The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-27

1t was also in 1892 that the name
Carolina first came into use in
intercollegiate competition. Pre-
viously Chapel Hill'' and "The
University were used.
Seldom has football team been
manned by players who achieved
such distinction in after life. Its
members became noted jurists,
chemists, manufactur attor-
neys, planters-and even ministers.
Mr.. Murphy, long prominent as
a leader in North Carolina politics,
twice Speaker of the State Legisla-
ture, and often called "the educa-
tional legislator and the "truest
friend the University ever had"
was the center rush. that year.
The late DR.. Charles Baskerville,
an eminent chemist at the Univer-
sity and later at City College of
New York, was the plunging back.
Associate Justice William A. Devin
of the N. C. Supreme Court romped
from the blocking back position.
The late Louis I. Guion, a main
stay at the tackle post, later be-
came a. wealthy South Carolina
planter. David "Baby" Kirkpatrick,
a guard, became Greensboro
manufacturer and business man.
William D. Merritt, who played a
smashing end, is now a Roxboro
attorney and University trustee.
The late James T. Pugh, Boston
attorney for 40 years, was another
tackle. Ben E. Stanley, substitute
halfback, was a Kinston attorney.
Colonel William P. Wooteen, re-
serve center, won the Distinguish
ed Service Medal in the A.E.F: in
the last war and now lives in re-
tirement at Washington, D. c.
J. Crawford Eggs, first-string
end, practices law in Raleigh and
was formerly Solicitor General of
the U. S. The Rev. w. P. M. Cur
RE, long a Presbyterian minister
at Wallace, and DR.. Norfleet M.
Gibbs, New Bern physician, both
IOdIl1Gu 11O1ll LlAC 14o111Aos
George r. Little, Elizabeth City
insurance man and Chairman of
the Board of Elizabeth City State
Teachers College, stopped oppos-
ing Inemen at tackle. A former
EAsheville mayor and attorney, the
late Alfred S. Barnard starred at
quarterback.
The late DR.. Michael Hoke, first
medical director of the Warm
Springs Foundation and eminent
Atlanta orthopedic surgeon, coach
ed and captained the team. How
ard B. Shaw, one time professor
of engineering at N. S. State Col
| lege, was a back, and the Late
Eugene M. Snipes, who achieved
prominence as a minister, was a
star guard.
The season of 1892 opened with
walloping of Richmond College
40 to 0. Virginia, Cardinals great
est rival at that time, the next op-
oponet. The Tar Heels lost hard
fought game 10 to 80. After that
setback the squad went into rigo-
rous training schedule with such
grim determination that they next
trounced Trinity 240. a.
A week later they went to Atlanta
to wallop Auburn GA to 0. The fol
lowing day at Nashville they beat
Vanderbilt "a to 0, and two days
later they returned to Atlanta tc
play Virginia a second time. Caro-
lima flattened it's heated rival this
time 26 to 0, and sportswriters &C
claimed it the best team in the
South.
Campus enttlusia SIN over the re
turning conquerors ran high. DR.
Kemp Battle describes the victory
celebration thusly: "a committee
was appointed to arrange for {
banquet, another to decorate ant
send to University Station a specia
train to meet the player. When i
reached Chapel Hill the student.
enthusiastically converted them
selves into equines and drew tn
carriages from the station to tn,
campus. President Winston, Cap
tain Michaels Hoke, and Mr.. Char
les Baskerville, manager of tn
team, were in the leading carriage
The shouts of 'Rah! 'Rah! White
= Rah Rah Blue; Hoopla N. C. u!
rang out on the campus until lat
hour"