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and thanked them for their grenerositv. The next eame was to be played in two days and they expected to show the college how badly a Fresh class could be beaten. But in these two days we grew in members. When the next game was called a fair young pitcher was in the box, who had not played before. Kid Smith was making his maiden effort in college athletics, and the Palmetto State need have no fear of a tarnished reputation. The game was hot and close. The players all rallied to the support of the pitcher, and one by one the score piled up till the Sophs saw that new champions had come to college and that their laurels were doomed to fade. The victory thus won was only the prelude of continued success. We soon played the town and then the town and college combined. The victory rested with us in more than half the games. The heavy batting of Weddington and Quarles has not been equaled on our campus since they bade farewell to their comrades of ' 99. The successes of the Fall were more than equaled by the record of our playing in the Spring. The college championship was won without straining our laurels in the least. Foot ball is a game which calls for a quick eye, a ready brain, an active body; but above all the muscles must be firm and the bones not capable of being easily broken. Such combinations are not often met with in our smaller preparatory schools, and it shows some degree of wisdom for a boy, when he comes to college not to be one of the first to enter the fray where the pig skin is the trophy. A man becomes hardened by degrees, and the capacity for enduring pain must also be cultivated. If we pride our- selves on anything it is the soundness of our common sense, so it is no wonder that in foot ball we builded slowly. There was good material in our class, as future events have shown, but we did not wish to over test our untrained man- hood against the experience of well trained players. We were content to stand last in the .series, yet at the end of the season we knew .something of the game and had gained 27
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that training which afterwards enabled us to forge to the front on the gridiron. Some of our players even then gave promise of becoming the future college stars, some of whom we boast at present, while others have brought fresh tro- phies to sister colleges. When Field Day came we had men in almost all of the events, and the Fresh did not always stand last. In more than one instance we stood above the Seniors. Sanders showed that although planted on a firm foundation, still, when a peck of potatoes was the inciting motive, he could move his feet with ease. If not glorious our first year ' s record was at least good. In our Soph year we studied hard and did not add fresh laurels to our former collection. We lost the base ball championship, through failure of some of our best players to return, and the consequent loss of interest on the part of others. In foot ball we played somewhat better than the year before; but still imperfectly. We saw that there was room at the top, and determined that on no account should our banner hang at half mast, but should in the future proudly wave above an ever victorious team. Our ability as players was recognized by all and several of our boys found places on the college team. In the fall of our Junior year the friends of the college determined to stimulate an interest in athletics by giving an Alumni cup to the successful class on the football field. A new interest was awakened in all the classes, and a healthy rivalry spurred on each class to do its best. Never before was there so much practicing as was now being done, at odd places, about the campus. Trick plays, mass plays, straight open foot ball, all were tried. Each captain thought his own men perfect, but hoped to be able to find some defect in the training of his opponents. Early in the season the contest narrowed down to Juniors and Sophs. Both of these classes had won all the games they had played, and the deciding game was eagerly awaited by the sidelines, — painfully by the players. But the test had to 28
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