NOT UP TO IT.
"Father," said . Tommy, "you should come next Saturday afternoon and see us play against the Fire-eaters Football Club.' We're yoing to wipe the floor with 'em." "Do you belong to a football team?" asked his father. "It is news to me." "Do I?" exclaimed Tommy, proudly. "Well, I reckon! I'm the quarter-back of the Tornadoes." " The Tornadoes? Who are they?" "That's the name of our school team," j " Humph! And you are going to ?lay a game next Saturday, are you? Fell, I'll go and see it," i The game took place according; to announcement, and the Tornadoes were beaten by a score of 26 points to nothing. "Tommy," said his father, overtaking him while he was on his way home, " what did you tell me whs the name of your team?" • "The Tornadoes," answered the boy, " but we're going to change it to something else. We ain't even a fog!"
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Marlborough Express, Volume XLII, Issue 115, 16 May 1908, Page 8
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155NOT UP TO IT. Marlborough Express, Volume XLII, Issue 115, 16 May 1908, Page 8
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