Important Passages

page#156
Running was the basis of everything I did in football, so running track had to help me in football, especially in keeping me in condition for football.
We think that this passage was important because it shows that Gale was still working hard at becoming a better player.

page#184
"Forget about the All Star game, don't even worry about it. Mabe it's better you didn't play in it, anyway I'm going to judge you by what you do here in camp. That's all."
We think that this passage is important because it showed that Halas still had faith in Gale.

page#203
I also ended up with the game ball, which made me feel very good especially since my father was in the dressing room when they presented it to me.
We think that this passage is important because it showed that Gale still cared what his father thought of him playing football.