Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 November 1940 — Page 38

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xiously await word from the Board on s job. Bullethead and Dot come to| the store, then Skelton and Peskin. vi Board is rejecting Buck’s applicatio | A bandit enters, threatens the group. Dot Skelton screams, Bill hits the bandit in a flying tackle. Drowsy wields a bottle, and Skelton changes bis| mind. | | | CHAPTER ELEVEN “HIT 'EM harder, fellows,” Buck Mentor called. “Keep your eyes up. Okay, that’s good. Cool off slowly.” The squad dog-trotted off the practice field. Buck Mentor relaxed on the bench, a cane in each hand. He frowned, spoke to Bill at his side} - a oing to lhe tough,” he said. “It’s

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plays| now,” Buck said. “It'd only confuse them.” es IT HIM 7 “A lot (depends on one game,” Bill Je HY, BOOK AN’ MARRY US ALL, AR UP, MARRYIN' DAN #/- COME TH’ DUNNO WHO THESE. VARMINTS | F

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Buck Boddell. “Skelton made it| HOLD EVERYTHING pretty plain that I'd get a contract ' ‘ for next A if we beat East. THAR LL BE PLENTY rE He's a little self-important, Bill, but he’s a fair man. If we win, he's willing to advance: me enough on next year's salary to go east for the operation.” | Buck dropped his hand to Bill's knee. | “Thanks to you, fellow. As usual, | you carried the mail.” Bill | laughed |because the football term was so appropriate. “I carried it all right,” he admitted. “I've still got that letter!” Bill sobered. “But, Buck, |I wish ; could really carry the mail for you.” J : Regret showed in Buck Mentors AA ” Te RECKON > =H WELL | deep-set eyes. {“Bill, what do you _ : : % 3 PETER We TH? Wea aE TO RAR DRAWN 7 Th SPTENE think it would mean to me to have ; : HOSS6ES , RED ALL “TAKE TO RY RA N ! : 2 HZ you out there playing next Satur- i day? But I can’t; you know that.” |. - “Not| even Se quarter?” “No,| Bill. Young Peskin is the only bpy on thd squad who hasn't honestly earned| his position. And we can't yank i Not because

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I'm afraid of Julius Peskin, but because it would look like spite work.” “Okay, Buck, youre the boss.” “That's the spirit,” Buck said, paling himself slowly to his feet. 7 “The other night when you tackled ie : : : 3 ; s thai bandit you won a victory. But I i ea = os THE ECan Tra DOWNY it’s still a good thing to remember : of re A) , : : ba ] SETTLES VER. THE SHANE RANCH. what Walter Camp said: ‘If I S ea Lo y 77/5 comm. 4940 BY NEA SERVIOE, IC. T. M. REC. U, 8. PAT. OFF.

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give him a defea{ to every victory.’ This is youn defept, Bill. | _SOFR 190 sy MEA SEEVICE. IMC. T. M. RIG. 0. S. PAT. OFF. "15 i i Wi iL gn Se PASTE SO CREEPY LOWN . ;

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ALL WEEK Buck toiled with the team, [On Friday evening he gave on the job!” them a final chalk talk. When it | |

was over, Bill headed for the Weich| FUNNY BUSINESS front porch. . Bundled in sweaters, he and Helen sat on the top step and talked. Bill - was neither [gloomy nor optimistic Je — in his predictions. “Buck’s’ done everything a coach could in such a short time, If we don’t win, it isn’t his fault. “East| is tough They haven't “1 = - lost a game this season. We've only 11 113333) won one. But welve got Jhe spirit CORMATION now, and that makes a difference. 7 One of their (backfield men, Laurie, $s ZA Ss YES, ONE OF THE KBY MEN IN OUR ) { DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS 2 | [PERHAPS MORE IS BEHIND IT THAN WE REALIZE is a hunk of| greased lightning. If ; / . RE-ARMAMENT PROGRAM. FINE SCANDAL ! HEADLINES FROM COAST || EASY. 1 WANT YOU AND VICK! TO INVESTIGATE | we can stop him . | .” MA FELLOW, TOO. NOW, AT A TIME LIKE TO COAST! LOSS OF CONFIDENCE IN THE AFFAIR AND GIVE ME AL CONFIDENTIAL “We've got to, Bill!” Helen’s words |" CHIEF 7 | MANUFACTURER THIS, TOMMY DRINKWATER \S OUR NATION'S LEADERS.. DISTRUST REPORT. IVE GOT TO y made pale vapor the brittle air, WHAT SUSPECTED OF MURDERING KNOW THE TRUTH! Bill nodded, sai slowly, “You HAPPENED ' know, 1 Buck gets a steady job I * gan oh make plans.”

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“What kind of plans, Bill?” “Oh, just plans,” he said vaguely. “you know, | liké| people always make.” f Helen (tilted| her ¢hin, “Oh, well, ) ysterious . . .” 't that, Helen. guy to say.” she murmured. long wa ahead,” Bill said doggedly.| “Tog far, I guess, to

‘mention.’ gt She turned-fher |[back on him. me RY i “Then it| can’t be very important. If Yo ws OU SURE GOT ME Our [vou MANAGED w 1 | 'd Wj . : Oc 7 IE (OST NCHT, CAMPAIGN AND GOT © me! it was, you'd want to tell me.” : FRECK ! IF IT HADN'T PA : SN A ES iT hE «All right,” Bill said desperately. BEEN FOR YOU, 1 MIGHT ? ! WILL YOU LET ME I'LL Fl | “I just thought that you and I— BE ,LANGUISHING IN i m iLL Tou LET oh EVERYTHING ! well, after I go|to college ...” “How about a good set of encyclopedias?” JAIL TODAY / Hii i | AO Er You OMANC “What,| Bill?’] ~ A Md i ND <5) oir

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I catch on, Bill.” She : squeezed his hand. | “And I think He. CHEETAH, you have| the swellesf plans of any- OF AFRICA, 1S THE” one I know.” | : oNLY €AT THAT | Bill got up. |“Well, I'd better go in so I won't disturk Buck.” Helen stood up, too, and lifted her lips him! Bill kissed her. Saturday was perfect for football. The thermometer hung just above freezing. (With |busingss at a Stands : . . still, City Stadium became the hu : : p— Pe of all activity. | Even Julius Peskin eo N 2 af n”, | BR Lt ThE, closed his store for |the afternoon ‘ ; 2 w RRS and took jadva og the box at = amit WITH BROTHER SILLY 2 ga

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uniform, saying, “It may luck.” i oo 2 |= \ BUCK MENTOR Ilgoked at ‘the clock. “I'm not| givi you a pep talk, fellows. You don’t need |t. You've proved that to me this week. You've done a swell jab, and you'll re. go out ther and|keep it up, You're| . THE going in against ja tough club. All FOLLOWING NAMES I ask of you is to keep fighting, no) ORIGINATE P : matter how bad things|look.” ZEPPELIN, SHRAPNEL, One by one they filed past him, GATLING GUN, — and for each Buck ntor had a BLIMP word of encouragement, He dropped

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‘time Ha alvert, and Peskin|/a charging tackle and .by sheer{lam broke loo ) H : 1 9 ) ) se and the score was ; y . . . . : . gazvisd ¥he ball nd Pere buried speed ouitian the defensive fullback. 6 io 0 against West ! The secret of baking success is the flour. For perfect results in all yout baking alback. ho © - ine before 5 kag : : : score. At the oS f the two teams West's safety man caught him, (To Be Concluded) ae : 4 Vays 8 BZ race FLOUR: E-Z-BAKE FLOUR is used by more Indianapolis homewert | each) other to a| Bill Mentor chewed his lip, Buck |: : makers than all other brands combined. Ask for E-Z-BAKE at dstill 1 (All events, names+and characters in thi . 1 ar your grocers. I fuincheg forward on the bench. story ‘are whoily “Betitions) n Shisl ;

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