Behind the line - A story of college life and football

The Project Gutenberg eBook, Behind the Line, by Ralph Henry Barbour, Illustrated by C. M. Relyea This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: Behind the Line Author: Ralph Henry Barbour Release Date: September 30, 2004 [eBook #13556] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK BEHIND THE LINE*** E-text prepared by Juliet Sutherland, Charlie Kirschner, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team A critical moment. BEHIND THE LINE A Story of College Life and Football BY RALPH HENRY BARBOUR AUTHOR OF THE HALF-BACK, CAPTAIN OF THE CREW, AND FOR THE HONOR OF THE SCHOOL Illustrated by C.M. Relyea 1902 TO MY MOTHER PREFATORY NOTE The Author takes pleasure in acknowledging his indebtedness to Mr. Lorin F. Deland, of Boston, for the football play described in Chapter XV. CONTENTS CHAPTER I.-- HEROES IN MOLESKIN II.-- PAUL CHANGES HIS MIND III.-- IN NEW QUARTERS IV.-- NEIL MAKES ACQUAINTANCES V.-- AND SHOWS HIS METTLE VI.-- MILLS, HEAD COACH VII.-- THE GENTLE ART OF HANDLING PUNTS VIII.-- THE KIDNAPING IX.-- THE BROKEN TRICYCLE X.-- NEIL MAKES THE VARSITY XI.-- THE RESULT OF A FUMBLE XII.-- ON THE HOSPITAL LIST XIII.-- SYDNEY STUDIES STRATEGY XIV.-- MAKES A CALL XV.-- AND TELLS OF A DREAM XVI.