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Vol. 16,
UNIVERSITY .OF NORTH CAROLINA, CHAPEL! HILL, N. CM FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1907.
No. 11.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THK UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION.
THE TECHS WIN THE
BASEBALL COACH SELECTED
TO GIVE TEAM A SEND OFF
GAMF!
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VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE DEFEATS CAROLINA
Score is Twenty to Six Shepherd for V. P. I. Does the
Drop Kicking Stunt to a Considerable Extent
McNeill Makes Sensational Run.
The Virginia Polytechnic Insti
tute won the Thanksgiving game
from Carolina in Richmond by the
overwhelming score of 20 to 6. , The
The crowd that turned out to
witness the contest was estimated at
five thousand and, though practically
no Carolina students were present,
great enthusiasm was manifested.
Carolina was on the defensive
during almost the whole game. V.
P. I. had the advantage in doing
the kicking stunts and as the first
half was largely , taken up with
kicking, V. P. I. again and again
forced the ball into Carolina terri
tory. But it seemed that she could
not penetrate Carolina's stonewall
for a touch-down. However, with
a phenomenal kicker like Shepherd-
who kicked three field goals out of
four touch downs were not such a
vital necessity.
V. P. I. played old " fashioned
football to a large extent during
the whole game, hitting the line
tune after time for pretty consistent
gains. She t ried 1 he forward pns
only once or twice and the ouside
kick not at all. But those terrific
line smashes, together with an oc
casional end run and superior
ability in kicking, made the ground
gaining of the Techs consistent and
sure. It seemed that Carolina's
line when in mid-field, playing in
open formation, could not withstand
the bucking power of V. P. I. and
it was only when the goal line was
threatened that the men closed in
and the stonewall got to working.
Nevertheless, the Techs, with the
sure footed Shepherd in the back
field, .would bob up serenely and add
that inevitable four to the score.
In the first part of the first half
the Techs kept the ball in the Tar
Heels' territory almost all the time,
but toward the end of the half the
Carolina boys rallied and the stu
dents who were breathlessly listen
ing to the' continuous report in-Ger-rard
Hall felt hope spring up in
their breasts. It was vain, howev
er, and the first half ended with the
score 8 to 0 the result of two of
Shepherd's drop kicks.
When the whistle blew at- the
begininng of the second half, the
supporters of the White and' Blue
were in great hopes that the rally
at the end of the first half would
last, but again the Carolina men
were forced to play largely on the
defensive, and shortly after play
had been resumed Shepherd planted
one more of' his fatal drop kicks
between the posts. A few mom
ents later, V. P. I. again came
within st. iking distance of Caro
lina's goal, but, instead of trying
another drop,1 they attempted to
carry it over; The attempt failed
Carolina secured the ball on downs
otrthe-yard line, but in attem pting
to kick out of danger McNeill) was
tackled behind the line, thus secur
ing a safty for V. P. I. and adding
two more to her score of 12 to 0.
A few moments later the Techs
again brought the ball close to the
goal. This time they carried it
over and likewise kicked goal.
With the score 20 to 0 and only
a few minutes to play, Carolina's
prospects looked blue indeed. Giv
ing up, however, entered not the
heads of the plucky aggregation
from the Old North State The
fighting was still fierce and pluck
and persistence reveived their re
ward, for on a punt McNeill re
ceived the ball and ran sixty-eight
yards before was downed, carrying
the ball to the one yard line. . A
half minute remained to play, and
one rush sufficed to carry it over.
Then Croswell kicked goal and the
Carolina routei's-rooted.
For V. P. I. Shepherd and E.
Hodgson were the stars, while for
Carolina McNeill and Croswell
were the surest ground gainers.
The line-up:
N. C. V. P. I.
Wiggins 1. c. Shepherd and Hicks
Garrett and Ilarrin 1. t. Deffendal (Capt.)
Thompson 1. g. Breckenridge
and Brown
Parker c. Johnson
Howell- r. g. K. Hodgson
Deans r. t. Sinith, It. W.
Thomas and r. e. Smith. B. L.
Manning
Mann (Capt.) q. b. Cooper
Dunlap 1. h. Luttrell
McNeill ' r. h. Bilups
Croswell f. b. V. Hodgson
Umpire, Gresham Poe of Prince
ton; referee, John Goss of. Lehigh;
head linesman, W. T. Powers,
Time of halves, 30 minutes each.
Election of Football Manager.
The manager of the football team
will be elected on the first Satur
day in December. Only those who
have paid their membership fees to
the Athletic Association by the
night of Saturday, November 30,
will be allowed 'to vote.
OTIS H. STOCKSDALE OF MEM
! PHIS, TENN.
Mrs. Pelton Married.
Mrs. Maybelle Shippie Clark Pelton,
A.M. 1905, was married to Mr. James
Ravenel Smith of Charleston, S. C,
at Arden, N. C, on October 22. Dr.
McCreachy of Trinity church, Ashe
ville, performed the ceremony. Mrs.
Smith is well known throughout the
State as the author of "A Tar Heel
Baron" and other books.
He Has a Brilliant Baseball Rec
i ord, Both an a Pitcher and
i. ' Coach.
The committee for the selection
of the coach for the baseball season
of 08 have, after much consideration
and correspondence, selected ' for
this position Mr. Otis H. Stocks
dale, of Memphis, Tenn. Mr.Stocks
dale was considered , the best possi
ble man for the place and the com
mittee feels that in securing, such
an expererienced man they have
found a treasure.
Mr. Stocksdale has had much ex
perience in baseball both as a play
er and as a coach. For the past
five years he has coached the teams
of Trinity College and the records
of these teams are excellent testimon
ials in themselves. Mr. Stocksdale
has been in baseball since 1891.
He played with the Washington
National Leage team from 1891 to
,'95. In '96 he was with the Boston
National League Club. He played
the following year with The Nat
ional League Team at Baltimore.
From '98 until 1902 he played in the
Virginia and North Carolina
Leagues, the Atlantic League and
the Eastern League. In 1903 he
was in the Southern League at
Montgomery. From 1904 until the
present time he has been with the
Memphis Southern League Team
where he has done star work on the
pitching staff. He has played on
seven pennant winning teams.
Before coaching Trinity Mr.
Stocksdale coached a number of
athletic clubs in Maryland and
Virginia.
Mr. Stocksdale is to report Feb.
15. He comes highly recommended
a sa player, coach, and perfect gen
tleman and with the proper assist
ance of players and .students hopes
to get out a winning team. As
was said the committee feels itself
very fortunate in securing the
services of coach Stocksdale.
Professor Cobb at the Conference.
Professor Collier Cobb attended
the Atlantic Deeper Waterways
Conference at Philadelphia, Nov.
18, 19, and 20. He was elected
chairman of the committee com
posed of representatives of the sev
enteen states interested to prepare
the resolutions for presentation to
Congress, and together with Con
gressman Small of the first district
presented to Prsident Roosevelt the
importance of the whole project
from Boston to Key West and the
especial value of the waterway be
hind Hatteras.
At the organization of the Har
vard Club of North Carolina in
Raleigh Friday night Professor
Cobb was chosen president and
Albert L. Cox, '05. first vice-president.
At Harvard Piol. Cobb wai
president of the Southern Club and
Mr. Cox, president of the Carolina:
Club.
MASS MEETING IN GERHARD
HALL TUESDAY NIGHT
Much Enthusiasm Shown Good
I Speeches Made Coach Lam-
son iilds Farewell.
I The last "send-off mass meeting"
of this fall was held in Gerrard Hall
Tuesday night. A large numberof
students, the band, and a few of the
acuity members were present, and
much enthusiasm was manifested.
A large bonfire had been started,
ind this together with the playing
bf the band and yelling of the en
thusiasts caused students to come
jfrom every part of the campus; like
wise small boys from every part of
the town.
j . As the fire began to die away;
the crowd gathered in the hall, and
as soon as all were seated the team,
headed by Captain Mann, marched
down the aisle to the accompani
ment of deafening yells and cheers,
and seated themselves on the front
rows. '
; The speech making was begun by
President Venable, who in a few
well-chosen words expressed his
confidence in the team and his hope
that the V. P. I. game would result
in a victory for us.
At the conclusion of his speech,
the irrepressible Drury Phillips
proposed a "Ray Ray" with "Ven"
on the end three times. The yell
was given with a hearty good will,
and as its echoes were becoming
faint Dr. Charles H. Herty arose.
Dr. Herty in a characteristically;
cheerful talk called attention to the
gloomy prospects with which the
season had been started, and paid a
well-deserved tribute to Dr. Lam
son for his patient and persistent
work in developing his light materi
al. Assuring the men on the team
that the students were behind them,
he said, "Win or lose, we are with
you all the way through," and it is
good to believe that he wasexpress
ing the sentiments of all the stu
dents. At the vociferous call of the stu
dents Dr. Lamson walked to the
front and facing the crowd he ex
pressed in a voice ringing with sin
cerity, his appreciation of the de
lightful hospitality that had
been accorded him this fall. "I
have always heard," he said, "that
the South is the most hospitable
part of our country, and now I
know that it is true." Almost ev
ery speaker of the evening took oc
casion to pay some tribute to Dr,
Lamson, and none was ill-deserved.
Some of the players were repeat
edly called for, but none would re
spond. As McNeill said, they wish
ed to wait until after the game to
do their talking.
Speeches were also made b y
Messrs. Stanley Winbore, F. B.
Rankin, Floyd Simmons, and J. J.
Parker.
At the conclusion of the meeting,
the students feeling that they were
not hoarse enough, though Phillips
had repeatedly called on them for
yells between the speeches, must
needs gather in the front of the
building and make the welkin put
in overtime at the ringing stunt,