Stetson Meekly ColleQiate
Students' Publication of Stetson University.
VOL. XXII
DeLAND, FLA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1909.
No. 6
STETSON 14
OLYMPICS 0
Stetson's Goal Remains Uncrossed—Game
Played on Poor Field and During a Drizzling Rain
The gridiron contest of the South
,Side park between the Olympics and
Stetson was a hard-fought game and
every foot gained came only after
strenuous efforts, the final score
standing 14 to o in favor of the col-
legiates. From the first blast of the
referee's whistle it was evident that
both sides would fight it out to the
last, the superior team work of the
DeLand boys being responsible for
their victory.
Contrary to the score, the Olympics proved stronger than was conceded', and members of the Stetson
eleven stated without hesitation that
it was the best opposition that they
have experienced this year.
The game itself was played practically throughout in a drizzling
rain, and was characterized by many
brilliant individual plays by the
Olympics and the team work of
Stetson. Woolery, Pine, Warchild
and Bob Merrill played a good game
for the Olympics, while Pounds, Sams
and Stevens of the Stetson eleven
were as good as ever seen in Jacksonville.
In point of weight the Olympics
had a shade advantage over the college boys, but that was easily counteracted by the practice that the college boys had. There was also much
wrangling between the players and
referee and the consequent delays
prolonged the game until dark.
Stetson won the toss-up and chose
the north end of the field. The
halves were twenty-five minutes and
at about 3:20 p. m. play commenced.
Price, of the Olympics, kicked off,
the ball going to Pounds, who made
a twenty yard gain. Stetson gradually carried the ball to the enemy's
territory, but in doing so met with
strenuous opposition, and for the first
few minutes it was a toss-up as to
which team would win the contest.
(Stetson got within the Olympic's 20-
yard line, and at that stage were
penalized fifteen yards. There was
much hard fighting following, and
the ball changed hands several times.
Stetson gave an example of new rules
and made a double pass that worked
to perfection for a gain of some fifteen yards. Pounds also made a
pretty end run through a broken
field, gaining fifteen yards. The
Olympics got the ball shortly after,
Woolery recovering an on-side kick,
netting Jacksonville many yards. The
ball went to Stetson on downs, and
in trying to repeat the play Pounds
mistaking Woolery in his grey jersey for a Stetson player threw the
ball towards him. Woolery caught
the ball and made a run of forty-five
yards. The play was one of the best
seen on the South Side gridiron, but
was closely followed by a play by
the Stetson team, which, if possible,
was better than the long run of Woolery. On a fake kick Pounds got the
ball and ran through a broken field,
dodging about five of the Olympic
players, with the result that the ball
was carried for a gain of fifty-five
yards, within striking distance oi the
goal.
Stetson attempted an end run that
netted about fifteen yards, Speck
Campbell getting the ball, but was
tackled by Bob Merrill within five
yards of a touchdown. In this play
Campbell was injured and was replaced by ,Sams, the left end, who
in turn, was replaced by Skinner.
Determined rushes by the Stetson
eleven placed the ball within one foot
of the goal and Snedigar scored a
touchdown over the right tackle. No
goal was made in this half, as the
kick was very difficult and the wind
high.
With but two minutes of play in
the first half Stetson kicked off. Taylor of the Olympics recovered the
ball. Time was called with the pigskin in the center of the field. The
score stood 5 to 0 in favor of Stetson.
The Second Half.
In the second half Stetson started
out good. They secured the ball and
by fast work, featured by open playing, brought the ball to within twenty yards of the Olympic's goal. They
decided on a place kick and easily
scored a field goal after three minutes' of play. The kick was made
by Stevens and could not have been
improved upon. The ball shot
straight over the goal and the
Olympics' opposition could not block
the kick.
After the Olympics kicked to
(Stetson, they carried the ball down
the field, end runs being responsible
for many of their gains. Several of
the players were slightly injured in
the fierce struggle between the two
teams, and with the wrangling between the players, delayed the game
considerably. After Stetson carried
the ball to within striking distance
Snedigar scored a touchdown, and
Stephens kicked the goal, making the
score 14 tolo.—the final result.
Stetson kicked to the Olympics,
who gained about 25 yards on rushes.
The ball was in the center of the
field with about seven minutes to
play. It was so dark then that there
were many fumbles. Neither side had
a big advantage, and the ball remain
ed in the center of the field until
time. During the last few minutes of
play the Olympics played hard and
Bob Merrill was slightly injured, together with others.
Line-Up.
Olympics—Jones, left end; Whipple, left tackle; Pine, left guard; Atkins and Parker, center; Allbright
right guard; Warchild, right tackle;
Woolery, right end; Taylor, quarter
back; Pat Merrill, left half; Bob
Merrill, right half; Price, full hack.
Stetson—Sams and Skinner, left
end; Garwood',- left tackle; Stevens,
left guardy D. D. MtCasVxW, center-,
