The Red and Black (Athens, Ga.) 1893-current, December 09, 1899, Image 1

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8 {general library" I JUL 19 1940 u wH)(J AXf) BLACK. Vol. VI I InmTsity of Georgia, Atlions, (la.. !), 181M). No. c». The ’qq Football Season. Tlit> football season of ’99 is a thing of ilif past ami tin' ehnmpionship of the South is Scwanee’s. Georgia lias had to represent her the host team in her history, not excepting the unhealen team of I repeat it without hes itation. that the material mak ing up Georgia's 'Varsity i- the finest she hits everput forth, one of the strongest the South hits yet seen, and it team whose record would now lie Ultsurpa Captain JVlcCutcheon. On hist Monday the commii- tee which has in charge the se- lection of ciiptains of athletic teams chose Frank Mr. K. Mc- Cuteheon captain of the 1900 foot ha 11 team. Captain MeCutcheon entered the I’niversity in September 1S97 and i- a tnetuher of the class of 1901. In his Freshman CLASS OArifiS. A great deal of into ing taken in the clas Scwanei Is Champion. est i- he- By a goal from field, Sewuneo foot ha 11 on last Saturdax won for herself interesting are prom- hilt'- ed, hut for the fiict that inisfor- who as tune has “ followed fast and fol- carried low ed faster,” and caused her j chances for championship hon ors to shrink from brilliant pros pects into a struggling possi bility. It was impossible for the Geor gia team to obtain it coach until tin* season was well advanced. One of the most promising can didates for the hack field was forced to retire on account of parental objection. While yet early in the s >0*011, the iptarterhnck received a bruise which resulted in water of the knee. The left halfback received in juries shortly after, which re tired him for the rest of tile season. 'File full hack, just before the Tennessee game was hurt in practice, (a ligament of his knee was Imdlv torn I and he was consequently handicapped until the season’s close. The center rush was taken se riously ill before the Auburn game and was the rest of the don a uniform. Thus it enn be seen that the Georgia team played in hard luck from start to finish, and yet with all this,she played some magnificent games against hea- teams, and several and exciting gamei ised before the Christmas hoii days. The captains in the diff erent classes have called their nit‘ii together, and with the as sistance of several of tin sity players, have coachc teams to a high degree of excel lence. F.very afternoon finds the men running signals on the Athletic field. (’apt. Charlton, of tin' Law promises to pul out a hat will reflect honor on utd coacht's Hall and Gooding, has played at qtiar-lTlie line-up of the men is as year, lie was a ‘Varsity substi tute; and for the last two years, he lias been one of the star- pinvers on our team. It was lie half-hack last year the hall over Vatlder-1 class, goal-line for the touch- ] team down that won the garni this fall In ter, showing a cool bead and follows: good judgment. B"ck, (’enter. The choice has fallen oil Cap- Flder, Bight Guard, tain MeCutcheon purely on ac- Willis, Left Guard, count of his merit, and lie Hardee, Bight Tackle, deserves well the high honor 1 Chapman, Left Tackle, that has been paid him. The j Charlton, ((’apt.) Bight committee are to lie enugratula- 1 Bidley, Left F.nd. ted on their fortunate selection., Carey, (Juartcr-haek. Freshman’s Letter athens the ninth. >ar Bobbie. Mann, Left Half-back. Brewster, Bight Half-back. Hull, Full Back. The Seniors are also hard why hasseet you kjfvrk and Captain Crouch writ? There is a joak on Finny tends to give the digniti Z. Calhoun what is a ncer-sited | per-classmeii a winning team. boot-bl.uk what cuddent see good It is very probable that the was shiniu his shttze, and put first game will he arranged this stove polish on them insted of .afternoon between the Fresh- hlackin which was a very milch- men and the Seniors. The Se- thc football championship of the South, and placed the purple high above thi' banner of any other Southern college. It is very seldom that any one team is able to achieve so complete a Var- triumph and to retain witl6>iit their dispute the place of pre-emi nence now occupied by the Sewilltee e'even. Ill I HI >7. Van derbilt and Virginia were ohlig- eil to share the championship. Neither met defeat at tin' hands of any southern college, and the game between the two victorious teams resulted ill the score of I) to 0. Last year, Sewanee and North Carolina each held an un sullied record, but unfortunately there was no game scheduled between the two and the ques tion of southern championship was a matter of dispute. North Fnd. Carolina, it is true, made larger scores than Sewanee against teams played by both, hut the results of the season this year have shown how impossible it is to judge teams bv scores. Ill the season just passed, however, Sewanee has defeated (4 ’oncluded on dd page.) it i II - up end mistake. |>id you no that cuped Topper had fell in love. Vcs lie has a gurl now what lie caw led on t lirco successive t imes, each time being more excessive unable during than the other, and she was etin Thompson or Boggs L. Tack I i-ason even to supper during every time which Bucker, Bight F.nd. he cawlcd. She cawls him her Young, \\". II., Left F.nd. nior line-up is : McWhorter or Calhoun, Center, < Touch, (4 ’apt. | Bight < iuard. Brown or Hammond, L.<itiard Watkins, W. Iv, Bight Tackle, him d by “Tea-beau” whitch mak turn red get confused. Jim Bidley has got the swell- lied which keeps him from not speakiti to nobody; a drummer vy odds. She proved herself to what diddent no him, ast him MeCutcheon and Hamilton, and lie without doubt the strongest wood lie change a dollar for him ili fiiixiri team in the South this pleas. I bet Morriss Hkewlaus- year, and the coaches of Se- key a ascot agenst a puff on that Wiinee, Auburn ami Carolina Drburn game A the result was a expressed the opinion that they tie. The Tetinyxee game was a had never before seen ns line an hot-shot, the unipin aggregation of foot-balli»ts( from Cannon and the refer Bice, 4 ‘enter. Blaekshear, Bight Guard. Bucker, I. ft < iuard. Williams, Bight Tackle Jester, I, 'ft Tackle. Hardy, Bight F.nd. Oliver, Left F.nd. I lean, (Biarter Back Potts, Left Half. N,alley , 14 ■;ipI ) Bight Half. Lamar Full. Captain Clay is ready for the game with the lawyers this af ternoon, and promises too that his men will make it interesting for (’apt. Crouch’s men. The Freshmen w ill line up thus : Beaves, Center. Captain Johnson declares that Benedict, Bight Guard. P.iltl will win the championship McDonald, Left < iuard. of the college. The line-up will Johnson, S. S,, Bight Tackle, probably be as follows : Cobb, Left Tackle. Banks, Center. Monahan, Bight F.nd. being a Brand, Bight (iuard. Baxter, Left F.nd. a sun of Gantt, Left (iuard. Clay, (Captain) Bight Half. I’.rwin, (jiiarier-lmck. Payne, Bight Half. Andrews, Left Half. White or Myers, Full The Juniors are coach* 1 the standpoint of individual de- a gun. you orter had saw that Davis, W velopment) as \va« represented good lookin Bight boy a s|>orlin W. <!., Bight Taskle. in tie- ‘99 Georgia team. (iorger cullers at the Carrylitier Fort or Oxford, I,“ft Tackle. Georgia defeated Clem-on (a game—In-carried a red bedded King or Cram-, Bight Fnd. strong and clever team) by a wider to it which came outdis- Cox, Left Fnd. score of II tot). She next met astrously. Ast Frank Mer- llirsch, Bight Half Back. Sewanee and in turn was beaten cliutclu-n does he love Coker Scruggs, 1,'ift Half Back, bv 12 to it. Next, the Techs Koehler? When I was in at- Johnson, ((’apt) Full Back, sought to test Georgia's strength banter I saw Connie wedding- and were sent home again a sad ton, him and Proty Cammlo wtis and solier crowd, for 33 to 0 was arguing the Willingham bill, the tale. Georgia then met They was forking pro and con. Tennessee in Knoxville and the with love to Winnie, referee (coach of Tenti.’s team) i yores (Concluded on ltd page, t I Willie. M or Thompson, Bouusevillo, B , Left Half. Calhoun, Full Back. Dorsey, (Quarter Back. No man who has played on the ’Varsity is eligible to the class teams, and the rigid en forcement of this rule adds greatly to the interest of the Hoyt or Jackson, tjuarterhack. games. An admission fee of Wells, II. G. (Sweater Carrier. | The Sophomores have quite a strong team and will be likely to give the other classes some trouble. Their men will enter the game in following positions ; 10c. will be charged fortliclieii- eftt of the Athletic Association, and liberal patronage on tin- part of tin; student Imdy will realize quite a neat sum from the series of games.