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Dedicated to the Football Team of 1912 1 V O L. RI T I ACM I , S. .tOR 1 VO.VI. UNIVERSITY OF SOU"T CAROLINA, COLUMBIA, S. C., NOVEMBER o., 1912. No. q. GREAT SEASON ENDED IN BLAZE OF GLORY Gamecocks Romp on Bulldogs Thanksgiving Day. Citadel Starts Strong in First Quar ter Until Carolina Machine Shows Full Strength-Score 26 to 2. Starting off with a rush that threatened to score a touchdown the first few minutes of play, the Citadel Bulldogs were halted on the Carolina i-yard line in the Thanksgiving game, and in only a single other instance did they threaten the Gamecock goal. After 11otTIE AVINOFER, Former Porter Star Who las Male Good at Carolina. the defense ha<i strengthened in time to prevent a score, the Caro lina attack started working with the same smoothness 'that it has shown all the season and the visitors were swept off their feet. A touch down in each of the <puarters of the game and t wo goals from touch down hrongh1t the total university score up to 26, w~hile the only tally' of the Charleston aggregation wvas recorded wvhen a safety w~as deC clared on a p)lay behind the Caro lina goal, making tihe final score stand 26 to 2. Thle game was not so onie-sided (Continued on Page Twvo.) TEAM THIAT' W01 CAROLINA FOOTBALL IMM WHO HUMI Short Biographical Sketch of Memorable Game Fair V4 Vanquished. Many Will ] If the university ever builds a Hall of Fame for her illustrious sons every man on the team which defeated Clemson Thursday of fair week will certainly be reserved three rooms and a bath. They will receive this honor not alone because of that isolated performance. note worthy as it may be, but because of previous and subsequent exhibi tions on the gridiron the present season. The team is recognized as one of the best that has repre sented Carolina in all her athletic history, and whatever circumstances have entered into the individual football development of each memr ber are of unusual interest. The following biographies of the mem bers of that band of men that hum bled the proud Tiger are submitted so that those who read may correct lv estimate the elements which en tered into the production of these warriors. VonKolnitz-Fritz took his first course in football at the Porter Mil itary academy, became a star at the College of Charleston and came here for his post graduate studies. His performances on last year's team led to his election as captain of the 1912 varsity. He has shown himself to be one of the best half hacks in these parts, and his equal as P side-stepper and stiff-armer has probably never been seen on Davis field. His phice kicking has been a valuaible asset to the team. H-eyward-Daniel arrived on the scene this y'ear- with a football repu tation from the Episcopal H-igh school of football fame. His blonde head, hidden beneath a Cubanola hat, the purpose of which has never been discovered, bobbed up for p)rac tice the first afternoon of the season and has been bobbing aroulnd the field ever since. HeI. immediately FRtOM CLEMSON ORTALS lED THE CLEMSON TIGER Bvery Man Who Fought in the eek When the Tiger Was lay on Next Year's Team settled down on one of the half back jobs and covered it like snow covers the earth. He is a hard tackler, hits the line like a loose engine and is a neat broken field runner. Passailaigue-The big Dutchman learned the rudiments of the game at the Citadel, where he played two years, and broke into higher com paiiy here in the fall of 1911. For two seasons he has operated as full back, and when it comes to line plunging, there are few at the busi ness that have any goods on him. On the attack he is a difficult man to stop and as a defensive end, breaks the interference as nicely as could be desired. His work in the Clemson game was brilliant. Iarth-Bill had the honor of crossing Clemson's goal line for the first time in three years in the me morable battle of more than a month ago. Not being satisfied with this he gave a splendid exhibi tion throughout the rest of the game. He is a good general and rushes well with the ball. William served a long apprenticeship on the scrubs before coming into his own this fall. Bristow-Bristow, the lightest and fastest man on the team, is a debutante, joining the team this year from the Darlington 1-igh school. His speed and head work show him to be one of the coming half backs of the State. Boulware-Marcus Aurelius was caught from Clemson anid began his football career in the class gamnes of last year. HeI is a hard line plu~nger and runs strong interfer ence. With one more year of ball, he should dlevelop) into a powerful hack. Langston-"lBub" is another pro (Continnedt on Page Seven.) WILL COACH EDGERTON RETURN NEXT YEAR Hoped That Carolina Pigskin Instructor Will Come Back. His Work With the Team Here Has Placed Carolina on Football Map. Brief Sketch of His Career. Coming to Carolina this year from the College of Charleston, Coach Red Edgerton has wrought one of the greatest transformations in the team here that has ever surprised the fans of this State. He found the bunch here practically the R.,~. COACH RED EDGERTON same as the squad of last year, with the addition of Heyward and Dunn, and from the material at hand he has fashioned one of the strongest teams of the South Atlantic States. An example will suffice to show the work of his hands. The Col lege of Charleston was defeated last year by Carolina by the score of 15 to 3. The team that fought the Maroon and. White this year was the same in personnel with one exception with the aggregation of 191 1. Yet the score was 65 to 0 in favor of the Gamecocks. The same conditions apply to the Clem son game, yet the scores of the two games of this and last year wvere radically and hap)pily dlifferenit. Coaich Edgerton received his training in football at Davidison, where he worked as center for four years, his per formances on the gridi ro bringing him fully into the (Continued on Page Three.)