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I'HK WKIJ AND BLACK
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I’lilillsln-d l*> tin 1 Athletic Assor-ratlon
of tin* rDiversity of (teorgia.
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Im* addressed to tlir HubIiii'Hb Manager.
Printed by li. D. Slone 15 North Jiikson Si
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EDITORIAL COMMENT.
Official thunksnrcdue Messrs,
n Banks, li. M Charlton.and
\\ . L. Wnottcn fur tlirir kind
assistiuict) to tin- editors this
work. Owing to tho clelav of
tin 1 Advisory Board, tin* plnccs
of Athletic Kditor, Local Editor,
Exchange Kditor. Business Man
ager, and Ass t Business Mana
ger are yet to lie tilled ; and lint
for timely aid on the part of the
student hotly, publication of the
paper this week and last would
have been a dillieiilt task. “A
friend in need is a friend in
deed.”
I’lie defeat of North Carolina
by Sew,tiler last Saturday came
quite in the nature of a sur
prise. North Carolina had
shown up much more strongly
against our team than had Au
burn, and at the same time Au
burn had lost to Sewanee 'onlv
by failure to kick a goal. These
facts, though, go to show how
impossible it is to judge a foot
ball game by the score. Sewa
nee has developed this v ar a
team of which she is justly
proud, and she well deserves the
high place she has won in
Southern athletics
There are many contests in
oratory to take place in the lit
erary societies this mouth ; and
it is the duty of every student
who can sp,. ;1 k to prepare him
self, so that the best men may
be selected for the places. This
is especially the case in the se
lection of the North Carolina
debaters. Let there be tiftv
contestants for the two places,
aad those who do not win will
have given many valuable
points to the successful coni|>et-
itors. Show your college spir
it, and let the contest be not one
for personal glory, but for the
honor of our University.
Vale has greatly strengthened
her athletics by a consolidation
of her numerous associations
with their athletic proportv.
Heretofore there have been sep
arate associations and associa
tion otlicers for football, base
ball, track, and crew ; but under
the present regulation, these
are all merged into one tinder
I diversity management. There
is an athletic committee which
has charge of the University-
athletic property and general
control of financial matters.
The New York alumni have
promised to pay a debt of
♦8,000.00 on the Yale Field,
since this new system has been
put into effect.
Several weeks ago there ap
peared in the columns of the
1!ki> ann Black an account of
the football game with the Ulii-
versity of Tenne—ee, in which
the Tennessee team and students
were accused of unfairness and
ungentlemanly conduct. It has
since been learned that some of
the charges were exaggerated or
untrue, and the President of
the I Diversity of Tennessee de
manded an investigation. At
the request of the committee
appointed to examine into the
matter, we publish in another
part of this issue all the data
that was obtained in regard to
the charges.
We regret the unfortunate turn
the affair has taken, and espe
cially the fact that an injustice
was done Tennessee through our
columns. It is sincerely hoped
that the matter will now be set
right, and just ice rendered those
to whom it is due.
<>ur attention has been called
to tin error, in the editorials of
List week's issue, and in justice
to our creditors, we take pleas
ure in making the necessary cor
rection. It was stated that
$-|0.IM> had been collected and
paid on Tut-: I{i:i> \\n Black
debt of last session before pub
lication was resumed this fall.
The amount should have been
$28.‘Jo, mid of this there i- $51.00
still unpaid. The faculty ruled
that $ 10.00 must be collet ■ted on
the debt before TlIK Red ani>
Black could lie published; but
when the Business Manager had
raised $28.'io (advancing him
self the $51.00 subscribed, but
not collected), the Athletic Di-
rector allowed the editors to
get out the paper. It is unfair
to those to whom the debt is due
that the impression should go
out that more of the amount
has lieen paid than is actually
the case; and this erroneous im
pression is gladly corrected bv
the editors.
The 0 niiiiji nml IHin gives a
very fair and impartial account
of the (icorgia-Auburn game.
The Alabama bovs give our
team full credit for their tine
work, and acknowledge that the
rv»ult of the game was a matter
of doubt even to the end. How
ever. they are very unfair in
their attack on Referee Row-
bothatn, for calling the game
when ther»' was only thirty sec
ond'more of play. Mr. Row-
botham wrote to Walter Camp,
the acknowledged authority on
fortball in the United States,
stating exactly the facts and
asking for Mr. Camp’s judg
ment in the matter. Mr. Camp
replied that Mr. Kowbotham
acted perfectly right under the
circumstances, but stated that
no important game of football
should be called later than two
o’clock, and that officials should
refuse to umpire games set fora
later time. Auburn litis ap
pealed to tin' S. I. A. A., but it
not probable that Mr. Row-
botham’s decision will be re
versed.
The North (larolina game has
been played and lost, and the
football season of 185)1) is a mat
ter of history. Though we
might think the season a failure
if we consider merely the num
ber of games we have won, still
taking into the consideration the
strength of tlu> teams played,
and the small score made against
us in every game, the members
of our team deserve all praise
for their hard work in behalf of
the University and for the rec
ord they have made.
The three big games of the
season were with Sewanee, Au
burn. and North Carolina. Se
wanee was played with a team
which had practiced onlv ten
days, and this game was not a
proof of what our men could do.
The defeats by Auburn and
North (’arolinn, it is safe to sav.
were due to our bad luck entir ’-
l.v. In the first half of the Au
burn game, th" ball was fumbled
within three yards of a touch
down. In the North Carolina
game, a fumble on that same
fatal three-yard line was all that
saved the Carolinians from de
feat. These facts may seem mere
idle excuses, since the score is
not at all changed by our losing
the ball within three or forty
yards of the goal line, but it
takes much of the sting from
defeat to realize that it hinged
on a fumble only, and not on
inferior work on the part of our
team. However, we would take
none of the glory of victory from
Auburn or North Carolina.
They won fairly and on their
merit, and deserve all tin* credit
for their successes.
To each m< tnber of our team,
we would extend the thanks and
gratitude of the student-hodv
for their hard and faithful work"
Defeat has been much more
difficult to bear for them than
for those who have not battled
on the gridiron for the honor of
the University. They have
fought a good tight, and it is not
their fault that the number of
victories to their credit is small.
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