- THER GANI ECEK
Vol. II. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COLUMBIA, S. C., DECEMBER 3, 1908 No. 9
S. C. UNIVERSITY 11,
S.eI M., A. 0
The Last Game of the Season, And
the Team Played Their Best Ball.
OLD STYLE BALL A FEATURE.
Belser, Sheppard, And Legge Starred-Car
olina's Une Held' Fast.
In the City by the Sea, on Thanks
giving Day, the South Carolina Mili
'tAy Academy marched out to the field
of battle to meet the warriors of the
University of South Carolina. The en
counter took place at the College of
Charleston Athletic Park, beginning at
ten minutes to four and lasting until
the red disk of the sun sank behind
the trees across, the Ashley river. It
may have been cool on the "Bottery"
(as all up-countrymen delight to call
White Point Gardens), but the weath
er on the neck was not of the football
variety and the crowd of spectators
Which rode out to the park expected
to see a slow game, or at least one de
void of any spectacular plays. The
west side of the line was crowded with
S. C. M..A. supporters, a large contin
gent of Charleston people, and the en
tire corps of Citadel cadets. The root
ing of the cadets was a feature of the
evening. They deserve much credit
for the manner in which they support
their team and set an example which
a certain larger. institution might well
follow.
On the east side of the line were
about two hundred Carolina support
ers, including the handful of "excur
sionists" who hailed from Carolina.
The game was of the most sensa
tional variety. The Citadel started off
very strongly, running the ball to the
ten-yard line and carrying it over on
a forward pass-only to lose the touch
down by a bonehead fumble. After
this Carolina's defense was impregna
ble.
Probably the most prominent fea
ture of the game, aside from the play
- ing, was the number of penalties im
posed. Carolina suffered to the extent
of 18o yards, a total amounting to
more than the length of the football
field and which would have given the
Citadel a score had the playing of the
two teams been anywhere near even.
Most of these penalties resulted from
uncompleted forward pass. Repeated
attempts were made to get off some of
the long passes which have stood the
team in such good stead at other times
during the season. But Dargan was
a new man at quarter and somehow
the ball would hit the ground with no
one near it and there would be the In
evitable penalty. But the repeated tri
als were merely an evidence of the old
Game Cock spirit-the spirit which
does not know defeat.
Dargan ran his team like a veteran
and showed excellent headwork at all
(Cnndi nn Pae 'ou.)
REVIEW OF THE
SEASON OF 1908
Lack of Experience Tells the Tale
of Defeat.
65 POINTS MADE AGAINST 103
Take Time For Carolina to Rtegain Her Place,
Individual Players Show up Well, Good
Prospects For '09.
The pigskin has been laid aside,
after being .booted and kn,ocked about
for two months. It will lie low and
take a long rest until the season of
1909 dawns on the football world. It
is truly remarkable how football at
tracts so much attention and college
spirit for two months. All this is
worked up to that climax game
Thank.giving. After this it vinishes
without the least notice unti the next
season. The players of the game do
all they can in the two months' play
and are satisfied when the Thanks
giving game is over.
Carolina's prospects were good at
the opening of the season and a suc
cessful season was in store for her.
But after the team got down to hard
work, there arose some misunder
standing in the football situation and
the squad was broken up badly. The
little mix-up soon passed away and
the athletes got down .to practice. The
field was filled with men trying out for
places on the Varsity and Scrub teams.
The number was soon cut down and
regular scrimmage started between the
two teams.
On October 3d a practice game was
played with Ridgewood of Columbia.
The score stood o-o at the end of the
game. The young Game Cocks had
just been in training a few days, but
even with this they did not show up as
well as some expected them. The
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Thanks Awarded Mr. Benet
At a meeting of the Advisory Board
held last Monday night in the Presi
dent's office, Coach Benet was com
mended and thanked for his services
rendered the football team this year.
The Faculty of the college has al
ways had the greatest confidence in
Mr. Benet and his coaching ability. He
is well known by all the students of
the University, with whom he is al
,ways in touch. Coach Benet tried to
run the football situation at the insti
tution this season so that the team
should be composed of the best possi
ble material. Some of the players
have been brought out wonderfuilly
since the first of the season. Mr. Ben
et has given mutch time to the team,
which he could have employed in his
law practice. But he is one who al
ways has fulfiled his duties to the col
lege and was always at his post unless
something unforeseen turned up.
The coach for next season has not
been selected yet.
SKETCH OF PROF.
WILSON P. GEE
He Was Lately Elected Assistant
Professor of Biology.
WAS BORN IN UNION COUNTY
Graduated With Highest Honors at Clemson
College Last Year.
Mr. Wilson P. Gee, assistant in bi
ology, was born in Union County,
Sept. 18, 1888. He is the son of Mr.
Reuben T-.. Gee and Miss Gertrude
Gist. On his mother's side he has a
large number of relatives who at
tended the South Carolina College.
After attending the country ,schools
for several years, Mr. Gee entered the
graded schools of Union, where he re
ceived his preparation for college. In
September, 1904, he entered Clemson
College upon a schloarship which he
had won (hrough a competitive exami
nation. In June, 19t8. he received the
degree of B. S. in the Agricultural
course, having stood first in a class of
eighty-five. 'He was at the same time
awarded a medal for the best general
average in scholarship for a period
cov.ring the 'last three years of his
course.
During his college course Mr. Gee
was active in all matters pertaining to
college life. He was president of the
Palmetto Literary Society and served
on the staff of all college publications.
During his Senior year he was chair
man of the Bible Study Committee of
the Y. l. C. A, and the enrollment for
this work was larger than ever before
in the history of the institution.
Mr. Gee is full of enthusiasm and
has taken up his work with great en
ergy. He comes from a family of
teachers and gives every evidence of
becoming a successful teacher himself.
His sister, Miss Minnie W. Gee, has
for a number of years held the chair
of Latin in Converse College, and his
brother, Mr. Gist Gee, was at one time
professor of' Natural Science in Co
lumbia College, but is now connected
with Soochow University, Soochow,
China.
Mr. Gee's former teachers speak in
the highest terms of him as a man and
as a student. In addition to his work
as assistant to Professor Moore, he is
doing graduate work in the Universi
ty.
Evolution of a Mess Hall Turkey
Thursday (Thanksgiving)--Tur
key (with dressing, surrounded with
biscuits inlaid with molten butter, gar
nished with sprigs 'of mint. Oh,
what bliss I).
Friday-Turkey (warmed over).
Saturday-Turkey (cold).
Sunday-Turkey (hash). -
'Monday-Turkey (soup).
' Tuesday - T u r k e y (fricassed
botnes).
Wednesday-Burial of the dead.
HIGH SCHOOL OF
SUMTER WON
Scrubs Unable to Score, and Sumter
Stores 6.
CREDITABLE VICTORY FOR KIDS
Scrubs Showed Poor Form For Their Experi
ence and Weight Against the
School Boys.
It was a most creditable arrd praise
worthy victory that the football team
of the Sumter High School won from
the second team of the University of
South Carolina at the Ball Park yes
terday morning. When it is consider
ed that the city school team had
scarcely enough practice to keep the
boys in good trim, and that the team
from Carolina has for months past
been pitted'against tile varsity in daily
practice, and were hard and seasoned
for tile fray, aid, moreover, the fact
that the Gane Cocks were out-weighed
Afeen pounds to the mail by the vis
itors, the victor.v may well be regarded
a glorious one. WynNt:,and Gresham.
two of the regular University varsity
team, and Izlar and Herbert, both of
whom have participated in varpity
games, were also in the line-up against
tile school boys, being disqualified by
the rules of the S. I. A. A. from parti
cipating in the game played yesterday
between the Citadel and Carolina.
The High School boys took the visi
tors off their feet in the first few plays
of the game, and sprung such a sur
prise in the way of ground gaining
and breaking up of plays that the vic
tory was won before the collegians re
alized what had happened. In line
,bucking and forward passes tile Game
Cocks far excelled the visitors. Green's
two perfect forward passes to Smith
being largely responsible for the touch
down scored. Carolina never pulled
this play off successfully, though it
was attempted a number of times. Duf
fie came off with the honors in a punt
ing duel with McNair in the second
half. His splendid boot-work was a
great factor in the victory. During
the halves of 20 and 15 minutes, the
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An Illogical Conclusion
The Carolina Scrub team defeated
the Carolina Varsity on Tuesday aft
ernoon; on Thursday the Sumter
High School team defeated the Caro
lina Scrubs 6 to o, from which the
logical conclusion might be drawn
that the bunlch of Sumter Kids can
defeat the Carolina Vafsity team, but
the "Kids" are not puffed up, neither
have they the big head and they are
not making extravagant boasts. They
put up a beautiful game yesterday
and by heady, scientific playing and
clear grit put it all over 'their big and
en~nfident onnonents ..-CoSum ITEM