TALES OF GRAMP 137 



'You can imagine this made me feel good, 

 and I determined to do my utmost to win by a 

 big score. But when we lined up for the second 

 half, I found that Lane had given place to a new 

 man, and that Towle, although still playing at left 

 guard, was about all in. This really put me op- 

 posite two men, Awful Gardner and Heenan, 

 a pretty bad place for a young fellow of nineteen 

 against two of the best heavy-weight prize- 

 fighters the world had ever seen. 



"To add to this, all the plays were directed 

 through me. So you see, Dickie, I was in for a 

 warm afternoon. And a warm one it was for a 

 fact. Every time the ball was put in play, Awful 

 would fell Towle to the earth, and then he and 

 Heenan would swing for my jaw and lead for my 

 wind with heavy rights and lefts, while I could 

 only get in one blow to their two. I noticed, how- 

 ever, that I kept them from getting through, and 

 after a half dozen line-ups I found they were 

 weakening. 



'I then put in play a dodge that Andover 

 could n't block and had no way of meeting. I 

 whispered to the quarter to keep back far enough 

 to give me a free swing and be ready with the 

 ball. Then, when play was called, I waited until 

 Heenan or Awful made the first rush for me, 

 then seized the first one, dashed him against the 

 other, rushed back, grabbed the ball and started 



