Yet, with two men squarely in the path of Darrin it seemed incredible that he could get by, for the Rustlers had bunched their interference skillfully at this point.
"Darry will have to stop!" yelled a score of voices at once, as
Dave bounded at his waiting opponents.
"Yah, yah, yah!"
"Wow!"
"Whoop!"
The spectators had been treated to a sight that they never forgot.
Just as Dave reached those who blocked him he seemed to falter.
It was Dan Dalzell who bumped in and received the opposition alone.
Dan went down under it, all glory to him!
But Dave, in drawing back as he had done, had stepped aside like lightning, and now he had gone so far that he had no opposing end to dodge.
Instead, he darted straight ahead, leaving all of the forward line of the Rustlers behind.
But there was the back field to meet!