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Football Days
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Title: Football Days Memories of the Game and of the Men behind the Ball
Author: William H. Edwards
Release Date: March 25, 2006 [EBook #18048]
Language: English
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[Illustration: THREE VICTORIOUS PRINCETON CAPTAINS HILLEBRAND, COCHRAN, EDWARDS]
FOOTBALL DAYS
MEMORIES OF THE GAME AND OF THE MEN BEHIND THE BALL
BY
WILLIAM H. EDWARDS PRINCETON 1900
WITH INTRODUCTION BY WALTER CAMP YALE 1880
MOFFAT, YARD AND COMPANY NEW YORK 1916
Copyright, 1916, By MOFFAT, YARD AND COMPANY NEW YORK
Dedicated to John P. Poe, Jr. Princeton '95
HONORED AND BELOVED BY HOSTS OF FRIENDS, HE REPRESENTED THE HIGHEST IDEALS OF AMERICAN FOOTBALL, NOT ONLY IN LIFE, BUT IN HIS DEATH UPON THE BATTLEFIELD IN FRANCE.
AS I THINK OF HIM, THE STIRRING LINES OF HENRY NEWBOLDT COME TO ME AS A FITTING EULOGY:
VITA LAMPADA
There's a breathless hush in the Close to-night-- Ten to make and the match to win-- A bumping pitch and a blinding light, An hour to play and the last man in.
And it's not for the sake of a ribboned-coat Or the se