Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 November 1939 — Page 15

MONDAY, NOV. 1 1939 ty SERIAL STORY—

Joan of | Eines

"By JERRY BRONDFIELD

CAST OF CHARACTERS ; ~J0AN JOHNSON—A mysterious coed glamour girl of the Tech campus. KEITH RHODES—Tech'’s star halfback, _headed for Ali-America honors. DAN. WEBBER — The blocking back, whe clears Keith's way; a steady, in- . dustrious student.

Yesierday—Dan and Joan arrive at the stadium just before the game begins. “Pitt's smashing offense pounds Tech. When a Pitt back gets away for a long «run, Dan races to stop him. He is hit _by a blocker as he makes the tackle. “Pain shoots through his hand. He has . broken the bone again.

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“THE PAIN IN DAN'S head was|id

intense as they lined up for the almost impossible task of halting the Pitt juggernaut on the 2-yard line. ° gether and hoped the hand would get nunib soon. No trick stuff now. Just plain, straight brute football. Hal Forrest took it and smashed between “guard and tackle. For a split second a hole appeared there, but Dan came up fast and messed the play for no gain.

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Dan clamped his teeth to-|}#

GRIN AND BEAR IT .

Again Forrest, this time on a cross-buck. Good for a yard. Third and one. The Tech guards were on their hands and knees. * Pitt came out of the huddle. . . into a single wing to the right. MecCarroll cut-back over tackle, but Dan and Hank Butler smashed into the interference. Barney Hughes nailed the runner six inches from the line. Forrest back now as two minutes of the first half remained. The two lines piled up on the goal | line. . plunged over the mass, but Dan| hit him in midair. Desperately the referee plunged into the mass . . . reached for the ball. _ It lacked two inches of being a touchdown.

TONY MANGANO embraced Dan . . . kissed him in Latin emotion, but they weren't out of danger yet. Johnny White had to! punt out from behind his own goal line. | .He barely got it away, but. the kick was short, McCarrolle taking it.on the Tech 30. He almost got | loose, but Barney Hughes brought him down with a desperate lunge on | the 18. And then it started all over | again.

And Dan Webber, reeling on his’ ;

feet, plugging the gaps until he no longer felt pain, but just a dull, throbbing ache all over his body. | First and goal to go on the eight. Eight short yards packed with dull

. Forrest hurtled forward,

“You'd stand more chance of Si a job if you shaved and looked presentable, Bud—I found that out years ago!”

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misery and punishment. 1} Hal Forrest hurtled over tackle.| Marty Gallagher stopped him once after being dragged for two yards.

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A minute to go. : 2 8 8 FORREST AGAIN . . . spinning

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like a top and crashing through a slight opening between center and guard. Dan saw him coming, smashed aside the Pitt guard who had slipped through to check him

and poured his tired body - -into the

hole. Stopped again . .. but how much Jonger could they stand it? Third and four. McCarroll this time . . . almost as bad . . . hitting in there like an express train . . . but Joe Donchek, sobbing, submarined blindly, nailed him in midair. Still fourth and four. But the great Hal Forrest had been stopped cold. Pitt called for a place kick. . McCarroll was kicking. The ball came back to the man holding. McCarroll stepped forward , . . right foot meeting the ball squarely and it split the crossbar for three points” just as the gun ended the half. They almost dreaded going back | on the field. It would Sly be a| repetition of the first half ... and it was. Grimly, blindly they fought off the power that was Pitt. If only they could get the ball ‘in decent offensive territory. Ten minutes to

‘go. Eight. Fou.

AND THEN Dan Webber hurtling in to stop what looked like a Weakside reverse, lunged through the air and deflected a shovel pass. The ball popped into the clear. Joe Donchek smothered it to his chest on the Pitt 45.

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Keith . « How "bout it,

panted. “It's Yours, yours on old 62. gang ng?” Two minutes to go. It was Keith Rhodes on a reverse. Joe Donchek and Dan Webber led the way. Joe hit the end with his last explosive gesture. The end tottered . ... went off balance and out of the play as Keith and Dan swept by. Barney Hughes had gone through, checked the Tech line-backer on that side of the line. They were Hiouph the secondary . . down to the 3 ..the 20. Hal Forrest and

another member of the Pitt last line} i

of defense tore across the field , . . headed to cut Keithff at about the 12. But.-theéy ran too close together. - “Cut to the right!” Dan yelled to Keith .. . “toward the sideline!” - And then Dan flung his body forward, in a long roll block. He caught them both at the same time. Blackness, deep and welcome, engulfed him, but not before he heard the tremendous roar which told him Keith had crossed the goal. His arm bandaged from the elbow down and smelling from rubbing liniment, . Dan found Joah waiting for him outside the Sressing room,

THEN HE ‘NOTICED ‘she was with someone . . . a tall, welldressed man whose arm she clutched Pussessively. . this is my father.” an game, young man,” J. G. boomed as he took Dan's hand. “Great, I say . < . wonderful the way you watched over my daughter, too, these last few days . . . won't forget it. , . . You've got to have dinner “with us tonight.” Dan grinned. “I should be doing ~ all the thanking for what Joan did for me ... . but the dimmer date sounds swell. I'll see you at the hotel after I go back to tHe house and change clothes. He was almost dressed when he found the letter on his desk from Acme Pottery Products. He tore it open eagerly, Sahned it rapidly. When he had finished he crumpled the Jetter up into a ball and tossed it into th? wastebasket. There wasa bitter expression on his face dor. he stafed Soealy. out the ‘winow,

accordingly.

“You better sit in front with us, Clarice. The back’s gonna be a . little crowded after we pick up the rest of the gang.”

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