TOU C H BALL
F i rst row : Second row :
Theus, L.T.; Cal laway, R.G.; M . Moore, c . ; Manning, L . G . ; Tombaugh, R.T.; West, H . B . Ruder, L . E . ; Nance, R . E . ; Smith, G . B . ; Herre l l , F . B . ; K i rby, H . B .
Betha ny's i n trod u c t i on t o touchba l l p roved t o be very successfu l , a n d t h e game w i l l p roba b l y con t i n ue t o be one o f o u r major sports. The f i rst g a me th i s season opened w i t h color and enthusiasm; the freshmen had the i r band on the f i e l d , wh i l e the upper c l assmen bac ked the i r p l ayers b y chee r i n g . T h e tea ms were even ly m a tc hed, and n e i ther s i d e c rossed the i r opponents' goa l l i ne. The g a me ended i n a scorel ess t i e . The second g a m e wen t t o t h e fresh men, 6 - 0 . The u pper c l a ssmen held the i r opponents u n t i l the l ast few m i n u tes of p l ay.
I n the th i rd game the
u pper c lassmen c rossed the F reshman goa l I ine th ree t i mes for a dec i s ive v i c tory of 1 8 -0.
The next game ended 7 - 6 in favor of the upper c l assmen.
The last game was the t h r i l l of the seaso n .
Many t h reats were made
by both tea ms, but each defended the i r g o a l l i ne l i ke a stone wa l l .
On one
of the d r ives down the f i e l d the u pper c l assmen resorted to a k i c k goal w h i c h f i na l ly won the ga me, 3 - 0.
This v i c tory g ave the upper c l assmen the
touchba l l c h a m p i onsh i p .
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