The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-12-17
JUNIORS WON It
Class Football Champion
ship at A.&M.
Final Victory b. Twelve to Nothing
Over the Freshmen Puts the Class
"a the leaders in the
College.

The a and NJ. Juniors finally won the
class football championship yesterday
by defeatingN he Freshmen. L TO Q.
! All the scores were made in the second
half.
The Freshmen kicked off TO the
Juniors. who made six yards in the
first scrimmage. but punted after the
second down. They regained the ball
promptly, however. by n good play
ing OF R~einhardt. who blocked a kick
and fell on the ball. After two downs,
with only our yards gain. they pun
ted. The Freshmen. being danger
ously near home. did likewise. and
the Juniors got possession again, TINS
time at the center OF the field. Then
they tried a forward pass. but worked
IT badly. paid the usual penalty OF
fifteen yards, and then punted. Hall
received the ball and made a run Of
fifteen yards. incidentally working the
stiff arm trick to perfection. The
same player was then sent five yards
through the Junior line. and the
Freshmen made downs, partly with the
assistance of a Junior player, who
was offside and lost a five yards pen
atty. After that the Freshmen lost
on downs. The Juniors then tried a
quarterback run. but the Freshmen
were too fast. and Bradfel hauled
his man down for a ten yards loss.
OF course a punt followed, but the
Freshmen fumbled the kick. and the
Juniors. again in POSSESSION by this
tumble. made downs twice. With al
most no time left, they tried a place
kick for goal, but missed. The half
ended with no score.
In the second half the Juniors ran
into good luck. In the very first
scrimmage, the Freshmen punted as
straight toward the sky as possible.
When the ball fell, there was a bunch
of Juniors ready for it. W~hitehurst
caught it, and his friends saw him
safely over the goal. Five points, and
just a minute gone. Marshall kicked
goal, and the score stood 6 to 0.
The Freshmen kicked off then to
Marshall. who took the ball forward
ten yards. The Juniors made downs
once, but after two more ~scrinsnages,
had to kick. Then they made the
Freshmen punt, made downs, ana then
suffered a fifteen yard penalty for
hurdling. By a punt they took the
ball within thirty-ive yards of the
punt, and finally worked a successful
forward pass. This was handled by
Davidson, who scored a second touch
down. Marshall again kicked goal.
Score II to 0 in favor of the Juniors
During the rest of the half. the
Freshmen did some great playing in
Junior territory. h Juniors kicked
badly, and let Evans bring the ball
forward seven yards. Lambeth then
made the best end run in the game.
twenty-five yards. The Freshmen had
to punt after two downs, but made the
Juniors do likewise, and again sent
around end. this time for
six yards. This ended the half. Score
still - to 0.
This victory by the Juniors means
that their class name "09" Coes on the
faculty football cup. They have had
to play five games to win this honor.
and hey deserve it. On November 9th.
the So"homores held them to a tie.
y to ~. Two weeks later they de-
feated the SOphomOrCs 6 to 0. Then
they had to meet the Freshmen. II
began, but the Freshmen held them on
repeated this on December 10th. 1t
is over now, and even the Freshmen
are glad. Examinations are in prog
ress, and the students are too busy for
athletic snorts. The line up and sum
mary Follows:
Juriors-Reinhardt. l. e; Davidson,
]. t.; Craven, /. g; HARRISON. G.;
Haywood. +. g; Morris, +. t.; Gattis,
T. G.: Marshall, a.; Whitehurst, +. hb.
Steele. |. hb.; Moore. {. b.
Freshmen-Rradfeld, !. G.; Lee,
!. t.; Evans, l. g: Hewlett. c.; Nell
+. s.: Nealn, T. t.; Baker. /. e; Ward,
Edwards, T. hb.; Lambeth, /. hb:
G. G. Hall. f. b.
Referee. v. Sykes; Umpire, g. IIa=-
RS: Chief linesnlan. ]. l.. Voa Claim
Time of halves, Is minutes each.