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I'HK WKIJ AND BLACK (TltciU’b anb -Olaclt. *1.00 l*KH ANNUM. I’lilillsln-d l*> tin 1 Athletic Assor-ratlon of tin* rDiversity of (teorgia. Chaiii.kb \V. I)avib Kiutoii in ( iiiki . IlKMKIt Dk.NMAIIK .III **|Hfhb 'I INAOKH. Mkhiiitt Tiii'hman Anii Krn Kiutoii. Wm. L. Woottkh .Kxuianok Kiutoii. I."< \l EDI loll. W. K. Watkins .. Asb t Hi b. Mo'ii. All roniniiinlratioiiB in reference to BiiliNi'i'i|itioiiB mill ailviTfiAcnicnts bIioiiM Im* addressed to tlir HubIiii'Hb Manager. Printed by li. D. Slone 15 North Jiikson Si I’ATIIONI/.K urn ADVKItl'ISKkS. 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. J. N. WILLIAMSON. I.IVKHV AM) FEKD STABLES, CLAYTON ST. Opposite Y. M. C. A. 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