"FORTY YARDS"
by
ZORA *[Handwritten: (Neale)] HURSTON
"FORTY YARDS"
(A Negro football game with the popular concept of Negro life)
TIME: Present
PLACE: Washington, D.C.
SCENE: The Ball Park
PERSONS: The Howard and Lincoln teams, the Howard band, cheer leaders, spectators.
SETTING: The park with grandstands on either sides and up-stage.