[Dick Prescott’s Third Year at West Point by H. Irving Hancock]@TWC D-Link bookDick Prescott’s Third Year at West Point CHAPTER XII 6/11
Every time an Army cheer ceased, the Lehigh sympathizers cheered their own team. Then game was called, with kick-off for the Army. The ball was passed to Lehigh's right end, who, full of steam, dashed on with it. Dick and Greg were foremost in the obstruction that met the Lehigh runner.
But the Lehigh man was well supported.
Through Dick, Greg and Ellerson dashed the runner, backed splendidly by his interference. It took quarterback and one of the halfbacks of the Army to put the runner down some eight yards further on. "Humph! I don't see that Prescott and Holmes are doing so much for us," muttered Haynes to the sub.
at his right, as both watched from the side lines. "Look at what they have to stop," returned the other cadet.
"Don't be sore, Haynes; you couldn't do any better. "Humph!" grumbled the turnback. It soon developed, however, that Lehigh felt especially strong on its right end.
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