Elmwood had been waiting more than thirty years for the chance to beat the mythical Canton Little Giants.
Sports
Taylor Johnson: Budding Catcher, Would-Be Writer
He looks the part, the way you would expect: short, a little stocky, bright red cheeks, a butch hair cut, and brown hair. What really draws attention to him are those bright red socks, up to his knees, matching his cheeks. Cool or hot, though, Taylor’s forehead is covered with perspiration. Everybody sweats, but he sweats more than most folks, maybe because he just tries a little harder than most kids, maybe because he has juvenile diabetes.
Elmwood’s Best Football Season
Scott Fitzgerald, the famous American novelist and short-story writer, once said, “No one is interested in last year’s football scores.”
Talking to a Giant in his Living Room in Elmwood
Unfortunately, those dreams were crushed when Dean suffered a serious leg injury, an accident which didn’t end his career, but left him out of the Bradley University Hall of Fame.
Stories From Small Town Illinois 