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On the black scoreboard a white figure 6 appeared after the name of the visiting school and a few moments later it was replaced by a 7.
And Upper House had suffered, too, for across the floor Carl Jones was viewing the last of the contest from the inglorious vantage of the side line. Upper and Lower were still shouting hoarsely and singing doggedly. On the scoreboard the legend ran: Upper House 11 Lower House 11. No wonder every fellow's heart was in his throat! It had been a contest to stir the most sluggish blood.
But the nearly silent west stand had broke again into loud cries of triumph, and upon the face of the Scoreboard appeared the momentous word, "GOAL!" Again the ball was put in play, but the half was soon over and the players, snatching their blankets, trotted to the dressing rooms. And the score-board announced: "Opponents, 6. Yates, 6."
What a second-hand civilization it is that grows passionate over a scoreboard with little electric lights! What a civilization it is that has learned to enjoy its sport without even seeing it! If ever there was a symptom that this nation needed leisure and direct participation in games, it is that poor scrawny substitute for joy the baseball extra. It is as symptomatic as the labor union.
"Make it a lucky number," Teeny-bits heard the Jefferson captain say to Whipple who was preparing to kick the goal. The Jefferson player followed the instructions of his captain to the letter, and the man at the Scoreboard put up the number 14.
Big Tom wobbled out in front of the goal posts and tried his best to add a point for the glory of Ridgley, but his foot wavered and the ball flew to the left of the goal posts. On the Scoreboard the figures remained: Ridgley 20 Jefferson 14.
A brief but tense silence followed the finish of the run, for the crowd waited while the judges, by means of an elaborate system of telephone communicated with the starters, fixed the time. Presently, however, the huge scoreboard on the recreation pier displayed: Osterhout, two minutes 34 seconds. This announcement was greeted by a roar, for the German had equaled the world record for five miles.
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