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GREAT SEASON ENDED IN BLAZE OF GLORY (Continued from Page One.) as the score would indicate and was fought bitterly by the losers until the final down. 'I'le field was mud(ly and necessarily many funm bles crept into the game, but there were many thrilling runs that brought the stands to their feet, sensational tackles and a general fierceness of play. Every inch of ground was co ntested. but the ver satile nature of the Gamecock at tack and the splendid interference which the locals ran overcame the Rulldog defense sufficiently in each quarter to score a touchdown. Off tackle plays and line plunges were tlie most consistent gron(d gainers in the re)ert(i re )f plays which tihe Gamecocks used. 'The sweeping end runs which have featured every gainle 4f tie seas<im were not as effective as heretofore on account of an unusually active pair of ends on the Citadel team. The defense. which was somite tiles tuileniahly weak in the middle of the fichi. always stiffened when the play was neIr the goal line in time to cut (off a tiuchdlo wn. ''wice the ball was the ('itadel's on Caro lina's - yard line, but that needed three feet it was unp ()ssible to gain in four dlowns iand a well-directed punt sent the pigskin spinning down the field. The fo rwar(l pass. the academy's chief weapl) in If offense which has gained much go)und (Iiring the season, scoring t wo touchdowns against Clemson. was attempted time after time by Captain Martin. only to he broken upl) or intercepted. The Gamecock ends and b:tcks had been coached especially for this play and it worked success fully only a few timies. Back Field Strong. The Citadel b:ck field is a well balanced Iachine and with stronger forwards w in ulid(nhtedly have (lone a little scoring itself. The biggest factor of the back field and the strongest man in the team is Folger, at right half. The Citadel attack was built around him and his swift feet ripped ofT more yards than were gained by all the other emnbers of the rear quartet. He is a master of line plunging and ran brilliantly around t he ends. Gib)son ran slendi(id inlter ference and on the tackle p)lays frequently shoved his big body thurough for several yards. Captain Martin, at quarter, ran his temii with excellent judgment, and tore off Someii goodl gains on sp)rints around end(. Wal lace, at right end. for the Bulldogs, starred at br1eaking up inter feretice for end runs and ran downi the field well undicer punlIts. Carolina Stars. Every linie man on the Ganiecock teami deserves a big share of the credit for the victory over the Bull dogs. Holditng firm against the charges of the opposing backs every time their goal line was in danger and opening up great gaps for the rear field artists to pass through when a gain was needed, they effec tually cut off scoring by their an tagonists and aided in piling up needed points to store the game away. Girardeau. Porter. Stoney, Mills, I3rann---five stalwart for wards made uip an impregnable de fense against line plunges and their fierce charges made it possible for many sensational runs to be ripped off. Gitney Sligh played the most remarkable game of his career at right end, and Luther Hill showed u1p in as advantageous form on the 0 other extreme. This duo cut off all long returns of punts and made some of the hardest tackles that have ever upset a player on Davis field. No one player deserves more credit for the termination of the season in a blaze of glory than does young Boulware. who operated for most of the game at left half. As a line plunger he knifed through the Citadel forwards like a veteran and ripped off runs of 10, 15 and 20 yards nearly every time that he was called on. Dan Heyward. at the other half, ate up the turf at will, his long runs through broken fields featuring the contest. Langston performed brilliantly at full, break ng th rough the line for many long gains. Luther H-ill, playing his first game at half, showed up well. B3illy H arth b)roughlt the standls to their feet in the finial minutes of the game by charging through the line 30 yards for a touchdown. Some Crowd. '[he stands were filled and every post of vantage along the side lines was occupliedl when the twvo teams trotteil on the field at 3:15. Fair spo0nsors in carriages decoratedl with the colors of the two colleges graced the occasion from the side lines. The Start. A ft er running through signals for fi fteen minutes, the teams uw,re set at each other by the sounding of Referee Henderson's whistle. Caro lina kicked off and after the line had been tried twice by the cadets for a 3-yard gain, Folger got away on a fake end run for 35 yards. Gibson, Folger and McFadden in four downs carried the ball to the t6-yard line, and the same trio in three line plunges put the ball on the i-yard line. It was first down and goal to gain. Folger made a desperate effort on an end run which gained nothing. A line plunge had the same result, and two tries by Gibson failed to advance the pigskin, the ball going over. IIeyward punted to Martin. Gibson was thrown for [-~ 1 2-r a 5-yard loss by Sligh, but a moment later a forward pass, Martin to Bruner, went for 20 yards. Here the Citadel was held for downs, and with the ball in Carolina's posses sion, on the first down, Heyward shot around left end for 35 yards. Langston added 12 through center, Heyward took five over tackle. On the next play Langston went over center for 20 yards and the ball was on the Citadel's i -yard line from where Heyward easily carried it over on the next play. 1-leyward kicked goal. There was no further scoring for the p'eriod. In the second quarter the Citadel scored a safety when Reddy Metts attempted to punt out1 fromi b)ehindl the line. Re(ddy got the p)unt off all right, but Heywa rd held a runner off and under the rules a safety w*as granted. IHey ward wvent i5 for a touchdowvn in this quarter after the b)all had been adlvanlced by steady line plunges, one of which was for 20 yards by Boulware, to the Cita (d's 1 5-yard line. "The half endled with the score i3 to 2 in favor of the Gamnecocks. Second Half. Another touchdowvn came in the third qjuarter. A fler Hey ward re ceived Folger's punt11 on the Citadel 35-yard line, twvo runs around end for six yardls each by Hill, and one over tackle for i $ hy Hmey Vd, carried the ball to the 8-yard line, and Langston took it over on the next play. Heyward kicked goal. In the final round another touch down was added when young Bill I-arth got away straight over center for a, 35-yard run, the most sensa tionl of the game, across the line. Tlhis ended the scoring for the game and the contest was called on ac count of darkness after five minutes of play. Final score, 26 to 2. The Line-up. Passailaigue .....L E........ Buse Mills...........L T. . .Alexander Porter.........L G.......Scaife Girardeau....... c. ......Woods Stoney.........R G .... Stannard lrann ..........R T .....Brunner Sligh .......... R E ..... Vallace Harth..........Q B......Martin Heyward.......L I......Gibson Hill ........... R H ...... Folger Langston ....... F B. . . McFadden Substitutes: Carolina-Avinger for Stoney; Metts for Avinger; Stoney for Metts; Hill for Pas sailaigue; Passailaigue for Hill; Allan for Harth; Heyward for Allan at quarter ; Harth for Hey ward at quarter; Bristow for H ill Hill for Bristow; Boulware for Heyward at half ; Heyward for loulware. Citadel-Sheppard for Woods; Gregory for Scai fe; Shep pard for Stannard; Boykin, L. I-I., for Sheppard at guard. Suiimary: Referee, Henderson (Wesleyan). U;nipire, Murphy (Pennsylvania). l-Iet linesmen, Dunn (Davidson) Sinith (Citadel). Timekeepers, Mc (;owan (Sewance) ; Ancrum (Cita del). Time of quarters. 15 minutes. Touchdowns : Heyward 2, Langston 1, -arth j. Goals: Heyward 2. Safety (Citadel) penalty. HIGH SCHOOL MEET STAGED IN APRIL Annual Track Event Will be Held on Davis Field With Good String of Schools Competing. The inter-high school track meet, held annually on Davis field with quite a bunch of schools of the State competing, will be staged this year about the last week of April. This will be the fourth meet that has been pulled off under the aus pices of the university and it is ex pected that a greater number of en rants will be recordled than hereto fore, though the cards at previous meets have been mest encouraging. The ev'ent is open to any high school of the State and directions for training and other informationi wvill be furnished by Mr. James G. Driv'er, athletic instructor. The young men wvho represent the va rious schools are entertained on the campus b)y the students at no cost whatever. The events to be run off are: 1oo-yard (lash, 220 and 440-yard runs, the mile and half-mile races, the 220-yardl hurdle, high and broad uipS. D)Ole vault1 ndr shotru.