The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, November 21, 1914, Image 1
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