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"And the regular eleven, I am reliably informed, tip the scales at four tons." "Oh, come, now, Joyce, shave off a ton or two," protested Farley. "I won't take off more than fifty pounds, sir," retorted Joyce with mock stubbornness. "Say! The Hanniston fellows are enormous." "Then they've run all to bones and haven't any brains," grinned Dan.
Indeed, to the spectators it seemed all that the middies could do against such big fellows as the visitors. Just after that, however, Hepson passed the silent signal, and then the midshipmen hurled themselves into the fray to test out all the endurance that the Hanniston players might possess.
Jetson, with no hope now of making the eleven this year, avoided the field for a few days. The first game of the season took place on a Saturday afternoon. The opponent was Hanniston College. Ordinarily, in the past, Hanniston had been an easy enough opponent, though there had been years in which Hanniston had carried the score away from the field.
Dan Dalzell, watching his chum with cat-like eyes, followed and made the best interference that he had offered that day. Five and a half yards won! As center bent for the snap back, a "fake" signal was called by the Navy quarter-back. Just as the ball started, the Navy players back of the line started toward the right The Hanniston men, tired now, but full of grit as ever, moved to block.
"From all the talk I had expected more of Mr. Darrin," remarked an officer's wife-to her husband. "Darrin has a fearful Hanniston line against him," replied the officer. "Captain Hepson realizes that, too, and he isn't pushing Darrin as hard as you might wish to see." "We're going to be beaten, aren't we?" asked another Navy onlooker.
The Hanniston boys successfully interfered for their runner, and the ball was touched down behind the goal line. Gone were the cheers that had been ascending from the brigade. All the Navy crowd gasped in dismay. The ball was carried back, kicked, and Hanniston had scored six points. "Ha, ha, ha! Ha, ha, ha, ha Hanniston! Wow!" went up derisively from the visiting howlers. "Hepson! Hepson!
"Remember, Darry, how much we're backing on you to-day," muttered Hepson, after another round of yells for Dave had been given. "I can't do everything, and perhaps not much," smiled Dave. "But I'll do my level best to do all that you call upon me for at my own little spot in the line." A din of Hanniston yells was now smiting the air.
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