text_original: The play was getting pretty rough, the ground was getting pretty heavy. We had churned it into a regular quagmire. Sometimes we went above the Digitized by VjOOQIC THE FIFTEENTH MAN 165 ankle in liquid mud. As for the state that we were in! One of theirs had the ball. Half a dozen of ours had hold of him.
text_transcription: THE PLAY WAS GETTING PRETTY ROUGH THE GROUND WAS GETTING PRETTY HEAVY WE HAD CHURNED IT INTO A REGULAR QUAGMIRE SOMETIMES WE WENT ABOVE THE ANKLE IN LIQUID MUD AS FOR THE STATE THAT WE WERE IN ONE OF THEIRS HAD THE BALL HALF A DOZEN OF OURS HAD HOLD OF HIM
phonemes: ðə plˈeɪ wʌz ɡˌɛɾɪŋ pɹˈɪɾi ɹˈʌf, ðə ɡɹˈaʊnd wʌz ɡˌɛɾɪŋ pɹˈɪɾi hˈɛvi. wiː hæd tʃˈɜːnd ɪɾ ˌɪntʊ ɐ ɹˈɛɡjʊlɚ kwˈæɡmaɪɚ. sˈʌmtaɪmz wiː wɛnt əbˌʌv ðə dˈɪdʒɪtˌaɪzd baɪ vˌiːdʒˈeɪ ˈuːkɪk ðə fˈɪftiːnθ ˌɛmˌeɪˈɛn wˈʌnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti fˈaɪv ˈæŋkəl ɪn lˈɪkwɪd mˈʌd. æz fɚðə stˈeɪt ðæt wiː wɜːɹ ˈɪn! wˈʌn ʌv ðˈɛɹz hæd ðə bˈɔːl. hˈæf ɐ dˈʌzən ʌv aʊɚz hæd hˈoʊld ʌv hˌɪm.