Football Days / Memories of the Game and of the Men behind the Ball

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
THREE VICTORIOUS PRINCETON CAPTAINS
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
And it's not for the sake of a ribboned-coat Or the selfish hope of a season's fame, But his captain's hand on his shoulder smote, Play up! play up! and play the game!
The sand of the desert is sodden red— Red with the wreck of a square that broke, The gatling jammed and the Colonel dead And the Regiment blind with dust and smoke.
The river of death has brimmed its banks, And England's far, and honor a name— But the voice of a school boy rallies the ranks, Play up! play up! and play the game!