Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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TWO LEADERS Carolina Will -Meet Furman at Greenville BIRD SQUAD LEFT TODAY Teams Primed Heavily to Secure Possession of Much Cov eted Focus Cup Carolina plays Furman tomorrow afternoon in Greenville for the inter collegate football championship of South Carolina. A Special train loaded with Carolina supporters, and a Gamecock band will follow the team tomorrow morning to the Textile Center to do all they can to help bring the Focus Club cup to the University of South Carolina for a whole year this time. Last season Carolina (and Furman tied, Carolina keeping the cup for the first part of the year and it being in Fur man's possession now. There remains no doubt of it, now that the student body will be on hand to cheer the team, that the game will be one of the most colorful and thrill ing of the year. Already plans are be ing made to take care of 10,000 spec tators and there are possibilities that many more will be' there. Two big pep meetings have been held this week for getting the voices of the students in shape for the crucial game. How They Size Up Now for the teams. The contest will not resemble closely that of last year. Different situations- prevail. Last year Carolina was acclaimed the superior team and even in Greenville it was not denied. This ye*ar neither Carolina nor Furman can be proven superior. Each is said to have just as much chance as the other. Furman met disaster last week when the supposedly weak Mercer team handed her a decisive defeat of 22 to 0. The Georgia Baptists were con sidered lightly and were judged to be only a practice game for Daval's team to warni up on before meeting Caro lina. Suspension of Jazz, Boatwright and Lillard for alleged infraction of the training rules at Richmond detracted materially from the Garnet and Black chances, but their places are to be filled by able substitutes before the Baptists encounter. Branch Bocock reaches with the game the crucial instant of his first year of coaching at Carolina. He has enly this step and the smaller one of beating P. C. to pass before he can claim the honor of putting out a chain pionship team for Carolina his first year here. Students Buy Tickets The team left this afternoon by bus and is staying att Poinsett hotel while in Greenville. About two score men made the trip. More than 400 stud ents have bought their tickets for the game from the office of Jimmy Driver, dlirector of student activities. Any attempt at a comparison of the strength of the two teams would be useless, but it may be said that Caro lina will play her best at Greenville, andl, with one purpose in mind, to win the state championship over the Pur ple Hurricane, will necessarily have a strong and unified team. Whether Furman can win or Carolina succeed can only be known after the all-inmpor tant game tomorrow afternoon on Manly field. - U.s.c. - The Safest Answer.-A mother of four daughters one of whom had re cently married, carried an eligible man into the drawing room. "And which of my girls do you mo:,t admire, might I ask?" "The married one," was the prompt reply. Saleman.-Here is a very nice auto.. matic pistol. It shoots eight times. Frail.-Say, what do you think I ami a polygamist ? By the liver eci;alIs BATTLE FOR( The Gridiron Inkpoi ,THE BATTLE OF battles has been fought before, but THE battle of battles will be waged tomorrow afternoon when tthe Gamecocks pit their power against the Purple Hurricane of Furman at Green ville. NEITHER THE BIRDS nor the Bap tists have tasted of defeat within the state this season, and a furi ous fight bewteen the elevens- is being anticipated. The Hurricane will be entrenched on home soil and the Birds will be forced too do some real spurring to rout the Baptists stronghold. THE MARKET VALUE of the Birds' strength is quoted as equal by those interested as much. Most of the dopsters believed that a lone touchdown or even a field goal will decide the issue which has all the color of a champion ship struggle. THE GAME of tomorrow has been freely advertised as the "cham pionship game" of the season, but it is the belief of the writer that it is far too soon to make such a statement. BOTH CAROLINA AND FURMAN will meet state teams after Satur day's game, and who knows whether victory will favor the victor of this game in future con tests. BOTH CAROLINA AND FURMAN are intent of victory, but one of the teams must be disappointed unless the game results in a tie. THE GAMECOCKS are in the best of condition for the game, having had a two weeks' rest since play ing V. P. I. at Richmond. CAROLINA WILL HAVE a strong delegation of enthusiastic re porters at the game, the students having been granted the holiday in order to attend the game. A special train will carry the ma jority of the students to the Tex tile Center. IT IS THE SINCERE hope of the en tire student body that President Melton will be able to view the game. His absence from the cam pus has been sorely felt by the many students. EVERY CAROLINA MAN or wo man attending the game in Green ville tomorrow afternoon is ex pected tQ join in the singing and cheering. Remember your co-og eration may mean a victory for the Garnet and Black. WILL SEE YOU at Manly field at 2:30 P. M Saturday. - u.s.c. - FRESHMEN ENJOY FEED BY CHARLESTON GRADS Mayor Stoney, T. S. McMillan, D. A. Brockington and Others Give "Rats" Advice "To the victor belongs the spoils?' and the freshman football team really en joyedl the spoils last Saturday evening when the Charleston county Alumni en tained at a banquet in the new Fort Sumter hotel. Mayor Stoney, a former varsity quar ter, made the main talk, and T. S. Mc Millan, captain of the famous 1911 base ball team was also present. The toast master was D). A. Blrockington, 1912. One of the best parts of .the program was a reading in dlialect by H. S. Reeves mnemher of the glee club back in days of yore. The fathers of the Carolina "rats"' who live in Charleston wvere also at the :HAMPIONSHIP Birds Lose To Virginia Tech By Touchdown RECOVERED KICK FATAL Sports Writers Praise Gamecock Playing Under Severe Strain -Long Stars The Gamecocks found three games in as many days disastrous as far as winning the last one was concerned and lost to Virginia Polytechnic In stitute in Richmond Saturday, the last of October, by a score of six to 0. Tech had an edge on the Wearied Gamecocks in their playing, but found themselves unable to score save by a break. In the third period Robinson attempted a long dropkick which was low and was touched by Carolina men Greene recovered for the Techmen on Carolina's 13 yard line and his team mates drove the line to score. Greene recovered the ball after a mad scram ble with South Carolina players. Those who witnessed the game de clare that it was evident that Carolina was hindered in play by too much football, having run up large and un expected scores on two chief state op ponents the week before. Press re ports from Richmond say the game was as brillant as has been seen there in a long time. Carolina Plays Defensive South Carolina played a defensive game, kicking at most times on the first and second downs. Jeffords punted well for the Gamecocks, but was shaded by Robinson of the Vir ginians. Carolina opened the encounter charging the Tech line fiercely and iad tne i ech players with their backs to the wall. "Red" Swink gave the Gamecocks a good chance for a drive to touchdown in the first period when he returned a punt 37 yards to Tech's 37 yard line. A pass from Jeffords to Boatwright netted six yards, but the one over the same route was allowed to fall to the ground. Boatwright had a clear field before him but the ball would not stick tohis fingertips. To begin the second half, V. P. I. worked a onside kick which was re covered by Holly and which gave them the jamp on the Birds, Boyd was hurt on the play and taken out. Tech concentrated their drive on the center position, and made good gains there which resulted in their touch down. Captains Shine The two captains, Long and Mor an, played exceptionally well. In theJ first half the spectators applauded the work of J. C. who was a power on the defense. Time and again he cut thru to nail his man behind the line. The game was played on a rain-soaked field and all the participants were soon covered with mud. The whole V. P. I. student body was present and had a fine band with them. Bob Wimberly and Bill Rogers were not into the game until the last and did not then show the dash and drive they had against Clemson and Citadel. Wimiberly made a pretty run of 23 yards around left end in the third per iod but the gain was annulled immedi ately by an intercepted pass. The success of the occasion was due to the work of a committee composed of R. M. Hope, J. Hagood, Gus Pundt and others. Coach Stoney, in speaking of the game and the banquet said, "Yes, sure I'm related to every Stoney that has gained any prominence. The food was good the spirit fine, and if the boys will fol low the advice given them they should succeed." - U.s.c. - Work hard and save your money and when you get old you can have the things only young people enjoy The boy stood on the burning deck. 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