Princeton University - Nassau Herald Yearbook (Princeton, NJ)

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Hixtofjx :gf the Class qf '96, I7 The Annual Fall Games occurred on the 19th. Our clss did exceedingly well in the events, Banker, Carnochan, Jesse Jones, Wilson and Fiscus all scoring points, besides Schaff, who broke the record for the Freshman quarter-mile run. It was the cane-spree, however, which absorbed everybody's attention. This was the first time it had been held in daylight, where the spectators as well as the contestants could see what was going on. Every move was watched with breathless interest, and when Beef Turner, our light-weight, took the cane from Reynolds '95, we truly thought we were a good line and signified the fact with stentorian lungs. Our hopes were soon clashed, however, for Hearn wastdefeated by Cochran '95 after a game struggle, and a similar fate overtook Faile, our heavy-weight representative, who on account of an injured leg was not at his best and was overcome at the hands of his Sophomore opponent. We didn't win the cane-spree that time-but then, Freshmen never do win that, you know-thus we consoled ourselves. During all this month football had been the most important topic of conversation to the college at large, and the 'Varsity had been practising and playing regularly. A goodly number of our class made a stab at the 'Varsity and several succeeded in winning iirst honors. Big Buck Hall had the reputation of being one of the most promising guards in the country. Biff Lea walked into right tackle too easy, while Fiscus and Barnett helped to swell the list of 'Varsity men. Our class tried a little football on its own account and devel- oped a team which was one of the best Freshman organizations ever known. Mac Pope was elected captain and Mollie McGuire was declared manager. Mac led his gallant canvass backs to victory in every game but two, and they were ties, play- ing Lawrenceville 6 -6, and the ,QS class team 0- 0. The members of our team were as follows: 2 .

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FRESHMAN FOOTBALL TEAM

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18 Hzkiovgf zyf Ike Class Q' '96. HERITAGE - - - Lqfz .Eaai RAFFERTY ---- Left Tackle. MARTIN, EDWARDS - - - Ld! GZl6Z7'6Li MCFARLANE, CHAMBERLAIN Centre. FAILE ----- Rzlght Guard. HEARN ---- Rzlghz! Tackle. JOHNSTON - Rzlgkl Earl DWIGHT - Quafter-bade. GUNSTER - - Lrg? Hayback. BISSELL - Righz Hafback. ' POPE - - Pal! Back. They played clean, strong football from first to last, were a good-lot and one that Ninety-Six may be proud of. About this time Divisional Examinations arrived and we had the opportunity to determine our class stand for the next three months. Some of us were surprised at the amount we did not know, but then ours was always such a bright class and such a fast pace, intellectually speaking, was always set by Bob Pat- ton, Tommy Leonard, Joe Rosengarten, Bill Stockton and others, that an ordinary man could not keep up with the game. The two most notable divisions produced by these exams were the Bloody Third and the ff sixth division Math. The Solid Sixth fell to the tender mercies of instructor McGowan, and the unanimity with which Poe, Pope, Ridgway, Righter and Rosengarten would answer not prepared to the tutor's most carefully-put questions was at once that gentleman's aston- ishment and despair. It was in Dr. Cameron's Homer class that the Bloody Third got in its deadly work. Besides Mrs. Smithers, Aleck Easton, Windy Harkness and other eminent horsers, this division contained Curly. Bissell, and he alone was worth the price of admission. How we threw shot and chalk -how in answer to the inevitable Who knows? we yelled