The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-11-11
FIERCE FOOTBALL
WITHOUT ANY SCORE
State University and A. and
M. Teams Hard Fight.
ENTHUSIASM RUNS RIOT
In a High Wind the Contest on The Gr.dlron
RACES for Two Hours in the Pres
ence Of a Wildly Cheering
Crowd.

lLlNpISlty Y, a. dio "a CoINSO
score, but a game hat was a sizzlcr.
1t was a battle of football giants yes
terday when the rival colors OF the
State University and the a. and Nj.
College futtered in the breeze.
And it was a stiff breeze, too. with
lots of cold in it. 1t came sweeping
down from the north and the big crowd
on the seats and the thick lines OF hu-
manity around the %gridiron shivered as
the keen wind cut, but forgot all about
the cold when the game waxed hot
And hot it was. Hotter than any
game ever seen in Raleigh. In the
struggle the A. and NJ. team had the
larger backing of voices of encourage
mcnt, but the hackers of the University
REPRESENTATIVES were in great evidence
and cheercd on their champions. Be-
tween one hundred and fifty and two
hundred came from Chapel Hill, and the
stand was gay with the bright rib
bons of the ladies. the blue and white
of the University and the white and red
of the A.. and NJ. being here. there and
every where.
There was keen excitement and tense
! b4SiiN ~ Aht'S
the Chapel Hill eleven knew that they
were ready to uphold their colors, yet
while the A. and NJ. mon knew it was a
formidable team they were facing, there
was a grim determination about their
playing, an insistcncy of effort, a pitting
of Drawn and brain against brain and
Drawn that showed there must be a
hard fight to defeat them.
The game was admirable in many re-
spccts. Proper guards had been placed
about the gridiron and there was no
crowding on the field. There were diff
ferences of opinion in the game, but the
referee was needed and there was no
unseemly squabbling. To a spectator ii
seemed a clear and clean cut game,
fought with vigor and resisted with
manly strength.
1t seemed miraculous that no one was
severely hurt, for time and again came
ahc heavy thud and crash Of bodies shot
forward with all their force. and the
players fell and piled over each other
till it seemed but Il bunch of struggling
legs and arms and heads upon the ground.
Three of the University team, Messrs.
Holt. Berkeley and Cox were somewhat
hurt and retired from the game towards
the latter part of the last half.
The A. and NJ. team and the student
body are jutilant at making a tie, with
no score, with the rcdoubtable Uniyer-
Sity team. At the end of the first half
the field was crowded and \. and NJ.
cadets were raised on the shoulders of
their cheering comrades, and flags were
waved and trumpet blown. Tho Uni
versity men followed with a similar
cOunter-dcmonstration, and then from
the grand stand and all the crowd came
rhnnrr for nno orNri3 a"3 Tho otI,,
1t was a scene painted all over with en-
thuSiaSm.
Both teams put up d strong game.
Each would change from offensive to de-
fcnsive and each showed strength and
weakness alternately. At one period in
the game the confidence the A. and NJ.
team have in Dcvlin was signally shown.
The University men had pushed back
the Cadet line and were headed for goal.
The cadets had the wind favoring them
and the ball went to Deylin. He fun
bled it, but managed to keep the ball.
Again the formation for a kick was made
and again the pisskin was thrown to
Devlin, but it got by him, and more
ground was lost. The University men
were near the goal, yet the Cadets tried
the trick for the third time and Devlin-
why Dcvlin got the ball. planted himselt
firm and kicked the ball high in the air
and way down in the University terri
tory.
IN the last half the University men
made a desperate effort to score BY q
drop kick. The ball went to Jacocks. who
tried for it, but missed the goal bound
aries and it went to the A.. and NJ. team
on the twenty-five yard line.
1t was after sunset when the game
ended. 1t began about 3:35 and was
finished at 5:35. though the halves were
OF - and 20 minutes, the other time
being consumed in adjusting matters an,
in breathing spells, As dark came O,
the contest grew fcrcer and fercer, ant
it was crash after crash. but despite i
all there was no score made.
DIR. joel Whitaker was the referee
Prof. Wilson, of Guilford College, UNI
pirc. and Dr.. Chas. w. Burkctt, referee.
The line up of the two teams was i
this order:
a. & NJ. Position. Univcrsity
Hadlcy......... Centre. Stcwar
Bcehc:....... Right Guard. ....... Farlo,
Carpcntcr......L Loft Guard ...... DonpelI
Left Tackle. ........ Fous
Right Tackle ....... .Jone
Gullcy......... Right End ...........,C Co
INSTRUMENTATION End ....... Condo
Quarter Back ....... Grave
Wclsh..,...... Right alf....... .Jacock
Shannonhou3c. Left Ialf...... BcrkcIe
Robertson. ......Ful Uo
University Standardization. Car,
Oldham, Albright. Endicott. Fisher, Ell
sic.