Pornell's lads, eh?" smiled the
captain. "All right, I know of no healthier sport, rightly
conducted. You shall play them, and on their grounds if you wish.
But, mind you, no neglecting lessons for the sake of practicing
between now and Thanksgiving!"
The pupils promised to neglect nothing, and went off with a
hurrah.
Soon Peleg Snuggers was on his way to the rival academy with the
following answer to the challenge:
"PUTNAM HALL, November 19, 189-
"Pornell Football Team: We hereby accept your challenge to play a
game of football for the championship of the township on
Thanksgiving afternoon next at two o'clock. As you have a
grandstand we will play on your grounds. In return for the use of
half of your stand on this occasion the senior class of our
academy will put up a silver cup as a trophy, said trophy to go to
the club winning the game, and to belong to that club which shall
during matches to be arranged in the future win the cup three
times.
"THE PUTNAM HALL FOOTBALL TEAM,
"Per Fred Harrison, Secy and Treas.'
Dick had suggested giving the cup, and all of the senior class
"chipped in" willingly, raising ten dollars, with which a very
neat trophy was secured through a pupil whose father was a
silversmith in New York.
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