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OCT121 :918 VOL. VII. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COLUMBIA, S. C., OCTOBER 18, 1913. No. 4 CAROLINA SHOWS BAPTISTS FORM Gamecocks Mop Up With the Bunch From Tarheel State Dark Ages During the First Half But Varsity Comes Back Strong and Wins by Score of 27 to 10 With the score standing 10 to 6 against them, and the game half over, the Carolina Gamecocks came to life in the third quarter of last Saturday's contest with the Wake Forest Baptists and by a marked improvement over the form shown in the opening quar ters, snatched a brilliant victory from the very jaws of defeat. To attribute the victory to any one man would be unfair. The hon or belongs to the team and to the five hundred loyal Carolina men who cheered loud in the first two quarters when defeat seem ed evident as they did in the last when fickle Dame Fortune had smiles only for the Garnet and Black. If, however, laurels must be bestowed, then let them rest upon the shoulders of the veter ans Fritz vonKolnitz and "Wild" Dan Heyward, whose superb playing sent thrill after thrill ot excitement through the crowd. Both of these men have long been recognized as the brilliant scintillating stars of the Carolina backfield and never has either of them given more conclusive evi dence of his right to the title than in Saturday's game. In the first quarter things look ed dark for Carolina. An at tempted forward pass failed and on the punt which followed, the Baptists secured the ball and marched down the field for a touchdown, ripping the Carolina defense to pieces on every play. Savage kicked goal and the score stood 7 to 0 in the visitors' favor. Things looked a little brighter a few moments later when Lang ston, in one of his whirlwind line plunges, carried the ball over for Carolina's first touchdown. Von Kolnitz failed to kick goal and the visitors still had the lead. 'Then, to add to the feeling of un easiness which filled the hearts ,of Carolina supporters, Savage, the Wake Forest fullback, placed a drop kick between the timbers fram the 35 yard line, making the:score read: Wake Forest 10, Canzolina 6. In the third quarter the varsity took on new life. The visitors' .(Continued on Page 3) SEVERAL WOULD ENTER OXFORD Five Applicants Are Examined for Rhodes Scholarship Inducements of English Institution Are Many, Including Annual Tour of Continent The examinations for the Rhodes scholarship to Oxford were held Tuesday and Wednes day of this week in Davis college under the direction of Dr. Cham berlayne. This scholarship is worth $4,500 for the three yearsI and includes a regular course of study at the English university with three months travel on the continent each year. The two scholarships for this state are now held by Mr. Irving Belser, an old Carolina man, and Mr. Paul of Charleston college, who was appointed last year. These examinations are not competitive. They are merely entrance exams to the university and the men who pass are simply eligible to receive the scholarship. This is awarded on the general merits of the man himself. His whole college record is taken into consideration, the object being to get the most well-rounded man possible. Those who stood the examina tions are: L. H. Smith, H. O. Hanna and H. C. Brearley of the university, J. A. Nesby of the Presbyterian College of South Carolina and Mr. George H. Ed wards, an old Carolina man who is now teaching in the Carlisle Fitting school at Bamberg. Mr. Edwards stood only the examina tion in Greek, as he qualified in the other subjects last year. Glee Club Holds First Meeting for Election The Glee Club held its first meet ing of the year in the chapel the early part of this week. H. S. Reeves was elected president, A. M. Paul vice president, and J. L. Perkins manager. The club will make several trips this year as they have been doing for several seasons. One of these may be taken before Christmas and a rather extensive tour may be made during the holidays. Other tripswill be taken in the spring and concerts will be given at Winthrop, Converse, and in Charleston. President Reeves has officially announced that within the next few weeks a tryout for new men will be held. Every man who can sing, or who tinks he can, is urged to be on hand as there is always room for another good *voice in the club. HOLD PRELIMINARY DAVIDSON DEBATE Free-for-all Contest Will Occur November 3 Over a Dozen Candidates in Match to Defend Carolina in Oratory. Competition is Keen A free for all preliminary for the annual debate with Davidson college will be held in the chapel of the university Monday night, November 3. From the half dozen or more who will enter the preliminary two speakers and an alternate will be selected to match wits and words with the highbrows of the Presbyterian: college. Among those who are entered for the first round of play are: McInnes, Brearley, Bradley, Dudley, Wright, Cudd, Jeter, Fulton, Pearcy and several dark horses. The debate with Davidson this. year will be held in Charlotte, Thanksgiving night, November 27. The university speakers will uphold the affirmative of the query: "Resolved, That the com mission form of municipal gov ernment should be generally adopted in the United States." Davidson's speakers will be Messrs. Marvin and King. This is the third and deciding debate of the series and for that reason it is attracting unusual consideration both locally and at Davdson. Any student is eligible who does not hold a collegiate degree and who has not received pay for public speaking. New Dormitory Almost Ready for Occupancy. The new dormitory, Woodrow College, situated in the rear of Rutledge College, is rapidly near ing completion. The contractors say that within a week or ten days the building will be ready for occupancy. It is probable that tudents will be allowed to move nto the eastern tenement before this time has elapsed. The building, as was stated in a previous issue of this paper, is modern in every detail. In each of the three tenements hot and I cold showers have been installed. These, with the steam heat and lavatories to be found in every suite of rooms, afford convenien ces not to be found in the older colleges. The building is three stories high and is constructed of brick, overlaid wvith stucco. The general plan of the building is the same a that of the older ones. TOURNEY IS ON AT RIDGEWOOD Carolina is Walking Off With Many Tennis Laurels Has Two Teams in Finals Doubles. Brooker Showing Great Form, With Crawford as Partner Wednesday, Thursday and Fri day have witnessed some very hot matches in the eighth meet ing of the South Carolina Inter collegiate tennis tournament now in progress at Ridgewood. The best feature of the meet is the splendid showing of the Caro lna bunch consisting of Brooker, Trotter and Waring in singles and Cary and Waring, Brooker and Crawford in doubles. Caro lina has won nine matches and has not lost once. Brooker beat Drummond, of Furman; and Lancaster, of Char leston College, with a surprising degree of ease; showing thut Carolina's recent importation from Kansas City has the goods even more in tennis than in foot ball. Friday morning he finished a match against Trotter, also of Carolina, and walked away with the laurels. Trotter had already defeated Holmes, of Charleston. Waring won two single matches and is meeting Erwin of Clemson in the seininais this afternoon. The two Carolina teams are fin ishing the doubles championship this morning. Brooker and Craw ford had one set to the good when things were called off last night, but Waring and Cary were com ing back strong and the outcome is awaited. with much interest. Waring is up against Erwin in the semifinals for singles and this morning's play match either Brooker or Adams, a Clinton lad, against the winner for singies championship. Brooker and Crawford put Adams and Ashe, of Clinton, out of the fight about dinner time Thursday, They also defeated Erwin and Thornton, of Clem son, in the semi-finals F:iday morning. The best progress, up to the time the Gamecock went to press, was made by Cary and Waring, who have won three matches, although the see ond of these three, again$tSpen cer and Galloway of I rskine, was an exceptionally close shave. 2-6, 7-5, 7-5 were the scores by which the first double team bare ly managed to nose out their ag gressive opponents from D)ue West. "Pat" Reed of Clinton, a brother of Dick Reed former Carodina baseball and footbcsl I star, is showing great form in singles.