That football game: and what came of it

That football game: and what came of it

Author: Finn, Francis James, 1859-1928

Year: 1897

CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. A Little Poetry, a Little of Mathematics, with the Prospects of a Great Deal about Football, 5 II. In which the Milwaukee College Eleven Begin to Feel the Iron Hand of Discipline, 20 III. In which it is shown that the Game of Football, with its Severe Preparatory Work, has Many Points in Its Favor, 31 IV. The Home of Harry Archer, 44 V. Showing How a Want of Ready Money is Not Always a Thing to be Deplored, 53 VI. In which Mathematicians are Given Their Due, 65 VII. In which it is shown that Football May be a Help both to Study and to Devotion, 74 VIII. In which New Troubles Visit the Archer Family, 83 IX. In which Harry Begins to Suspect that He is Burning the Candle at Both Ends, 97 X. In which Harry and Claude Take a Drive, 119 XI. In which the Morning of Thanksgiving Day Reveals Serious Internal Dissensions in the Football Team XII. In which Mr. Keenan Faces an Indignant Mother and Is More Frightened than He ever was Since He Came to the Use of Reason, 138 XIII. On the way to the Football Field, 152 XIV. In which Mandolin Merry and Mary Dale Learn Something of the Great Game, 159 XV. In which the Milwaukees Play the First Half under Great Difficulties, 176