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Vol. XIII UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COLUMBIA. S. C., NOV. 20, 1919. No 9 FLORIDA ALLIGATORS TO PLAY HERE SATURDAY Scrappy Battle to be Staged on Davis Field Between Two Strong Teams One of the big football games of the year here is scheduled for Carolina field Saturday afternoon when the University of Florida comes to Columbia to meet the Univer sity of South Carolina. Play will begin at 3 o'clock. The last contest between the two universities was won by Flori da and Carolina will make a great effort to wipe this out Saturday. The Gamecocks are in fair shape for the contest and "Chief" Foster will probably be able to muster his full strength at game time Satur day. Florida is said to have a powerful team, stories from Gainesville telling of the line weighing in the neighborhood of 200 pounds from end to end. As was said before the Wash ington and Lee game giving away weight will be no novelty to the Carolina team, as the Birds are always outweighed in their battles these days. The supporters of the Birds have no idea how good the team looked against Washing ton Lee, for one who did not see the game can not know how gamely the South Carolinians fought against odds at Lexing ton. Like the minute men of another generation they gave and received blows that were heard around the block. In the Washington and Lee game Carolina attempted nine forward passes of which five were successful. Washington and Lee tried 23 passes and got away with seven. The Gen erals were also frequently pen alized for violations of the rules while Carolina followed the regulations to the letter in the main. The Gamecocks suffered only three penalties, each of five yards for off side. Wash ington and Lee was penalized a total distance of 75 yards dur ing the afternoon, their breaks including holding, hurdling, shoving and off side. The game with Florida should be a struggle well worth witnessing and it is to be hoped that a good crowd will be on hand. GENERALS i CAROL Exciting Game Played at Le Crawford Star in the Lir Backfield foi Washington and Lee won an exciting game from the univer sity last Saturday by the score of 26 to 0. The Generals out weighed the light Gamecocks 25 pounds to the man and had the advantage from start to fin 'ish. Despite this fact the team from South Carolina put up a stiff fight and came very near scoring before the Generals were aware that the game had begun. Some one remarked just before the contest that "af ter the first quarter our third and fourth string men will be sent in." At the end of the first period, W. & L. had scored only once; so it was decided to wait another quarter for the substitution. At the end of the second, they had scored only once more and again it was de cided to delay the playing of the scrubs against the Game cocks. To the surprise of the W. & L. supporters the third pe'riod gave them only one more score. And so, the scrubs failed to get the practice they had anticipated. Which all goes to show that the Generals had to fight for every inch of territory they made. Several forward passes were successfully completed, two giving our opponents touch downs. The Carolina men too short in stature to block passes thrown over their heads t omen of six feet and over in height. So Mattox and Cor bett put several across. The heavy backfield of the Generals broke thru our line several times for long gains, but more often they were limited to short ones and four times they were held for downs. When one thinks seriously about it, that was "going some." On the other hand, Foster's light back field, averaging 160 at the' most, was unable to make many substantial gains thru a line whose smallest man was six 191 pouads. But, for a' that, 191 pounds. But, for 'a that, it was an interesting game. The W. & L. team received. the kick off and by several line VIN OVER INA ELEVEN Kington in Which Smith and ie and Goodman in the Gamecocks plunges carried the ball down the field to Carolina's five yard line. Here a fumble resulted in the ball bouncing into Blount's hands who ran 85 yards to W. & L.'s 10 yard line where he was downed by Stevens, a ten second man weighing about 195 pounds. Three more plays netted the Gamecocks five yards and then Timmons attempted a place kick which would have been good had Bailey, playing right guard for the Generals, not jumped into the air for several feet and blocked it. The Caro lina eleven seemed unable to get within scoring distance af ter that and confined itself mainly to holding the home team to one touchdown each quarter. Burney Smith maintained his good record at end and played a spectacular game. His work brought forth praise from the W. & L. team and student body and everybody else who was present. Crawford was the mainstay in the line. Cap tain Bethel, who opposed him, remarked that he was the best guard seen on W. & L. field in several seasons. Goodman perhaps furnished the features of the backfield, altho Timmons should be mentioned for his ex cellent generalship and the re markable way in which he stop ped Stevens and McDonald af ter they had eluded the line. Mattox, Stevens, McDonald and Corbett played the best game for the Generals. It happened this way. First Quarter. Timmons kicked off to Mat tox who returned 12 yards. Raines took 3 yard over left guard. Carolina then penal ized 5 yards off sides. The next play was a forward pass, Mat tox to Corbett, which resulted in a 12 yard gain. Mattox ran 15 yards around left end and then followed it with 3 yards around right end. Attempted pass, Mattox to Daves, failed. Raines took 5 yard over left tackle and Mattox made first (CONTINUED ON PAGE 3.) DR.W.O.THOMPSON TO SPEAK FOUNDERS DAY President of Ohio State Uni versity to Deliver Address In State Capitol Definite announcement has been made that the usual Founder's Day celebration, which was suspended during the war, will be held again this year on January 15. Plans for the occasion have been practi cally completed and everything will be in readiness when the time arrives. The principal speaker of the occasion will be Dr. W. O. Thompson, president of the Ohio State University. He ranks with the foremost educa tional geniuses of the country and his coming to Columbia will be an honor to the univer sity as well as a rare treat to those who hear him. Dr. Thompson will speak at the first night session which is to be held in the State Capitol. Dr. D. M. Douglas, president of the Presbyterian College of South Carolina, has accepted the invitation to speak at the afternoon session of the Founders' Day exercises. W. C. Mann will speak as the rep resentative of the student body. RODDY iRELlMINARIES HELD NE;T WEEK The preliminaries for the Roddy Debating Team will be held in the Euphradian Society Tuesday night and in the Clari osophic Society next Monday night. One affirmative and one negative debater will be chosen from each society and these four will debate in public on the night of December 12. Much interest is always shown in this contest as it is one of the most important on the college pro gram. The subject selected for this year is, "Resolved, That im migration to the United States should be prohibited for five years after the signing of peace." The alumni of the University who attend the South Carolina Teachers' Convention in Colum bia next week will be given a smoker in Flinn Hall on Friday evening at 8 o'clock. All men who intend to be present will send their names to R. W. Wade.