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The Story of Baden-Powell

CHAPTER IV
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30) that "R.S.S.

B.-P.

is a good goalkeeper, _keeping cool, and always to be depended upon_." But it was not only at football that Baden-Powell spent his time in the playground, although it was only in football that he shone.

Into every game he threw himself with zest and earnestness, playing hard for his side, and finding himself always regarded by his opponents as an enemy to be treated with respect.

That he continued to play cricket, racquets, and fives, although not a great success, is characteristic of his devotion to sports, and his habit of doing what is the right thing to do.


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