Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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CAROLINA CAN SHOW GOOD STUFF (Continued fromt 'Page One.) ing to the last extremity on their part of the deal, which, after all, is the real )art, and the part without which nothing would amount to anything. The Team as a Whole. The team at Carolina this season is really one of the best that has been put out since football was excluded in' 1905. The work of the bunch as a unit is better, the individual player ship is steadier and more brilliant JOHN I. NEFF, Carolina Coach. as well, the confidence of the men in their coach and in themselves makes them (10 the best in them, the knowl edge that the Carolina student body is back of them to a man with the Old Carolina spirit is not the least effective of the reasons withy this team is a splendid representative for the University. The Games So Far. The team played the first game on October 7, when the Gamecocks went ip against Georgia in Athens. The weakest aggregation of the squad went to the Cracker State, as some of the stars were out of the game completely at the time. While the score was 38 to o, it has since been shown that Carolina did well to hold the Athenians to this amount of victory. The game was fought hard all the way through, and in the case of the Carolinians against a dis heartening increase of score on the part of their opponents. The point that was noticed b)y the papers, andl especially the Athens press, was that the Gamecocks played the same con sistent game in the last quarter as. in the first play. Thecy never diropped the energy for an instant, and ended with the grandstand in their favor for their pluck if not on the score of success. Since Georgia dlefeatedl Sewvanee 12-3, this defeat of Carolina at the Crackers' hands is not so black a mark as the bare score wvould seem to showv. TFhe Sewvanee bunch is always a good one, andl the crew this time is as goodl as ever. The Georgians are just a swvell team, and that is all there is about it. Charleston College. In Carolina's next game she over ran the boys of Charleston College by the score of.16 to o. The fellows from the University had gained by this time a great (eal in form over their condition when the game was played in Athens a week before. vonKolnitz and Passailaigue, old battery boys, were back in the game, as well as other important factors on the Gamecock squad. The College team played its usual plucky game through and through, but the gods were for the Carolinians, and the University got the victory easily. The Alligators. Carolina's third game was with the University of Florida in Colum bia, this being the first bout on the home field. The Davis field grid saw a battle Saturday. The teams were matched to a hair in weight. There was perfect balance on every hand. Yet the teams showed coaching according to different styles. Florida's strong points were their long runs and their- puning, in both these particulars Taylor do ing the tricks with excellent action and effect. Carolina vorked mostly the cross-tackle bucks, mixed in with a few end runs and forward passes. Anyway, things vere about six of one and half a dozen of the other, for the results showed 6 and 6. After a struggle that was nip and tuck, neck .an( neck from the whistle to the last down, the teams had both showed grit and stuff that was admired on every hand. Neither had anything to regret. The game was brilliant in many spots, and hard fought everywhere. The Players. He-re is the )ersonnel of the team. In the line are a bunch of heavy weights. \Vatson - at center has shown excellent form all the season; he is a standby of the Gamecocks. His game is hard and consistent; he never bungles a pass, and things are safe in his hands. He makes big holes in the line drawn up opposite him. Finklea and Porter, guards, will average 175. They are made of the stuff that counts. Finklea is the heavier, and Porter perhaps the more muscular. While these guards are new material in the main, they have made good. The tackles are Williams and G;ir-ardeau. They are as good as the guards, wvhich is mighty good. Solid, strong. determined, they are buckers andl use their heads, too. The number of ends is large for Carolina, as usual. Mace and Wood row, who starred in the Clemson game last year, are on the job) with the same grit this time. Besides these. Dick, Knight and Waring are playing the extremes. These are all fast men, and Carolina (hoes not feel uncertain about any body getting outside of them. Mace has had some hard luck in being out of the gam e l)l iti hoped that lie will be back in by the time for the great contest. Captain Whittier, in the quarter position, is all to the good-quick, heady, witty, a good general, and has a complete control over the team. He has played star ball himself and done his best, and with good effect, to get the rest of the fellows to put out the best that's n them. The backs are not the least part of the team in matter of football stuff. Paul is in first year of 'varsity ball, but is showing up well at full. Passailaigue was the star at the Cit adel last season. Dutch is a bull, and that is all there is about it. He goes .............. JAMES G. DRIVER, Physical Director, who has been As sisting Coach Neff with the Carolina Crew. through the line or through anything else that signals call for. Wright son, a half, upholds the fame of the law school at Carolina. His game has increased in power during the whole season so far, andi he is going some at present. vonKolnitz, cap tain the past season and star for the College of Charleston, is one of the brightest lights of the Gamecock roost. Kiight has played 'varsity ball for Carolina for a year. H-e starred in the North Carolina gamie last season, when lie ran 6o yards through a broken field. Besides these are a lot of others that are on the second string and not far belowv. This Is Going to Be Force. "The great game this time will be in some respects the best since foot ball wvas reinstatedh at Carolina. Everyb)ody interested in the. Uni vrersity feels that she has a finer chance than has b)eeni the case b)efore. The team is better, and tihe spirit is the same 01(1 sp)irit. Send a GAMECOCK home. The Bird s1 letter04 iomme EtabiaBhed 1865 Lorick & Lowrance Wholesale Merchants COLUMBIA, S. C. T. B. Aughtry & Company Wholesale Groceries and Hardware COLUMBIA, S. C. Stylish Clothing For Young and Old Handsome Line of Sweat ers, Gents Furnishings, Hats and Caps. All for Our Fair Week Visitors. C. ff. Giradeau;& Co. 1601 MAIN 5T M. 1. 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