The gym jiggled with the joy of 1,800 students. Ringleaders wheeled up a great brass bell and banged away with demoniac glee. The whole town (pop. 59,500) welcomed the clangor. The Eagles of Abilene High School were whooping it up for their game with Big Spring, and when Texas high schools play football, their home towns take a holiday.
In Abilene last week enthusiasm ran so high that the Eagles played as if they didn't dare lose. They never stopped running until they had whipped Big Spring 32 to 0. With impressive ease they put...
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