The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-11-02
SNAP SHOTS Of
ABBEV|LLE SCHOOL
Football.

Football.
On last Friday the team from
Ninety Six met Abbeville's team on
the latter's home ground. The two
were well matched, and the game
was hard fought all the way through.
First, Abbeville kicked off and soon
after the Ninety Six mar received
the ball he was cut down by an Abb
beville man. The home team held
them for four downs without their
making over nine yards. Then the
ball went to Abbeville and was car
ried to the ten yard line. On ac-
count of a tumble the ball was lost
but was recovered on the forty yard
line near the end of the first quar-
ter. On reaching the ten yard line
Bill Hughes, the full back, called
out, "Formation A." but Hap Seals,
the Jolly center, did not wait for
signals but threw the ball to him at
the first word spoken. This caused
a touchdown for Abbeville. The
Ninety Six team was still waiting for
signals when Bill had carried the
ball across the goal line. Abbeville
failed to kick goal but had a score
of six to zero. ....i
This held thru the first half and
on into the second half. Ninety-Six
gained no great distance until a big,
husky fellow on their team tore loose
from everyone on a fake play and
made a grey hound ashamed of him
self for a run of about fifty yards.
This gave the visiting team a touch
down, tying the score. Then, bitter
to relate, Ninety-Six kicked goal and
/ won the game by a point.
Much credit is due several men,
bers of our team. Davis Kerr, the
celebrated half-back, who resembled
so much a British tank, plowed thru
the enemy's line once for a gain of
ten or fifteen yards. 1t is said
that Teoflo Bradley has never miss
ed a tackle. Although this is Bill
Hughes first year in the back field,
he plays well there and shows nerve
and grit. He has in addition an
abundance of hot air which he uses
fluently. Marshall Leach, known as
. "Scrappy", almost turned the game,
i. at least his part into a prize fight.
The other members of the team
played we'll, and deserve praise.
Many high school girls and the
teachers were at the game and al
most cheered the home team to VIC
tory. =
written by Gary Banks, assisted by
Weber Wilson,
Ernest Andrews asked the teacher
to let him sharpen his pencil. The
teacher asked him whether he had
cheWed the emo.
Ernest said: Ito himself however)
"'What do you take me for, a pencil
sharpener?"
Jack Bradley says he doesn't wish
the Kaiser any hard luck, but he
does wish he would get killed.
Connie Starnes, the weather pro-
phet of the eighth grade, informs
us that. egg sandwiches have gone
to ten cents.
One pupil being advised by the
teacher to study the dictionary, re-
piled that he had tried to read it
twice but couldn't make any sense
out of it.
There is one pupil i'm the high
school, Carolyn Edwards, who has
not missed a day from school nor
been tardy in eight years.
Mrs. W. P. Greene entertained
three of the teachers on Saturday
evening at a delightful supper.
Private Hubert Cox of Camp Sc
vier, and formerly a pupil of the
High School, spent the weekend
with his sister, Miss Margaret Cox.
On every Friday, the literary So
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