Catches...

The bomb over the tree in the middle of the yard is one catch I remember. The catch that sticks in my mind the most was on the left hand side of the yard beside the fence separating the yard from Old Man Taylor's. I was running toward the driveway, turned to look for the pass. and when I did my heel hit what I think was a brick in the grass that had been buried and was protruding. (Near the old hole where a "wharf rat" had been seen going once in the misty past.) When my heel hit I started falling backwards. The pass was already in the air and I reached up with my right hand, caught the pass with the point of the football hitting me right in the palm of my hand (it was an old brown soft rubber football), and pulled it in as I fell to the ground. Can still remember cradling the football and pulling it in with one arm.