The Stetson Weekly Collegiate

frtetm ifekig (Eulbgiate The Only Students' Publication of John B. Stetson University VOL. XXIV DeLAND, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1911 NO. 5 THE BIG GAME IS OVER The greatest football game ever played in the State of Florida, happened last Saturday afternoon. For more than two hours a steady flow of spectators filed thru the gates—something like 1500 of them. And among these were many healthy rooters, both for the Orange and Black and the White and Green. These immense throngs aided by a brass band for each, made an abundance of noise before the game. The excitement was tense.- Anxious men hurried across the field arranging the last details before the contest. Nervous and excited girls held their breaths and spoke only in whispers until the respective cheer leaders gave the number of the yell which floated out over the throng and died away in the distance, like a faint applause. The game was called very nearly on the dot, 3:15. Florida won the toss and kicked to McDermond on the five-yard line, who advanced the ball 20 yds. Stetson failed to make downs and Vinson punted 25 yards. Florida's ball. Taylor thrown for a loss of 5 yds around end. Tenny 3 yds. Florida kicked 20 yards. Stetson's ball Advanced 3 yards; fumbled. Florida recovered the ball and failcdt o gain. Bulleck 5 yds. Coarsey no gain. Pounds their line, no gain. Stetson penalized 15 yds for being offside. Bulleck called for no gain. Taylor round end 3 yds. Stetson's ball. C. Jones . short end 5 yds. McDermond 2 yds cross-buck. Neil Jones 3 yds thru line. C. Jones 2 yds. McDermond 3 yds and things looked bright for Stetson. Stetson penalized 5 yds offside. Stetson kicked to Florida's 10 yd line. Florida's ball. Tenney 8 yds over tackle. Same thing, no gain. Florida kicked. Stetson's ball, Jackson fumbled, Florida's ball. Bulleck thrown for a loss. Taylor fumbled. Stetson's ball. Stetson fumbles, Florida's ball. Taylor 5 yds., Florida's kick. Stetson's ball.Th is time C Jones made a healthy dash for 15 yds round end, but Florida got the ball on her 20 yd line on fumble. Coarsey failed to gain. Taylor 8 yds. Florida kicks. Neil Jones keeps up the record of the team and tears off 15 yds. Garwood no gain. Jackson no gain. Stetson kicks. Florida's ball. Tenney no gain. Thus ended the first quarter, with the ball on Florida's 15 yd line. Decidedly Stetson's quarter. Straight football by both teams. Stetson plainly the superior. No score. SECOND QUARTER Florida kicked 30 yds and recovered ball. Pounds no gain. Taylor on fake end run 2 yds. The tricks begin. Florida kicks 30 yds. Stetson's ball. C. Jones no gain. C. Jones again; this time for 8 yds round end. McDermond 3 yds. Stetson's first down, but the visitors showed better training. Time out. McDermond 3 yds. C. Jones 2 yds. Beard- all no gain. Florida's ball. Taylor thrown for a loss of 10 yds. Florida kicks. Stetson fumbles and Florida recovered the ball. More tricks. Forward pass for 15 yds. Same thing for 10 yds. Still another for 6 yds. Pounds for 2 yds Taylor no gain. Same thing. Taylor kicks to 20 yd line and follows with a drop kick for 3. Stetson takes kick off. N. Jones 10 yds. Willard 5 yds. Mc. 5 yds; ist down. Stetson penalized 5 yds which seems to have become a custom. By series of passes and bucks, Florida crossed the line and Taylor kicked goal. 9—0. THIRD AND FOURTH QUARTERS The third and fourth quarters were a repitition of the second. Wc regret for the benefit of those who would like to follow the game by plays. However, we do not regret the fact that space forbids a record of the game which smashed Stetson's long and enviable record. Let it suffice to say that the score was 26—0 in favor of Florida. Willard is to be commended for his generalship and splendid head-work. All the boys are to be congratulated for the hard consistent game they played. Shoulde*rs to the wheel Stetson men! Lets reverse the score next year. The Line-up. Stetson Florida. Phillips C. Storter C. J. Wideman L. G. Baker L. G. F. Wideman R. G. Wilson R. G. Beardall R. T. . Bulleck R. T. Garwood L. T. Coarsey L. T. B. Willard R. E. Buie R. E. Jackson L. E. Swanson L. E. C. Jones L. H. Shackleford Q. B. C. McDermond R. H. Tenny L. H. P. Allen-Vinson Q. B. Pounds F. B. N. Jones-R. Carter F.B .Taylor R. H. The Whole Science of Auto-Hypnosi contained in the Phrase, "I can and Will." 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The advertising value of a football team can not be overestimated. Now the football game of Saturday demonstrated beyond a doubt that there is something radically wrong with Athletics at .Stetson. This is not said in depreciation, but why not face squarely the fact and set to work to remedy the defect if any there is. What is that defect? It is not in the team certainly. Those fellows that fought on last Saturday to uphold the honor of Stetson on the field on which we had never before suffered defeat were men of nerve and they acquitted themselves with honor. The defect is further back than that. I think I am right when I say that the defect rests in the fact that Athletics at Stetson is not independent enough, that it is not on a sure enough footing, that it is hampered too much by arbitrary control, that there is rfot enough money behind it, and that in the coaching of the team there should be a change of tactics. Those are the fundamental defects as I see them. Do they need proof of their truth? Are they not Prima facie undeniable? Admitting then that this is the trouble, what is the remedy? A solution can be found I think in this suggestion. First: Let the Athletic association be free and independent. That will meet objections on the grounds that in the years when the association were more free and independent that they mismanaged their finances and the other associations had to come to the assistance of the Athletic association. To meet that objection there is but one answer. As a perquisite to independence let them put themselves on a Continu2d on page 2