The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-28

that it has fallen before rival lnStl-
tutions, being defeated in baseball by
Davidson and A. and M. In 1908, the
University sent out the best team that
has ever gone from North Carolina,
or from the South for that matter.
1t was considered in fact by compe-
tent critics as the equal of any COL
lege team in the United States. In
football, the University has been ir,
the lead for the last ten years Only
one time in the last ten wears has
Carolina been played to a standstill
by North Carolina college, and that
was by A. and M. in 1899, in
which the score was IL to II. Then
in 1902 A. and M. played Caro-
line 0 to in one of the best football;
games ever played in this State. The
UnlVersltys great rivals in the
eighties and nineties were Trinity
and Wake Forest Trinity in 1890
1891 sent out a football team noted
all over the country for it's great
speed, quickness of formation and
rapidity of plays. This team defeated
Carolina and the University of Vir-
ginia, but it is not to be wondered
at when such men as Rhatus, Daniels,
the Durham boys, and the great In
dian composed the flying machine.
This was one of the most formidable
aggregationS ever together on foot
ball field in the South. To my mind
the only equal of this Trinity team
was perhaps the Carolina eleven
when it marched on the field last
Thanksgiving day in Richmond to
play it's ancient rival, Virginia. Caro-
lima was keyed up to 81 high grade
OF proficiency and had been coached
by IL master This team was strong
in every position, with the possible
exception of one end, and certainly
played football every minute of the
game.
The "A. and NJ. College begins this
fall a new era in football, in that she
has a competent coach from the
West, who will introduce a hitherto
unknown system in a Southern Col
lege, the Western style. which has
been SO emineEtly successful
The college baseball season was full
of surprises to all the colleges, for
they all played cratic. in this State
perhaps Trinity had the best team
when Bradsner was in the toX. al
though the A. ana M. sent out II
mighty strong nine, and was the only
team that won from Trinity this year
with, Bradsher pitching. The n. and
NJ. was later defeated by trinity,
hence the matter OF State CHAMPION
ship is a mooted question. but taking
q
remarkable record made bv Trinity
against the Northern colleges. she is
entitled to the championship. Wake
Forest played u good game during the
entire season, although they lost the
majority of their important games.
This is easily explaine0-for the Wake
Forest team was cOElDoSed entirely
of young boys who had never played
college ball. In a few years. if Wake
1. Il
gether, she will have a winning team
The "A. and M. started the season
with apparently the best material for
q championship team in her history
but as the season progressed three OF
her best men Joined the professional
cred from her loss and by hard team
considerably, yet the A. and Nj. recoV-
cred from her lost. and by hard team
work and efficient coaching. developed
a team that was the equal of any in
the State in batting and hase-runfing.
The A. and NJ. team was thoroughly
coached in the hit and run game. and
were great hunters, but the great de-
feet in the a. and NJ. team was
weak out-field at the beginning Of the
season. and later a weakness in the
pitching staff-most of the hard
work falling on one pitcher, Shannon
house. A great deal OF credit is due
management of the players.
Davidson College from it's small,
number of students sends out each
year strong baseball and football
teams. Their baseball team this past
year was especially strong with Vail
in the box, and in the Carolina game
in which Davidson won by to 0 they
were in the best condition OF the sea-
son, but as the season drew near the
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or got too confident. for they were
easily defeated by the A. and M, 10
to 3, in a very one-sded game. There
is one man on the Davidson baseball.
and football team whom [ think to
be the best all-round athlete in the
State, Bill Fetzer.
Speaking of individual athletes
brings to my mind question that l.
often asked. What nine men on the
different college teams would YOU
choose III you were asked to pick 5
team from among all the players as
being the strongest In the Statco This
is hard question TO answer and per-
hapS there are some VINO will dis
agree with my ideas as to the strong
est possible nine. The pitcher is the
mud-siIl Of any team. He shorl3
necessarily be a man OF good judy
ment. with perfect control. with de-
CeDllVe curves ana u SoOQ man WIFI
the stick. There is but one man in
this State who possesses all the above
characteristics and that man is Capt.
Bradsher. of Trinity, whom / think
to be the best college pitcher in the
South. The pitcher can do but little
unless he has q good catcher, arG
Bradsher had this in Chadwick, but
there is a man. Rowe. OF Davidson.
that stands in q class of his own he
mind the bat. He is q hitler, {
throWer, a runner and a good general,
and TO him I give Catch. he was
off in but one game this season, and
that was the A. and M. game, and
in this game BrockWell OF A. and M
was far his superior, but he has
Brockwell beat in hitting and throw
ing when we consider the whole sea-
son. There were 40 good first base
men this year and TO strengthen my
team L Will change Fetzer. of David
son. from third to first. Keep
Cheshire, of Carolina, on second, as
ne is SUPERIOR to Knox. of A. ana M,
on batting and base-running, while
Knox is his superior on fielding. Short
stop goes to Hart. of Carolina, be-
cause Of his accurate throwing and
knowledge of the game. He was the
best in his position. Third goes to
Diddle Ashury, the midget player of
A and M. He has long been the