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VOL. VIII UNIVERSITY OF SOUTfl CAROLINA, COLUMBIA, S. C., NOVEMBER 21, 1914. No. 9 THOMAS FARMER, CRIMINAL, Interesting Account of Man Who Cauley Mission, and Who C Since -Tom Farmer will be among the speakers in the series of lectures to be given before the Y. M. C. A. on December 10-13, i a few facts of his life may be of interest. "Tom Farmer was torn in the slums of New York City in 1857, and in early childhood was train ed to professional stealing. The steps to robbery and larger crimes were rapid, and at twenty-five he was an expert safecracker and was repeatedly imprisoned. He developed wonderful facility in escaping from prison by saw ing bars and tunneling, and is the only ex-convict living that ever escaped the Polly Steel Cage in the state of Washington." "He associated with the Jessie .James' gang and later developed mtLo an expert train robber. On one occasion he was the only one of a gang to escape alive from an assault on a stage coach. One day he saasntered into the .Jerry McCauley mission and was impressed with the sermon of S.H. Had Iey that he surrendered to God, and with the aid of Miss Helen Gould and other choice spirits, soon became such a pow erful and useful worker in the same mission that he w asked to begin working for college men," says a short history of his life. Mr. Farmer has the endorse ment of many strong men, and his coming is looked forward to with nlasa REFORMED Y. M. C. A. SPEAKER I Was Converted by Jerry Mc imes Here December 10-13. CAROLINA TO BATTLE CITADEL THANKSGIVING Old Time Rivals to Meet in Final Game of Season. Large Crowd Expected, Includ ing Bulldog Corps-Probable Lineup of Teams. Next Thursday at noon Caro li.ia plays the Citadel at the league park. The Thanksgiving game between these two colleges is always looked forward to with much pleasure by the members of both student bodies. In 1912 Carolina defeated the soldiers by a score of 27 to 2. Last year our team won by an even great er score, 42 to 13. But very lit tle can be predicted by past re sult.;. The B3ull Dogs are going to put up a strong fight and in t?nd to make the Gamecocks work hard to beat them. A large crowd witl be present to witness the game. The Uni versity student body will have a holiday and are to be present in full force. Nor will the Cita del team lack supporters. The entire cadet corps will come up on a special train, and their pres ence will add much to the occa sion. Sponsors representing the two colleges wiil be present. These fair maidens in carriages rich,y bedecked in the colors of the respective institutions are very inspiring to the members of both teams. Besides, alumni of both institutions will be on the grounds to support their a: ma mater. The cadet supporters are glad to know that . olger and Weeks will be in form to play in next Thursday's game. These two star players have been out of several past games on account of injuries. The Carolina support ers have been informed that Stoney is eligible to play under the S. I. A. A. rules. Stoney is a valuable man to the team and all are glad to know that he will be in the game. it is probable that the game will start with the line-up as follows: Citadel Carolina Hudgena. ... .. . C,. .. Girardeau CAROLINA SMOTHI IN AVALANCHI Line Smashes, Intermingled Witi to Indians-Luke Hil PRESBYTERIANS TRIM GAMECOCK'S SPURS Annual Game Results in Vic tory for Davidson, 13 to 7. Carolina Greatly Hampered by Weather Which Handicap. ped Forward Passing. In a game that was called be cause of darkness when there were six more minutes to be pay ed Davidson coilege defeated Carolina at football last Saturday, 13 to 7. The university led a: the end of the first half 7 to 0, but David son came back in the second half and made two touchdowns. Langston, Heyward, Hill, Sto ney and Girardeau starred for Carolina. C. Walker, R. Walker, McKinnon and Keesler featured for the visitors. Rain which fell all the morning and part of the game hampered Carolina's attack as the univer sity put its main dependence on the forward pass which of course was difficult to manipulate with a slippery ball. However, Stoney handled the wet ball exception ally well, and kept the score down. G. W. Ward. who graduated last year, has resigned his posi ton as playground director in this city to accept the principal ship of a school at Tarboro, N. C. Mr. Ward made a good rec ord here, and will be missed by his friends on the campus. Alexander.....RG ..... Hampton Nichols ....... LG .... J. Porter Shephard ..I.. RT . 0.... . Going Jeffords........ LT .... McMillan Moore.......R..RE ......... Fant Bolton ........ LE.... (capt) Hill Wallace...... QB ........ Stoney Weeks....... RH .....Langston Folger (capt) . LH .....Heyward Switzer.......FB .....Brooker The following are other Game cocks who ma.i take part in the game: M. Porter. English H. R. Going, Kerr, Geer, Edwards, Coggeshall, Edmunds. Richards. An effort is being made to have every Carolina man present to cheer the team to victory. RS NEWBERRY " OF TOUCHDOWNS Forward Passes, Spells Defeat I the Individual Star. Carolina went to Newberry Thursday to break a tie and broke it into wee bits. The score was Carolina 46, Newberry 7. A varied, aggressive line attack and fine forward passes, kept the Indians guessing, and it was seen after the first few minutes of play that Newberry's only hope was to keep the score down. Carolina scored in the first quar ter, Hey ward picking up a fumb led ball, and running 45 yards for a touchdown. Goal was miss ed. In the second quarter the Gamecocks made two more touch downs; one as a resu.t of a for ward pass, Stoney to Brooker, brilliantly executed; the other on a line plunge by Langston after that player had intercepted a forward pass and was downed on the one yard line, from where he carried the ball over for a touchdown. Score at the end of first half, Carolina 20, Newberry 0. The third quarter was score less. In the final quarter New berry made their lone touchdown as the result of several forward passes. Goal was kicked. It was in the latter part of the period. that thN Gamecocks ran wild. Four touchdowns were made. This quarter was featured by the brilliant work of Heyward, Hill and Kerr. Time after time these men would advance the ball up and down the field. Once Hey ward ran thru the entire New berry team for 50 yards. Kerr, in six downs, carried the ball over for a touchdown on success ive line bucks from midfield. Captain Hill skirted the ends at will, clipping off gains of 20. 30 and 40 yards. a touchdown result ing. The final score was Caroli na 46, Newberry 7. The individual star for Caro lina was Capt. Luther Hill. On end he smeared play after play. He was down the field like a flash on punts and fleet MCLean was downed in his tracks time and again. In the latter part of the third period he was shift ed to halfback, where he play ed an equally brilliant game. Dan Hey ward also played a splen did game, running well with the ball and doing good work on the defensive. The Carolina line held like a brick wall agrainst the