. keywords: ball; blue; boys; cadets; captain; coaches; day; dick; dick hamilton; duncaster; dutton; father; fellows; football; game; good; half; hamilton; haskell; hero; hill; kentfield; line; man; men; millionaire; paul; play; porter; practice; right; team; time; try; way; work cache: 41410.txt plain text: 41410.txt item: #17 of 22 id: 41665 author: Chadwick, Lester title: The Winning Touchdown: A Story of College Football date: None words: 65922 flesch: 89 summary: yelled Tom, making a jump for it. Tom came to a halt near his bed, and gazed warily around. keywords: bascome; boxer; boys; captain; chair; chums; clock; college; day; dutch; end; fairview; fellows; football; frank; game; good; hall; hand; holly; kindlings; lads; langridge; left; line; look; new; phil; place; play; players; practice; randall; right; room; sid; simpson; team; thought; time; tom; way cache: 41665.txt plain text: 41665.txt item: #18 of 22 id: 42653 author: Barbour, Ralph Henry title: Full-Back Foster date: None words: 69452 flesch: 91 summary: But had the distance been two short blocks instead of four long ones it is unlikely that Myron Foster would have walked. He was Myron Foster, take him or leave him! keywords: andrew; brown; chap; chas; coach; cummins; dobbins; driscoll; eldredge; end; fellows; football; foster; game; good; guess; guy; half; head; joe; jud; kenwood; left; line; look; merriman; mind; minutes; myron; parkinson; place; play; right; room; school; second; sort; team; things; thought; time; want; way; work; yes cache: 42653.txt plain text: 42653.txt item: #19 of 22 id: 46592 author: Barbour, Ralph Henry title: Center Rush Rowland date: None words: 66623 flesch: 91 summary: Ira Rowland once more donned his hat and made his way toward the small, three-story brick building set close to the street. [Illustration: Ira felt the blood pouring into his cheeks as he jumped to his feet] CENTER RUSH ROWLAND by RALPH HENRY BARBOUR Author of Left End Edwards, Left Guard Gilbert, etc. keywords: centre; coach; course; day; driscoll; end; fellows; field; football; fred; game; gene; good; guess; half; head; humphrey; ira; kenwood; left; line; look; lyons; man; mart; minutes; nead; parkinson; place; play; right; room; rowland; school; second; sort; team; tell; time; want; way; work; yards cache: 46592.txt plain text: 46592.txt item: #20 of 22 id: 48849 author: Colton, Matthew M. title: Frank Armstrong, Drop Kicker date: None words: 60769 flesch: 89 summary: Bust my bulkhead, if it isn't little Frank Armstrong! Surest thing you know, Captain Silas, shouted Frank, treading water and keeping his hands going at the same time with a fin-like motion that held him out of the water to his shoulders. Please, are you Frank Armstrong? I'm that chap, said Frank, scratching away with his pencil. keywords: armstrong; ball; big; boat; boys; captain; cat; codfish; david; day; dixon; door; end; field; football; frank; good; great; half; hand; head; help; jimmy; left; lewis; line; little; man; night; peters; queen; room; school; team; time; voice; warwick; water; way; work cache: 48849.txt plain text: 48849.txt item: #21 of 22 id: 6121 author: Overton, Mark title: Jack Winters' Gridiron Chums date: None words: 40726 flesch: 79 summary: Is that it, Jack? Mr. Jeffries has already done his whole duty in the matter, and proven his interest in Chester boys, said Jack. There was Jack Winters, looked upon as a leader in all sports, and late captain of the baseball nine; it seemed to be already taken for granted that he was bound to be given some position on the gridiron, for Jack seemed to have a wonderful faculty for getting the best out of those who played in strenuous games with him. keywords: ball; big; bob; boys; chester; course; father; fellows; field; football; game; good; harmony; home; jack; jack winters; joel; letter; look; marshall; play; right; team; thing; time; town; way; winters; work cache: 6121.txt plain text: 6121.txt item: #22 of 22 id: 6898 author: Forbes, Graham B. title: The Boys of Columbia High on the Gridiron : or, the Struggle for the Silver Cup date: None words: 49864 flesch: 87 summary: Buster gave Frank a plaintive look, as he bent down, and began to speak soothingly to the furious dog. It was on Columbia's twenty-five yard line now, rather closer to the goal than Captain Frank liked, but he resolved to get right into the play now, and called for the line-up. keywords: ball; bellport; bones; boys; car; clifford; columbia; come; day; face; fellows; field; frank; game; good; great; half; hold; home; lanky; line; look; man; men; minnie; play; players; ralph; right; road; run; school; team; time; way cache: 6898.txt plain text: 6898.txt