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P. C.8 VCAROLINA-? DIVDSO -4P. C. University of South Carolina VOL. XV.1- COLUMBIA, S. C., OCTOBFR 6Ti, 1922. N PFW 3 ERSKINI FRESHMEN OPEN AGAINST P. C. This afternoon the University of South Carolina Freshmen meet the freshmen from Presbyterian College in their first game of the season. The full schedule for freshman teams is a new departure this year from the usual rou tine in South Carolina football, and with the new menl, high school and prep school stars, placed uder a special coach, the freshman schedules should provide football of a quality not much below that of the varsity teams. The Carolina first year men are hard at work every afternoon and Coach Brockington has done wonders with then in the few weeks that lie has had then in charge. The young Gamecocks have shown their class in scrimmages with the varsity and it is more than likely that some of them would he in the regular lineup if they were eligible for play this year. All of which goes to show that P. C. will have to have a better team than we think she has to get away with the long end of the score. But that is only a conjecture for all reports from Clinton declare that P". C. has a freshman aggregation worthy to (o battle with any in the state. It is highly imperative that everyone he on the field for the freshman games just as for the varsity contests. Caro lina is in for freshman football on a big scale this year and we want victory in these games just as much as in the big ones with Center, Sewanee, Furman, et. al. At the time that this sheet goes to press the lineup has not been announced but there are a host of promising men to choose from. The backfield will probably be picked from loatwright of Darlington Hi.; Jeffords of Orange burg -Ii.; Del,orme, of Sumter -1i.; Swink of Woodruf f -i.; Jaskowicz of Newark (N. J.) H1i.; Hlolcomb, of Charleston li. ; Mackey of Kershaw Hi.; Diukes of Oranigeburg Hi.; and Foster of Rock Hill hi. Among the candidates for the end position are L,il lard of Bailey; Sholar of Sumter Hi.; Boykin of Camden IIi.; Casey of Che raw I-li.; Coker of Darlington 11i.; Clark of Johnston li. Truesdale of Ker shaw li. Among the tackles are NMr daugh of Baylor; I.ong of Charleston IHi.; Hodges of Greenville Hi.; Coker of Winthrop Training School; and Gorman of Florence- Hi. A few of the guards are Gunter of Wagener Ii.; Mills of Camden li.; Young of Dar lington Hi.; Mayfield of Six Mile Ac ademy; \Vhite of ,asley Hi.; Moseley of Camden Hi. and Dukes of Orange burg Hi. Waite of Columibia Hi. and Crawford of Chester are making bids for the center's jot). It is by no means certain that the team will lie chosen from the names given abiove as there are a score of other men working on the field every day and any one of these has a chance to be in the running when the whistles begin toi bilow. It IS certain that whatever team represents Carolina on the field this a fternoon will he readly for the jobl. Our Freshman team is good this year. The material is of a high order and Brockington has given his charges some first class coaching. All that they neced now is for the student body to be on the bleachers just as they are at a var sity game--pulling heart and soul for Carolina's team. A number (of years ago Carolina had a remarkable first year team that attrac tedl much adlmi ratioin all over the state Continued on Page 2 G O l E FIRST MELTON SPEAKS TO UNIVERSITY "Yp The first Y. M. C. A. meeting of the scason 1922-23 was held Wednesday night, September 28, inl the "Y" chapel. The meeting was called to order by the president, Mr. Fant Kelly. It opened with a song. Before the speaking he gan Mr. Bell announced that the candi dates for the Advisory Board had been nominated and were ready to be Voted on by the association. For the facultv member the names of Prof. \Vilson Gee and Prof. Bradley were put before the house. By a rising vote Prof. Bradley was declared elected. The niames of Iob,J Hope and Clark W. Floyd were put up for the representative froi the senior class. After a count of the votes Mr. Ilope wa declared elected As the junior class was entitled to a meniber on the Board the names of M r. Johnson and Mr. Dabbs were of fered with the result of Mr. Johnson being the winner : A fter the "battle of the ballots was over, president MIelton was introduced by Ir. Kelly as the speaker of th evening. The president said it gave hiu a great deal of pleasure to be able tc stand before so many young and happy faces, but regretted that it was impos sible for him to he young again and be among them. The subject of Dr. Melton's talL was "the value of one's idle time." "Boys, one of the greatest problem that you will have to face in college i the proper use of your idle moments So many boys fail to realize this fact It is the purpose of the Young Nen' Christian Association to help you yotin men solve this problem by of fering amusements and entertainments. Re ligionl CommtIllands one to indulge in illo Cent amusement.' Dr. Melton said that in all of his re ligious life he had decided that the besl plant in life was to follow the Golder Rule. "Do unto others as you W0ould have them do tto von." "Do not ex pect more of your fellow man that you are willing to do for him. Lowell gives one of the best illustrations o this in his great work onl Sir Lautinfal and his search for the loly Grail." "Societv does not command vou t make a complete rule of conduct. You need more than that. You must add the teachings of the lowly Nazarene." Dr. NIelton wenit into a discussion of the dif ferences between Jesus Christ and tte great Napolion Bonapart. "Napo leon (with all of his sutccess) met with failure becattse he was after material gains. le did not consider the cries of the mothers, wives, sweethearts and children of the men who had been slain fighting for him, but continued in his struggle for selfish ends. The end was not far of f and when it came he p)aidl the penalty. Jesus also foutght a great battle that consisted of one campaign. lHe conqlueredl by teaching the words of love and wisdom to the lowly. healing thte sick and giving and helping in many other ways. He was not a fter material gains, hut here to hel p others. A fter dloing all of this he was illegally tried, convicteod and crucified that mankittd might be saved(.'' D)r. Melton concluded his talk by leav' ing wvith uts these two searching ques tins: "\\'hicht of the two was thte greater? "\'owas the victor ?" President Kelly' e'xpressedI thanks on behialf of the :\ ssociationt for D)r. NI\l - tot's address. Continued on Page 4. 'oI VICTIl SECEDERS DOWNED IN FIRST GAME Last Friday saw the football season pried open with a 13-0 win for Caro lina over Erskne. Baseball weather was the order of the day and prevent ed any consistent power on offense but the def-nise of both teams was good. Metzger's Ganicoocks have not vet developed that smoothness and preci sion of team play that may be expected to mark their efforts later in the sea son, but even in this first game they displayed flashes of power that pre sages great strength in the future. Carolina gained the mtost of her grotind on bucks over tackle and short end runs, with here and there a pretty pass or a sweeping end run by Amnlbs or Snipes. Captain Alex Waite was perhaps the most consistent gainer for the Garnet and Ilack. with Bsill Hol land. Amlibs, Snipes and Sizemore rip ping off good runs now% and then. Hewitt Fulton. a former P. C. player. was in the gamle for a short tine and ran the team well. He will make Carolina a good man this year. TIie general excellence of the line's play was the feature of the game. Erskine did not earn a single first down and never made a real threat of scoring except on anl inter cepted pass in ilidlield when Alex Waite paraded through four Erskinc men to make a tackle when he should have been downed ten yards away. Erskine lost her one big chance here and she never got another one. Joe Wheeler, in addition to calling the signals from center like a veteran (uarterback. played a wonderful game backing up the line. As one of the scrubs remarked after a scrimmage the other (lay, "When Joe hits a man, you can hear his teeth rattle halfway across the field." Chappelle was in there playing the game of his life, and is still heating the ends down tle field on pInts--anl dowIling the man whet lie gets there. The whole line was a stone wall but the work of these men stood out particularly. Fant 1Kelly and Shag Silnunons, play ing their first game for Carolina. showved that they have tihe stuff and we are looking for great things from them this year. IIarry L,ightsey, Johnny NiCNlillan and Frankie Meyer, ol(d stand by's in the line were taking everything that came their way and playing the kind of game that is go ing to imake Furman feel sick some weeks from now. Coach Metzger ran in quite a tnumber of subs an( Fd iminds, Brice, Neville, McKee, Wood son, Parler and Rhame all played the kind of hall that shows Carolina's reserves to be much stronger this year than last. For Erskine, the featture lay wvas furnished by the line, especially the twvo tackles, Brice and MacDonald. wvon hore the birtunt of the Carolina at tack and time andl again threwv hack the rtushes of the heavy Gamecock b)ackfieldl. T1hey are a strong pair of linemen and the Colmumia fans will watch them throughout the season. Erskine' affenise' was very weak, hut the Seceders, one and all, fought like wildcats oin the dlefense and frequently held their ground in the v'ery shadow of the goal posts. Thley are a scrappy li ttle teamu and Carolina wishes thmeim all the luck ini the world as they play through their seasonl. )ne of the amusing incide'nts of Continued on Page 6 TF. FE1 I P. WALLACE CAPTAINS 1923 BASKET BALL TEAN At a meeting called by Manager Jose) a short time ago the basketball lettei men from last year chose Chisholi \Vallace to lead the Gamecock squa< for the season of 1923. Wallace has played basketball for Carolina the past three years, havin made the team itn his freshman vear tnd has played first class hall consist antly thruout this time. le knows the name from A to Z, is a hard worker popular with the tien and will tmak4 anl ideal leader for the team this vear Chisholm's m11:m1y friends onl the caimptiu! are deliglted that he has been givel this honor as le has eartned it if evel a inan ilid. Carolina is more thian for. 111u1ate ilt having sitell a 11anl to lead liel teain this winter. and especially so be ca11e ChisIhoilm was uncertain abotit re. tilrniig this \ catr. Captain \allace says that le atici pates a toist successful season as a num ber of last year'S sSt|ad are Mt hat ind\ will be inl the game again this year Hesides hintself, there are twf g)ot f-11rwards itn ''lhotnpsmn and Wright Tese men have played together anu should show real class this winter Gas(Ite can play a jatn u1) game itn an position. atld Waite anld I illis are a pai of seasoned guards. Other men who are Iikelv to be seeti in action this win, ter are Abrams, Sparkman and Floyd The fact that Jack Vright will be eli gible, and the rettttnt if Wallace ali 'lhomlpson has ttade baskethall stl take a big jump skyward since the open ing of school. With several good scir itng 'en anI plenty of defensive strettgti the team shliuld he a itunitdiinger thi: wnter. And the electioin of Wallac as captain inakes things look just tha imtuch brighter. S. -----oiil - _______ Cross Country Team at Work, I'ofessor M ercer states that Cari. lilla is agail to stld a teailm to ci R'pet it1 the Titrkey day cross coutt ry tn al N ewherry. I'revost. Ohh, I'ars<t' and S41ue of the other old men are alrvail at work getting itn shape for this event, but there are setveral places to be il. led attd IProfessor NIercer particularly dtesires that a tnumbttier of the niew tmeu come out. Freshmen are eligible for places on this team, and this is a gowd chance to tmake a start itt ctollege track work. Thanksgiving will soon Ile hert and NOW is the time to get int condit ion. An\ nmen interested should see Nir. Van Meter, Professor Mercer or Steve Prevost. as soon as p )ossible. S. -00 Dr. Phillips Heard. Otne of the best talks ettioyied lby ther Untiversity sttudentt body itt a lottg while. was the otne given last week int chapel lby D r. Hetnry Phillips (If Tritnity F.pis copial Chutrch. D)r. PhillIips. est while alL Soutthernt gutard for Sewanee attt tow Presidettt of thte S. L....is a specaker of utnusual ptower. it his talk he poittted out the fact thtat each mant atnd wottan at the Utniversity is the fo ctus of a group hack at hotte. lie cal led ott the studetnts to make thte btest of their oppiortuniity htere, int order thtat the clhttd of wittuesses,"' by wvhomt ouir ef forts are binitg obtserv'ed. will he recomt pentsed. WV. "WXhere shall I fintd ladtes' waists ?" "Bet ween te nteckwear attd the htn siery, mnadlam!" --tLondo Mail. t E SH 4 NEXT BLUE STOCKINGS HERE TOMORROW This afternoon the Gamecock and Presbyterian College Freshman teams bark and bite to their hearts' content on Davis field, and then to-morrow comes .1tother if those proverbial "hattles of the Giants." P). C. won from Carolina in 1920, but has been forcel to accept tie short cnd of the score the last two years. The big (uestion is whether tic will "turn back its flight," or whether the G. and H. will continue her march toward the heights of supremacy in S,uth Carolina football eireles. I,ast year the colors of the Blue Stockings were dragged in the dust, - but tmirrmw. the i Presbyterian team -Ilics forth from its lair with a spirit if "d, or die:" and they've got some thing more than determinatioiin too the itam that licked )avidson last Fri da is ino slouch and timiorrow's fray 0should he a nip and tuck af fair to glad dn the heart of any lover of football. Aeronts iof their game Of last week credit the Ilue Stockings with a strong snaIppy. well-drilled lint and a snappy, hIard-littinc backfield. TIhie two half I acls are toulted as the equals of any pair in the state. The whole case in a lit shell: Cc"ach Johln111son had some cx celleint material t, work on this year, and that is the same as saying that P. C. has a corking good f(lotball team. fcor in 4r humle pilioli. 1. C. has, w\itli the single ex(ceptioni of our own Sol Metzger, the very hest football copach in the state. So much for the invaders, now f-or tle h]iom]e ho11pes. The Gamecock is not i<ily- cwin iver last week's triiuiplI, I mlt is IuIsy snmoothinji off the roulglh edgis and tuling up the offense a flit m 1re All t1his week (',ach M etzger, "Rd"' Edgerton and Bnick have been hard at work ironing out tihe wrinkles, .md"l there were a Iniier of bail ones. * he impr(,vemcit in signal work has been gratifying and there is every rca cc i to elieve' th;tt W\aitce, lultoni, \mbs. Snipe. 1illaid. ice. Size lucre, et al w\ill sh Iw It driving attack thait will make us f,iel all about the little "lips in tihe I-'kiice galme'. W e ventire the Ireldiet-0-n that tomorrow %Ill see a larger lriiptill of the gaills iii1le 0a the cnd rul ald forward le cr r T- I hat 's a matter if small ilmpoIirt. we feel that our team is the better and deserves to win, and so we arc goin,g tio le (lit there Pullling for Captain Waite and his teal all the way, for every member if the whc1cile stIIudIt win or lost'. And it wouild not le amiss for everybody, lie it main, w (MIan or child, to send upi a prayer to his or her favo1rite deity to "Please. I r. Wt ather tman, won't i iu senui15si some ni1ce, cool wetathetr tiomoi rri w a fternioonci."' , T~omorrows Carolina hits the second round of her fight for thle State Chain pionship. Slie wvill have tic cvt'rcome a danigerouts rival anid sic we mulst have fir C'arolinma anid (Cari-l ina's Fo(otb)all Team." "W\il YOU lie there ? Here's nilt' rahl's for P. ('. andl a skyroi'ket for the Garnet and IBlack. Home Thoughts. Wife (away fromi home)-H-orrors! I forgot to turn of f the electric iron?i Htusbad-It's all right. Notling will burn long-I forgot to tturn of f the wvater in the bathtub. M E N?