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General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1910 Original Publisher: The Penn publishing company Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER VII THE WEST POINT GAME In another moment, but for Stonewell's quick action, the ball might have been put in play. All the Naval Academy players instantly realized what Bligh had intended, and every one was intensely angry. Gates, who had heard the signal, came running out on the field from the side lines; the Harvard players were tremendously surprised and did not know what to make of the commotion among the midshipmen, and the umpire was angrily ordering the midshipmen to play and Gates to get off the field. Short shrift was given to Bligh; the latter's attempted expostulation was cut short, and Stonewell passionately ordered him away. Blunt took his place as quarter. A place-kick was attempted, but was blocked, and time was soon called. The game ended with the score Harvard 3, Annapolis 0. The midshipmen players ran to their dressing rooms, and much hot and angry talk followed. Some were for reporting Bligh and having him dismissed. Others were for giving him a physical beating ; others proposed that he be put into complete " Coventry." " None of this will do, fellows," said Stone- well, after listening to a lot of angry proposals for Mr. Bligh's discomfiture. " Not one of us here will ever speak to the man ; that goes as a matter of course; but we must be very careful to avoid doing anything that will tend to create discussion. Bligh's leaving the field was not understood by anybody but our own players. If he be put in ' Coventry' or thrashed or reported or disciplined for what he did today the matter might leak out. West Point scouts we...
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- PublisherGeneral Books LLC
- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 1150767782
- ISBN 13 9781150767784
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages142
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