University of Virginia - Corks and Curls Yearbook (Charlottesville, VA)

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27s Qlurkg anti Qturls 1916 166; $5 ewN'w o , :- I 3:369, 1'; '.I 54324131.? ,, Let cymbals clash and bass-drums crash! Let trumpets loudly blow! All hail the Nineteen Fifteen Team, which laid the Elis low! Join in my song, sing loud and long, and hearken to my tale: We've licked N . C. and Vanderbilt, and now we've licked old Yale ! The very words cause every heart with ecstasy to beat And send the red blood through 0ne's veins aroused to fever heat. Attention all! Calm down a bit! Also let silence reign! While I invoke the festive muse and tell the story plain: The fair ones of the Summer School have hardly gone away, tAnd peace and quiet have once again descended on Veaj When Head Coach Varner hits the burg and sends a hurry call, A C. Q. D. and S. O. S. to all who play football. x xSERw r , x 4' z 0. 9' 4 f , V , g ' IVA! t 5' h . . ?l

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I . 1r .- . wt . .4, i . L'. . 1. r , q; 3 i i ii W a 1916 Qlurks anti $ur15 277 Virginia had the Navy five well in hand for the first half but in the second period the Middies rallied and came back too strong, winning a well fought game. The George Washington game was won only after one of the hardest fought battles of the year. The season was terminated by a decisive defeat of Catholic who had beaten the Virginians on their own stamping grounds earlier in the year. The come- back displayed in this game was a fitting close to the season. Captain Strickling and eXeCaptain Stickley were responsible on many oc- casions for the Virginia Victories, both men playing good ball throughout the season. The quartette of guards were too much for most of the opposing for- wards and they kept their scores remarkably low. The tennis team appeared in seven matches during the spring season of I915. In the five intercollegiate matches Fordham and Catholic University were decisively defeated on the home courts, while on foreign courts the Vir- ginians lost to the Navy, tied with Catholic University and defeated St. Johns. The matches played with the Richmond Country Club and the Chevy Chase Country Club were lost to the more experienced and seasoned players. Rixey,s playing featured the season. He won all of his single matches save the one in the Chevy Chase match. Powers and Sterne, and Pott and Morton were consistent winners in the matches at home and abroad. The fall tournament of 1915 resulted in Rixey winning the singles and Pott and Morton winning the doubles. PRESIDENT rWARREN

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i t! 4 i. 1916 QIDtk5 311D GlurIS 279 His call goes far-on every car the veterans come back And day by day from dawn till dark old Lambeth Field they pack, They,re drilled by Harry, Rice and Dave, and other coaches true, Who freely give their time to help the Orange and the Blue. The Randolph-Macon score is small-ethe iisobbers', start to wail, But old Doc Varner quietly smiles-heis got his mind on Yale. October first there is a burst of cheering round about, And Union Station trembles with a mighty farewell shout. Off goes the team, the young men scream a rousing iiRay! Ray! Ray! In honor of the mighty men who fight for U. V-a. There,re many men who,d give their necks to make the trip to Yale, But they,re held back because they lack the necessary iikale. Hev Carter hops aboard the train, iiDeke,, Randolph follows suit, John Cronly jumps from Petersburg to help Virginia root. But old Virginia,s sons are scarce, alas, there are but few; The stands are almost solidly bedecked with Eli Blue. The whistle blows, the kick-ost caught by Bunny,, Berkeley, who Runs back the ball eight yards before he,s tackled by the Blue. We cannot gain, so Thurmah punts to Thompson, quarter-back, And Harris Coleman smashes through and downs him in his track.