Georgia Military College - Recall Yearbook (Milledgeville, GA)

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f knowledgeg for he would show the men how to do as well as tell them. It was with a spirit of love that the boys fought for him, for they all felt the in- fluence of his personality and the keen magnetism of his person. To some our football season may seem a failure but in more than one way it has been a great success. The green men that began the season grad- ually became veterans of the game and each game showed an ixnprovement over the one before it. It is this that shows our success-the fact that we steadily improved from the Hrst to the last. No doubt if it had been possible to start the Season off with the men as they ended, it would had been a team without a peer in the state. To an old student who is used to winning. and who has C. Nl. C. cred- ited with a long line of victories. it seems hard indeed to see the record of last Fall's games, but with the new ideal of honor that has been established in the school it was absolutely necessary to suffer seeming defeat in the pres- ent that We might win in the long race. This was done, but the team is to be complimented on the creditable showing that it made during the season. Every student feels proud of the fact that it was possible to make a team worthy of G. M. C. when everything pointed to the fact that it was impossible. The first game of the season was played with Madison A. Sa M. on our own gridiron. It was a very hard fought game and each team showed excel- lent form. It was noted on our side that the boys had already felt that G. M. C. spirit of fight. that means fighting until the sound of the last whistle. The score was 19-13 in their favor. Although every man worked hard. it seemed that it was impossible to push over more than two touch- downs. one being bucked over by Warren and the other being made by Reid on a brilliant criss-cross run of ten yards. The second game of the season was played in a slow drizzle and on a field wet and muddy. However it was an excellent game, the score being 7-0 in favor of Tifton A. Sz M. Both sides are to be commended on their fine playing and cleanliness of sport. It was a very good game and each team fought hard to pile up a larger score. Reid featured for G. M. C., and by his superb leadership as quarter-back it was possible for us to gain steadily, although we never came within striking distance of the goal. The team of Douglas A. 8 M. was the only team played last fall that really outclassed us, and although our boys worked hard and fought to the finish, it seemed that we could not hold them. The score was 21-0. The fourth game of the season was played with Bailey Military Institute at Greenwood, S. C. It was a very determined bunch of boys that left here . fm. H I 1 -',L- , , 2f'...3Y3J A K,-rv... . ' ,- . - x.