"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.