Southern Oregon News Review, Thursday, November 6, 1947 FICTION CORNER POINT TOUCHDOWN Rv RICHARD U N IS IIN You see what they're doing. Kicking early. Keeping us away. They've got a touchdown and we haven’t. Get it back. Get the six points and I'll send Jerry out there. That's all we need.” And he had turned to Jerry and smiled. Jerry bit his lip. Even Dan didn't realize that you couldn't kick them all. Sooner or later he was bound to miss. And this was the last game. “Here we go,” muttered F arra­ day. The Aggies kicked off. Taggert, the Tech quarterback, took it on his five, and brought it back twelve yards. The Aggie tackier barely WAS still raining when they I T came onto the field for the second half. After the heat of the dressing room the air was cold and biting. Jerry Ellis grunted, and drew his blanket tighter. He splashed toward the Tech bench, staring up into the stands. The spectators, huddled un­ der umbrellas and newspapers, looked as if they'd melted in the drizzle and had run together. “They must be nuts,” said Farra- day’s voice beside him. Jerry turned. "They?” “Sure.” Farraday grinned; he nodded at the stands. “They paid money to sit in the rain. Am 1 glad I’m third string. You’re going to freeze out there without that blan­ ket.” Jerry frowned. He said: "You’re sure I’m going out there?" “You always have,” said Farm day. Jerry winced. He always had Since he’d been a sophomore he’d kicked every extra point that Tech had made. Automatic Jerry Ellis, the newspapers called him—Tech's place-kick specialist. There'd been columns telling how he hadn't missed in twenty-two games, how he’d run up a string of forty-eight successive points after touchdowns. Most of the sportswriters mentioned the part he’d played in Tech's un­ beaten, untied season, and that this was his last college game. There was straw strewn under the bench and Jerry kicked it into a pile for his feet. He sat down and one of the assistant managers tucked a blanket around his legs. Jerry wished that he'd missed in the previous game. He was due to miss. He was overdue. He'd expect­ ed it a week ago, and the Saturday Jerry froze, grew rigid; gave before. Tech had had a nice com­ gert screamed. fortable lead in both those games. They didn't need his points. Today, they were trailing the Aggies 6 to 0, brushed him, but it was enough to and it was raining, and it was his send him sliding in the mud. last game in a Tech uniform. Tech tried three plays and then There was a hoarse murmur from punted. the crowd in the opposite stands, The game settled into a punter’s and he saw the Aggies sprinting out battle. Taggert had the wind at his on the field. They’d changed to dry back and counted on picking up dis­ uniforms and it took Jerry a mo­ tance on each exchange. But the ment to spot the two new men in the Aggie kicker was good, too. Aggie backfield. Tall men, and fast, j Jerry couldn’t keep from watch­ Farraday sat next to him. He ing the clock on the scoreboard. The said: ’’We’re wearing them down. big second hand jerked around, stopped, moved again. Jerry found See those subs in there?” “Subs!” Jerry said. “They’re himself nodding as the hand jerked. three deep in backs. They're play­ He was cold inside: a chill that had nothing to do with the wind and ing safe, that’s all.” “Sure.” Farraday nodded. “Try­ rain. Every minute passing made ing to protect their lousy six points. the odds against him greater. The quarter ended; the teams Just like Big Dan said.” Jerry ’ remembered the coach’s changed goals. Mow. he'd have the words in the dressing room. Big wind fighting him when he tried to Dan Winowski didn’t go in tor pep- kick. His luck was out all right. talks. But there hadn’t been a sound J “Hey!” cried Farraday, startled. except his calm voice, and a drip­ “Hey!” Jerry snapped awake. A fumble. ping shower. “All right,” the coach had said. There was a wild, awkward scram­ “I know it’s wet, and bad footing, ble for the ball. An Aggie, stumbling and we can’t pass much with that in the mud. dropped on it. The ball ball. 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