UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL, N. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8,1906.
No. 8.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF TIIF, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION.
GEORGETOWN 4; CAROLINA O.I A. & M. CANCELS GAME.
AMUSEMENTS GALORE.
A DAY OF GAMES.
Vol. 15,
Catholics Win By Goal From Field.
Carolina All There Save
at Crisis.
Carolina lost a hard-tough t game
with Georgetown University, at
Norfolk, Saturday by a score of 4
to 0. A timelv and sure-sailing
drop kick from the 25-yard I'm in
the first 12 minutes of play did it
After this, so it is conceded, the
Tar Heels played the better game;
One ot the Norfolk papers, in its
write-up of the contest, said: "To
ward the last of the first half of the
play, Carolina played the game of
her life and deserved to have scored;
poor kicking ability ruining" her
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cnances, However, scvcidi nines
The teams were evenly matched,
as to weight and training, and the
work of both, considering the play
from start to finish, was of a su
perior order. There were no sen
sational features, but there was
plenty of snap and ginger and spir
ited line-plunging in every minute
of the game.
Georgetown won the toss and
Hodgins kicked to Dunlap, who re
turned the ball 15 yards. But on
the very first pass after the line-up
there was a fumble and the Catho
lies got the ball on Carolina's 15
yard line. Stewart pushed it six
yards nearer. Hodgins then lo
three yards. Devine attempted
line-plunge and was downed in his
tracks, The ball went over.
After two downs without making
distance; Capt. Story kicked. A
Catholic received the ball on the
39-yard line. On a spirited dash
by Bocock and a coviplc of plunges,
Georgetown returned it 27 yards.
The teams were squarely in front
of the goal, and Capt. Bocock tried
a drop kick, which sailed between
the posts, but the umpire refused
to let it count because six men were
in the line. The ball was returned
to its former position, and, coining
into ' Carolina's possession, Story
punted for20yards. Using straight
tactics, the Catholics advanced
to the 25-yard line, from which
point Bocock, assuring himself this
time that there were only fi ve men
in the line, signalled for a drop
kick and sent the ball straight over.
It counted this time, and the score
.stood: Georgetown 4; Carolina 0.
Neither goal was in any great
danger during the rest of the first
half. McNeill and Story made re
peated gains through the line and
around end and the latter tried a
drop-kick, 'but it was blocked. The
half ended with, the ball on Caro
lina's 40-yard line.
The second half was splendidly
contested. At one time, the now
fully awake Tar Heels, playing
like demons, had the ball on George
town's 2-yard line, and a fumble
alone saved the Catholics from de
feat. With the ball near the cen
ter of the field, Carolina gathered
herself together for a supreme
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Declines to Play at Last Moment
Debarring of Wilson the
Cause. .
game
The annual football
between A. & M. College, sched
uled to be played here Saturday,
November 10th, has, at the. last
moment, been canceled by A. & M.
The action of the A. & M. team
was prompted by the debarring of
the captain, Wilson, on account of
the four; year rule Carolina
insisted upon the enforcement of
the rule and A. & M.. therefore,
while acknowledging Wilson's inel
igibility, declined to play Satur
day's game.
In this action A. & M. has shown
herself very inconsistent. Last
spring the same rules which were
submitted to Virginia were accepted
by A. & M. College. Recognizing
this fact it is hard to understand
how the Farmers could have ex
pected to keep Wilson in the game.
Furthermore the University eleven
has it upon good authority that A.
& M. did not expect to play Wilson
ten days ago. Since then however,
a number of accidents have weak
ened her team materially. Hardee
has suffered a broken leg and Bebee
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a iracturea anuie. nanuicappea
thus, the Farmers decided to play
Wilson or draw ont of the game.
Carolina's objection to Wilson
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was this: tie nas aireauy piayeu
four years of inter-collegiate foot
ball. His right to play might have
been challenged on other grounds,
but this one was consideded suf
ficient. For two years Wilson
played at Knox college which is put. i
down on government list No. 27, as a i
college of 000 students, at least 250
of these being" males. Government i
list No. 28 being specified in the
11 h if HT l il
rules signeti ny ii. oc. ivj. last
spring as the medium of arbitrament
in such cases as the present one, A.
& M. has, then, no defence for her
position. ...
The Philological Club. ,
The Philological Club met at 7
o'clock last Tuesday evening in
Alumni Hall. The exercises for
the evening consisted of two papers,
one by Dr. Alphonso Smith on
"Spelling Reform," and one. by Dr.
J. D. Bruner on "The Subsequent
Union of Dying Dramatic Lovers."
Dr. Smith's discussion of the
question of reformed spelling,
which must, if carried out, termi
nate in phonetic spelling, was very
interesting and instructive. As a
main, argument against this pho
netic system Dr. ,Smith pointed out
what confusion would arrise if even
the different sections of the United
States should spell by sound. t The
present order of spelling should be
preserved simply for its conservative
influence.
Dr. Brunei's paper, which has
appeared in "Modern Language
Notes," was verv helpful to those
engaged in the study of the drama.
Twoj Star Course Entertainments
Next Week Lei and Powers.
Schubert Quartette.
Leland Powers, the celebrated
reader and' impersonator, will open
the season for the Star Course
Monday night, the 12th. . Mr.
Powers is one of the most accom
plished of his profession and will,
beyond doubt, furnish us an inter
esting eveningof entertainment.
The Schubert String Quartette,
which was announced some time
ago as the opening attraction of the
course, will appear on Tuesday
night, November the 13th, instead of
on Monday night, as previously ex
pected.
l he committee which has the
Star Course program in charge re
grets very much that these two en
tertainments will occur so nearlv
at the same time, but this arrange
ment was the only one by whicfi
both attractions could be secured
Heretofore the committee has se
cured its attractions irom some
Lyceum Bureau, and under such
arrangements it has been forced
each year to accept a large per
ceut of mediocre entertainments.
OM. ' .. , J.I. . ... -ij. 1
xucieiuic luc coin mu ice ueciueu
this vear to make its. contracts
with the entertainers directly
13 y this means it will secure
only first class entertainments,
and with this in minu we
hould be willing- to put up with a
little inconvenience as to the sched
ule, such as has occurred in the
case of the first two entertainments.
Historical Society.
The Historical Society held its
first regular meeting for the vear in
the histo.y room, Old West Build
ing, Monday night.
The main feature of the exercises
was a paper, "Reconstruction Days
in North Carolina'', read by Dr. J.
De R. Hamilton. This paper was
especially interesting, as it brought
out some facts'in regard to the Re
construction period that have been
overlooked by historians heretofore.
Dr. Battle, at the close of Dr.
Hamilton's paper, added some inter
esting remarks concerning the days
of the carpet-baggers.
Dr. J. De R. Hamilnon was elect
ed secretary of. the Society to suc
ceed Mr. J. K, Wilson, who has
left college. .
The Geological Seminary.
The Geological Seminary met
last Tuesday night, in the geology
lecture room. Mr. R. T. Allen
read a paper on "The Structural
Formation of the. Wadesboro
Triassic" and Mr. 10. B. Jeffress
one on "Metasomatic Changes of
Diabase into Talc."
After the exercises were con
cluded Prof. Cobb led an inter
esting discussion called up by
them.
Sophs Win From Fresh 11 to 5
Friday Metis Down
Lawyers.
Last Friday was indeed a day of
games on the gridiron at the new
athletic field. Four of the rl;i
teams took advantage of the absence
of the. Varsity to try conclusions.
the Sophs encountering the Fresh
men, and the Meds the Lawyers.
A large number of the students
gathered on the side lines at 2:30,
when the Fresh-Soph game started,
and remained on the. r.pn until
both games were finished, the atter-
noon's sports being interesting
from beginning to end.
Everybody expected a hard fight
between the Freshmen and Sopho
mores, and nobody was disappoint
ed, for both teams went in Lo the
play with spirit. During the first
half neither scored, but the Fresh
men outplayed their opponents at
every point, making first down re
peatedlyand getting perilously near
the Sophomores' goal mort. t,au
once. However, when the whistle
blew they had been unable to score,
although things looked black for
the Sophomores for the next half.
At this stage of the game oc
curred the feature of the afternoon.'
contest. The Freshmen bunched
on the northern side lines and oro-
ceeded to cheer lustily for their rep
resentatives, and the Sophomores
immediately came en masse from
the southern field to break the
yelling up. For a moment things
seemed ripe for a "rough house",
and spectators scrambled to every
convenient point of vantage, but
neither side would
itiative, and the Sophs soon retired
to their first .position,'. leaving the
Freshmen to yell throughout the
rest of the srame.
ICarly in the second half things
till looked good for the Freshmen
but luck was not with them A
couple of blocked kicks, a Sopho
more securing the ball with a clear
field before him each time, told
their finish. '09 mhsed one ioal
Late in the half fortune smiled on
the Freshmen, when they tallied one
touchdown, also on a iluke, failing
on goal.
Meisenheinier, Stevenson, and
Montgomery played star ball for
'09, Rawliugs, Davenport, Struth-
ers, and Pmnix for the Freshmen.
While the Meds and Lawyers
were preparing f,)r the combat
Coach Simmons entertained the
crowd by putting the scrubs through
some combination football and track
stunts, but these were discontinued
immediately on the appearence' of
the teams.
The second chapter was not so
entertaining to the onlookers as the
lirst, as the Meds outclassed the
Lawyers and had very much of a
walk-over, scorinir a noint fr
every minute that the ball was in
play. Both teams gave evidence ot
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