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The chalk-mark was obliterated at this point. Was it over? "Touchdown!" howled the Columbia players madly. "Never. It's not over!" retorted Bellport's men fiercely. There was a wild dispute, and in the midst of it the whistle blew, ending the game. Who had won? It would take a measurement to decide. The linesmen came hurrying up, while the crowd chaffed at the delay and did not know who to cheer.
There goes Frank to kick goal, and he'll do it, too," answered Buster. The goal was made easily, thanks to the favoring wind. Then again the ball was put into play, and fierce ran the rivalry. Sometimes the fighting was on Columbia territory, and then again the tide of battle shifted until it was Bellport's line that was threatened.
"We're going to see a hot old game, anyhow!" cried Buster Billings, as he sat on the bench in the grandstand, being reckoned of little account as a football player, however much he might shine in baseball. "What's Bellport's line-up? Seems to me nearly every face here is familiar; and I reckon their entire baseball squad has qualified for the gridiron," remarked another observer.
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