ht football until you feel them out, and don't
resort to the 'fireworks' until you have to. And keep your eyes on that
quarterback of theirs. He's one of the trickiest in the game and always
liable to start something."

"Not forgetting the full," added Reddy, "they say he's as big and strong
as a bull elephant, and it's aching he'll be to stack up against you,
Wilson."

"Let him come," grinned Bert. "I'll try to make it interesting."

Even New York, big and indifferent as it is to most things taking place
within it, was agog with interest over the contest. The front pages of
the papers were devoted to a review and comparison of the teams, and
bulletin boards were prepared for the great crowds expected to gather
about the offices during the progress of the game. Broadway and Fifth
Avenue were alive with flags and the college colors, and the lobbies of
the hotels were packed with a swarming mob of undergraduates. Tally-hos
with merry parties and tooting horns rolled up the Avenue, and hundreds
of automobiles joined in the procession. The subways and elevated roads
were crowded to the doors, and at one o'clock, although the game did not
begin till two, there was not a vacant seat in the vast stadium, while
thousands of deadheads seized every point of vantage on the bluffs that
surrounded the grounds. The stands were a perfect riot of beauty and
color, and the stentorian voices of the rival rooters, to which was
joined the treble of the girls made the air echo with songs and shouts
of defiance.

After a light lunch the teams had been bundled into swift autos and
hurried to the field, where they made their final preparations and
underwent the last scrutiny of coach and trainers. Both were in superb
fettle and ready to present their strongest line-up, and when they
tumbled out on the field, amid frantic roars of greeting, there seemed
nothing to choose between them.

The preliminary practice was sharp and snappy. The crisp tang of the air
was a tonic to which all responded, and the inspiration of the huge
crowds spurred them on to do their prettiest. Bert attracted especial
attention as he kicked goals in practice. His fame had preceded him, and
the college men in the stands were kept busy at the behest of a
sister--or somebody else's sister--in "pointing out Wilson." Other
heroes of the gridiron also came in for their meed of admiration, and by
the time the game was started expectation was wound up to the highest
pitch