tailieunhanh - Football Days

I value more highly than any other athletic gift I have ever received, the Princeton football championship banner that hangs on my wall. It was given to me by a friend who sent three boys to Princeton. It is a duplicate of the one that hangs in the trophy room of the gymnasium there. How often have I gazed longingly at the names of my loyal team-mates inscribed upon it. Many times have I run over in my mind the part that each one played on the memorable occasion when that banner was won. Memories cluster about that token that are dear and sacred to. | Football Days 1 CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X CHAPTER XI CHAPTER XII CHAPTER XIII CHAPTER XIV CHAPTER XV CHAPTER XVI CHAPTER XVII CHAPTER XVIII CHAPTER XIX CHAPTER XX CHAPTER XXI CHAPTER XXII CHAPTER XXIII Football Days The Project Gutenberg EBook of Football Days by William H. Edwards This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at 2 Football Days Title Football Days Memories of the Game and of the Men behind the Ball Author William H. Edwards Release Date March 25 2006 EBook 18048 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK FOOTBALL DAYS Produced by Stacy Brown Suzanne Lybarger Brian Janes and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http Illustration THREE VICTORIOUS PRINCETON CAPTAINS HILLEBRAND COCHRAN EDWARDS FOOTBALL DAYS MEMORIES OF THE GAME AND OF THE MEN BEHIND THE BALL BY WILLIAM H. EDWARDS PRINCETON 1900 WITH INTRODUCTION BY WALTER CAMP YALE 1880 MOFFAT YARD AND COMPANY NEW YORK 1916 Copyright 1916 By MOFFAT YARD AND COMPANY NEW YORK Dedicated to John P. Poe Jr. Princeton 95 HONORED AND BELOVED BY HOSTS OF FRIENDS HE REPRESENTED THE HIGHEST IDEALS OF AMERICAN FOOTBALL NOT ONLY IN LIFE BUT IN HIS DEATH UPON THE BATTLEFIELD IN FRANCE. AS I THINK OF HIM THE STIRRING LINES OF HENRY NEWBOLDT COME TO ME AS A FITTING EULOGY VITA LAMPADA There s a breathless hush in the Close to-night-- Ten to make and the match to win-- A bumping pitch and a blinding light An hour to play and the last man in. And it s not for the sake of a ribboned-coat Or the selfish hope of a season s fame But his captain s hand on his shoulder smote Play up play up and play the game The sand of the desert is sodden red-- Red with the wreck of a square that

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