"The rule against coaching from the side-lines may be a good one," he muttered, "but I guess it's lost this game for us." The whistle sounded and the lines formed again.
"First down," cried the referee, jumping nimbly out of the way.

Decker had been in conference with the full-back, and now he sprang back to his place.
"Signal!" he cried.

"_14--7--31_!" The Hillton full stood just inside the goal-line and stretched his hands out.
"_16--8_!" The center passed the pigskin straight and true to the full-back, but the latter, instead of kicking it, stood as though bewildered while the St.Eustace forwards plunged through the Hillton line as though it had been of paper.

The next moment he was thrown behind his goal-line with the ball safe in his arms, and Gardiner, on the side-line, was smiling contentedly.
"Touch-back," cried Decker.

"Line up on the twenty yards, fellows!" Hillton's ruse had won her a free kick, and in another moment the ball was arching toward the St.Eustace goal.