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VOL. V. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COLUMBIA, S. C., DECEMBER 21, 1911. No. 13. BASKET BALL HOPES CONSIDERED BRIGHT W. L. Hannahan of Charleston Leads Quintette. DAVID PERKINS FOR MANAGERIAL JOB Five Men Were Recommended by Student Body to Advisory Board for Handling the Business End. Hanahan of Charleston will cap tain the basket ball team of the Uni versity of South Carolina this sea son. This was decided recently, and the man who will act as manager will be decided soon. At a meeting of the student body Monday morn ing five names were passed upon to be recommended to the advisory board for the managerial position. Those named were: Hoyt Watson, Ray, Woodrow, D. G. Perkins and Hemingway. The matter was brought up as to whether the same manager would be had for the basket ball and track teams. This was left to the advisory board, and a motion passed that if two were decided upon, that the two should come from the above list. At a meeting on Monday afternoon D. G. Perkins was selected as man ager for both teams. James G. Driver, athletic director, is enthusiastic over the prospects of getting Carolina into the basket ball "habit." The material looks good and he hopes to have a schedule of several games arranged. It is prob able that four games will be played in Columbia and four on the road. The most probable colleges are Newberry, Furman, Wofford, Da vidson and Wake Forrest. GLEE CLUB On Tuesday night, January 9th, the Glee Club will give its first con cert of the year in the University chapel at 8:30 o'clock. The club is composed of the following men: First tenors, Blake, Reeves, Harris, Gage; second tenors, White, Sligh, Lumpkin, Templeton, Sawyer; first bass, Dozier, Stoney, Wilkes, Per kins; second bass, McCrady, Mc Gowan, Robinson, Paul. The student body is looking for ward with great interest to the first appearnce of the club. TO ALL, A MERRY, The Gamecock wishes each faculty, trustees and other officis a most happy and prosperous Ne of great pleasure and much blessi The incoming year has in st< for those who grasp the opportun collectively, make the most of eN sixty-six, of nineteen hundred and DRIVER TO COACH CAROLINA IN BASEBALL Wild Bill Clark, Manager of Colum bia, Will Kindly Help With the Pitching Staff of Gamecocks. At a meeting of the advisory board of the University Monday afternoon Jas. G. Driver, athletic director, was elected to the position of head coach of the baseball team for the coming season. Mr. Driver will be given assistance in the gym nasium work, a student to be put in charge. Mr. Driver played baseball at the University of Virginia and is thor oughly conipetent to hold the posi tion to which lie has been elected. Also the election pleases the men of Carolina highly, for every one of them think a great deal of Mr. Driver and know that he will put life and ginger into the team. Soon after school opened this year "Wild Bill" (J. Langdon) Clark, manager of the Columbia (South Atlantic) team, and one of the best of Sally league pitchers, offered to give what time lie could to training the pitching staff of the Gamecocks. This was a very kind offer and the men should show their appreciation by trading with Messrs. Clark and -arbison. Mr. Clark will endeavor to, give two or three afternoons a week to the twirlers, free of charge, and no doubt every man of Carolina will appreciate greatly the efforts of Mr. Clark to help the University. Freshman Class Elected New Officers Last Saturday. The freshman class met on Sat urday afternoon and elected a new staff of officers, the old set resign ing. The new officers are: L. WV. Hill, president; L. S. Perkins, vice president; B. F. Grcene, secretary; Lenox Langston, treasurer; H. C. Brearley, historian; H. E. Danner, honor system committeeman. MERRY CHRISTMAS. and every man of Carolina, the is, a merry, merry Christmas and w Year. May the Yuletide be one ng to you all. )re glad tidings and much success. ity. Let each one, individually and ery day of the three hundred and twelve. CAROLINA AND CITADEL ARE NOT ENEMIES Letters Sent to University Were Without Authority-Welcome News to Carolina Students. Relations between the University of South Carolina and the Citadel have not been severed, as has been announced in the public press and through personal communication. The letter sent here to that effect was written by a representative without the knowledge or approval of the authorities. The trouble arose from the Thanksgiving Caro lina-Citadel game. This is wel comed news to the University stu dents and to all the loverIs of the gridiron sports in Columbia. The letter to Professor Baker of this institution is as follows: "December i8, 1911. "Prof. L. T. Baker, University of South Carolina, Columbia, S. C.: My Dear Mr. Baker: Following my two previous letters to you I wish to add two statements regarding items which have been published about the Thanksgiving game. "The first is the news item from the Citadel stating that athletic re lations had been broken with the University. The letter from the cadet manager of the football team to the student manager of the Uni versity team to that effect was un official in that it was written with out the auth>rity of the president of the Athletic Association and the faculty athletic committee, and without my knowledge or approval. "The other is a statement which seems to have gained some currency that at the Thanksgiving game Lieut. Jervey, of the Citadel, led the cadets in an assault on the field judge. I am sure that this misrep) resents both Lieut. Jervey and the cadets. Admittedly, Lieut. Jervey had no right on the field, being neither an official nor a player, but I believe him when he states that he had no thought of anybody follow ing him, and that his action was a (Continued on Page Three) JUNIORS AND SOPHS BATTLE WITHOUT SCORE Championship Game Failed to Determine Winner. CONTEST WAS ROUGH AND FIERCELY FOUGHT Both Teams Showed Up Well and a Number of Good Plays Cropped Out During the Four Quarters. Once more have the classes of '13 and '14 met in football with the score at the end of the game a tie, o to o. Monday afternoon these two teams clashed in the deciding game of the class championship series and fought hard to a draw. Both teams showed up well and during the contest many good plays were worked. The "Sophs" used a short forward pass to perfection, mixed in with end runs and line bucks, while the Juniors relied mainly on end runs and tackle over tackle plays. Hill and Murphy played especially well for the third year men, Hill's long run in the early stages of the game being an especial feature. For the Sopho mores, Mixon and Motte again starred, the former's tackling and runs helping his men to a great ex tent towards keeping the ball out of their territory and Motte's punting pulled his team out of many a bad hole. The line-up: Juniors. Sophomores. Robinson ...... C.... . . . Barnett Rodgers ......RG...... Howell Wright, Moore. RT ...... McTeer Carpenter Murphy, Lee, Pearcey ..... . . Evans, Purdy Manning ......LG..... Galloway Dudley, Hoffman . LT....... Owens Elzey ........LE... .. Douglass Wilkes, Dudley, RH ....... Watts Motte .... . ... LH... Hill (Capt.) Boland .......FB....... Brohun Mixon (Capt.) QB. .. .. ...Moore Jones Officials: Referee, Mobley (Caro lina) ; Stoney, umpire, ('r4) ; field judge, Knight ('12); head lines man, Goggans, (law, '12) ; time keepers, Brohun, ('14), McMillan, ('12). Time 'of quarters, 12, 10, 12, 1o. (Last quarter increasedl five minutes by agreement of captains).