The Greenville News from Greenville, South Carolina • Page 59

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Ur Rratarto hfi i rwJ. 4 (ha aimtr. tu irfwt iht it cumllr mill's Ut' 4 Coach Young Outlines Furman Football 'in ttrntlitv 4 dm :) croup ol hu itrt Prospects For Season; Wlaterial Listed? I IS Prelude Society ta in in we can be a gaa4 bit ttraagrr of gaea wllk MT The larger etMa tw ctub i irkli two elder. A boy of 30 Is a lot more mature and dependable than a boy who it 17 ornl teaalvely. bat drlenairl there a gad deal la be dnirrd.

He need cvaple of laeble. a gaard or twa, and several detml luna. Adam, to president ol the 14 Al I fl IM 1 III IM.II total chapter. BUI Kerr, vkc pre- 1 UUIIUCU 111 kJ Prelude, honorary literary wrtety (Taa faUaatec aHkla aklar-taf laraua faatbaU aiiMiiaa mt 1MI. wrillaa aad rfart4 larmaa Hfa4 taatk BiU Yaani far thi tafcial Maim-try li aU).

The soundest argument Mauit t. the 60 minute man is that a boy who Is tired and exhausted I much faculty advutr. I iman. was founded in the middle more likely to get bun. backs brfar beplembrr IM rtdl arvend.

We will take our lumps nest Fall cm aff era lake IS at bay ha leak tike they Buy etreWp is canal mt years aa4 kM theta tack Mill I Hey suture Whea take key at Fanaaa, aat rtpeet totaediate beta. Wa can't afford la bald haya aer tin I hey derelop. Oar squad Isn't targe eoauch for that. Football squads have crown Ur Now lor a brie I run down on our BT BILL Y01NG arnua'i Head Caach ltrMt by Ml'S Uly Batlry Walll, then the head of the English Department of the Greenville Woman's College. Kappa Phi Kappa but on the other hand expect I to hand out a few lumps of our ,011.

Stresses Education The grouo takes Its name and H0 1951 football team. Oar balldiog program at Far-man la Just beginning results. Oar sqaad la still small and Inexperienced la caopariMa with the majority aar opponents. However, I da feel that we have made definite pregrett Kak Phi Kappa, national pro-If James n. "Speedy" Speer, bead coach at Greenville Will ger and larger, and as a result.

UliW.WUll naicimiy, 1 M.ni.atlnn ta Religious Work football has gotten faster and I atked to write an article bout present day football at Furman University. I hardly know! where to begin, but 1 do want to take this opportunity to answer couple of questions that keep pop-pin? up in discussions of Furmsn's football. Question No. 1 Why has Furman dropped Alabama. Georgia.

for more than 21 yean, vat among the greatest all-time back! to ever play tor the Purple and White of Furman University. faster. AU of which brings up question No. 2 Why don't we play uniting ujw ua iinn ihm wnn win nreDare ior ana i Being Stressed our boys, especially the good ones. Miss Mary Frances Davis is fac-lc.

in.ci.i. i. taie tia 4A accent the responsibilities ot lead 60 minutes? Yes. tn the old days. ulty adviser ot the society.

lerhin in educational activities. In the selection of aar players. Being allowed to wte freshmen an the Varsity next year should help sw considerably In sqaad depth, something we desperately ceded last year. Although Furman Is a Baptist In- it was founded tn 1922 at Miami The Echo. Furman literary maga-jceivea mention ior Aii-ownern in so.

peer nas reiirca there were many 60 minute players. However, it you stop to think, both teams had Iron men, and they xine, is published under the spon- stitution, other denominations on! university ot Oxford. Ohio. There 'from coaching, and Is in the Insurance business in Greenville and Florida from the 1951 schedule? Well, the answer la a very sorsnip oi tne rreiuae ana viie i played each other out. They got simple one.

We are. not strong the campus nave organized to ot-1 14 national chapters. fer stuoenta on both campuses thai The Furman chapter. Beta Mu opportunity tp become better aei Cloister, the men's literary society. 'now.

We were woefully weak at the end tired together. Present day squad position last year, and I believe our are so large and well-balanced that a 60 minute man may find himself enougn to pnry-tnese-teams on equal terms. The financial gain Is not enough to Justify overmatching ourselves. Football today Is a big biggest improvement wiu oe at mis oositlon. Several boys from last quainted with each other.

I The Canterbury Club is a national organizat.on for college stu facing three or four new faces In the course of a ball game. When year's freshman crop and a couple dents of the Episcopal faith. The they keep pouring fresh men at you Wesley Foundation Club is for all afternoon, it can become very who entered at mid-term have looked good thus far. Lack of experience will be our chief worry at tWIs position. Our guards are fairly well-bal business, and It takes a lot of money to build a team capable of competing against the large universities.

These teams operate on a budget 10 times as large as Fur-man's, and we need to be consid discouraging. While playing with the Washington Redskins back In Methodist students on both campuses. The Westminster Fellowship is for Presbyterian students. The University aids student or 1938 I had an experience of this sort. We played the College All- anced, and barring injuries, should be able to do an adequate job for ganizations by sponsoring every year Religious Emphasis Week during erably stronger before we tackle teams of this calibre.

The old proverb, "You must learn to crawl be Stars on Soldiers Field in Chicago. It was a hot September night, and us. our chief worry here is lacic which Christian leaders speak daily in services on the campus. had to go the distance Every fore you can walk," just about ex time the ball changed hands, I of depth and experience. NEED GOOD CENTER At center we do not have a really outstanding man.

We are well- plains the situation, DIFFERENT 30 YEARS AGO Other religious groups are the Young Women's Christian Associa looked up to see a fresh, eager man in front of me. By the time tion, the Baptist Student Union, and Thirty years ago, the situation was a good deal different. Squads the same was over I was so bruised, In Appreciation lortiiiea in aepm, nowever, ana I am not too deeply concerned about battered and tired that I could the Young Woman's Auxiliary; another is the Student Volunteer Band, which is missionary in spirit hardly fight back. our pivot slot were not nearly so large and It took a lo't less money to operate. A squad of 30 or 35 men were not as and non-denominational.

Our tackles leave a lot to be de AGE ALSO COUNTS Another reason the "iron man" Is outmanned in those days as they sired. While we have several big boys on the squad, all of them lack disappearing from present day foot are now. Some of the larger schools bring in as many as 100 freshmen each year. Last year we experience and are a big question Blue Key Chapter i ball is the age oi tne boys. ine average age of our freshmen today mark defensively.

Our backs seem to be pretty is between 17 and 18 years. The well-balanced. We are three-deep brought in 18 freshmen. It stands to reason that we- cant hope to successfully compete against such odds. True, we may "slip up" on age of boys entering college 30 years ago was usually a year or at both halfback slots and at the one or the big ones once in a while, but if you will check the records Grossed Continent fullback position.

Our quarterback position is a spot that seems to be greatly strengthened. For the first time in several years, we have a couple of boys who can throw the ball, and some ends who can go set you will find this true, even In the olden days. To Attend Reunion Installed In 1948 Blue Key National Honor Fraternity is a service and leadership fraternity and the members are selected on ability, scholarship, leadership and character. The Furman chapter was installed in May of 1948. There are now 84 chapters in the United States.

Blue Key was founded at the University of Florida in 1924 by Maj. B. C. Riley. Local officers are Banks Adams, president; Charlie Thomas, vice-president; Johnny Byars, corresponding secretary, and caulie Gun-nells, secretary-treasurer.

ror prospects is much keener today than it was it. our mam cnances of success will be to throw the ball, and we Mrs. E. C. Bull, the former Miss Ida May McGee, of Pasadena, 20 or 30 years ago.

It has been expect to throw a lot of passes this crossed the continent to at' less than 20 years since I entered ctllege, and I can remember how grateful and lucky I was to get a' scholarship, a working scholar' tend the annual banquet of the Furman Alumni Association in. 1923. She was a member of the class of 1898. She traveled 3,000 miles for the event, learning of it only a week before It was held. year.

We do not expect to lose too many of our boys in the draft. They are all in ROTC and the majority of them will be deferred for this reason. All in all. ship at that. Now even the mediocre boys expect a full scholar ship.

The good ones ask, "What It is with a deep sense of appreciation, that Furman University, on the occasion of its 125th Anniversary, acknowledges the I- many kind tributes paid it in this Anniver-sary issue An issue made possible through the courtesy of Business Firms, Institutions, Industries, and Individuals. South Carolina Baseball Champions Of 1948 It- I 11 vi' i if a a i hw bw i 'v -3 1 hi Furman University UK y't0s I "H-4" i I I -i Greenville, S. C. 1 JOHN PLYiER, President 1- -As rbrman's llarnets (lftt State lUseban Champions left right rrwnt raw Eddie Edwards, manager: Lew Sire mare. Kneew.

et; Jack rearswa. BUI Kerr, rt; and BUI rnOUpa, Second tow Coach Lyles Alley: lim Sheltwa. lb; Bl ttwart, lather Barnett. 3b: Jiiw Little, lb; Glenn Tart, Smith, manager. Back raw Jack McDowell, II; Male Pa trsbJeids.

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