Dog That Called the Signals by Matt Christopher & William Ogden

Author:Matt Christopher & William Ogden [CHRISTOPHER, MATTHEW F]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780316096164
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published: 2009-12-19T05:00:00+00:00

After the kickoff the Jets got lucky again; the Browns fumbled the ball, and Frank pounced on it.

From the huddle Mike looked behind him, and shook. They were ten yards from the Browns’ goal line!

He turned and looked at the ten faces waiting for him to call a play. But what play should he call? What play could get them nearer to that goal line?

“Let me run it,” Frank piped up.

“Throw me a pass,” said Larry.

“Fake a pass, then hand it off to me,” Butch suggested.

Suddenly all the other players tried to tell Mike what play to call. He was so confused he didn’t know what to do.

A whistle shrilled. “Delay of game!” shouted the ref. “Five yards penalty!”

Now the ball was fifteen yards from the Browns’ goal line!

Suddenly a substitute came running in from the Jets’ bench. “The coach says try a short pass to Larry,” he said to Mike, then told one of the other players to leave.

Mike tried the pass. And it worked. They scored!

Again and again in the first quarter the coach sent in plays from the bench. Sometimes they didn’t work, but most of the time they did.

Mike felt relieved. As long as the coach kept sending in the plays, the Jets had a good chance of winning the game. And earning their new uniforms, too.

Then, in the middle of the second quarter, something happened. Coach Hawkins, who had been pacing back and forth at the sideline, let out a yell and suddenly fell down.

Both teams stopped moving and stared at him lying on the grass.

“He’s hurt!” Mike cried, and sprinted toward the sideline. The others took off after him.

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