A Race for Life (1916)
Bill Strongarm, a college student, is in love with Kitty. Kitty is a hero worshiper and as there is not much of the hero about Bill, she pins her affections on one of the athletes of the college. When Bill goes to a restaurant for his luncheon, he interrupts the reading of a dime novel by Mollie, the waitress, who sees him as the incarnated hero of the book and proceeds to fall in love with him, much to the annoyance of Bill and Oliver, the cook, who loves Mollie. Enraged, Oliver chases Bill from the place and in seeking a haven of refuge Bill stumbles into the room of a stranger who, objecting to his presence, proceeds to throw him out. In the process of expulsion, Bill loses all his wearing apparel with the exception of his nether garments. Outside once more, the cook resumes the chase and Bill keeps on going in fine style. A college meet is going on nearby and Bill's college is on the losing end. The last race, one mile, is about to start and on it the college bases its last hopes. Just as the pistol shot goes off, Bill appears on the scene, followed by the cook. He runs along the track outdistancing all the other runners, breaks through the tape and wins the meet for his college. After a triumphal ride around the field on the shoulders of his admirers, Bill finds that he has worked his way into the good graces of Kitty, who now considers him her hero.
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