the 'Varsity men are forced within their own twenty-five yard line
and are put upon their defence. The quarters and forwards begin to
"back," a sure sign of coming doom.

"What in thunder are you doing back here!" roars Martin to little
Brown. "Do you see anything wrong with this line?"

Nothing so maddens a half back as to see the forward line fall back
into defence. Little Brown, accepting his rebuke with extraordinary
meekness, abandons the defence and with the other quarters and
forwards, who had been falling back, goes up where Campbell and
Shock are doing their best to break the punting game and are waiting
their chance for a run.

Every moment is dangerous; for the McGills have the spirit of
victory strong upon them, and from their supporters on the side
lines the triumphant and exasperating refrain is rising:

"Got'em going, going, going,
Got'em going home."

And indeed for a few minutes it looks like it. Again and again the
McGill forward line, fed carefully and judiciously by their defence,
rush to the attack, and it is all Campbell can do to hold his men in
place. Seizing the opportunity of a throw-in for 'Varsity, he passes
the word to his halves and quarters, "Don't give away the ball. Hold
and run. Don't pass," and soon he has the team steady again and
ready for aggressive work. Before long, by resolutely refusing to
kick or pass and by close, hard tackling, 'Varsity forces McGill to
abandon open play, and once more the game settles down into the old,