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SUNDAY, OCT. 21, 1917 'THE GREENVILLE DAILY NEWS SEVEN Presbyterians Down Pennsylvania Takes Fitzsimmons Making stone sped down the Cold for a touch down. Game From Bucknell Brave Fight For Life This ended the afternoons work and Furman was able to claim ber The Wofford Eleven GREENVILLE Auto Filling Station, Corner North and Laurens Su. Greenville, 8. C.

FRED E. ANTLEY. Manager. second victory of the season. It is the third Ome that Furman nas met CHICAGO.

Oct 20. Robert Fite- Newberry in recent years and it NEWBERRY'S TEAM DEFEATED BY THE LOCALS, 20 TO simmons, the pugilist who is critical gives her two victorie to one defiat. ly ill at a Chicago hospital is mailing a brave tight for bis life, although the attending physicians hold out little hope for his recovery. He was unconscious most of the day and "is gradually losing strength. His wife.

SPARTANBURG, Oct 20. Presbyterian college defeated the Wofford eleven here today In the first thirty seconds of play, when Galloway took the kirk off and ran the whole distance of the field for a. touchdown, then kicked goal. At all other times Wofford outplayed its opponents. With the completion oi uie game.

Bill Laval saw Furman play for the last this season, as he will leave today for Atlanta to be athletic director at Camp Gordon. He was very proud over the showing his boys made yesterday. Following is the line-up and PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 20. The University of Pennsylvania eleven defeated Bucknell today 20 to the visitors scoring- their single touchdown during the last ntinutes of play.

Pennsylvania with Berry and Light featuring the game with three touchdowns, the first by Liftit in the first period, finished Strong with Berry twice carrying the ball over Buck-r ell's goal line. Berry added two goals from touchdown, scoring 13 If our price oa cnal do ant conform to the prior flind by the coal adminJHtrator a refund of the esceea charges mill be made on an com sntd by Uii Compuy since Sept. SOtii. I'oJar loe Jt tfi Co. who collapsed yesterday after beirrg at his bedside for 48 hours without sleep, recovered sufficiently today to Furman started off with a rush and madA a.

in th first four resume her vigil. minutes at play by consistent gains of i Among the telegrams received at At No Time in the Contest Was There Any Doubt of the Outcome the hospital today was one from points in the final period. A forward pass to Grant left half Battling Nelson, sent from Uaris, Texas, which was addressed to Good Old Bob Fitzsimmons," and read as Speer and Uregory, Rr.ame carryi is iHall the ball from the four yard line fo. Ilximinack a touchdown. Newberry chose uiThornton kick again and once more Furman Black had the opportunity of taking the of-iKiser Tensive.

However, she did not score j.Smith the quarter for after bein shrdluro Mann any more during the remainder of Blystone Position Hnrman I.e. Wright l.t. Carson l.g. Siin-ns c. Boyd r.sr.

Jones r.t. Brown r.e. Khirley q.b. lihajne l.h. Speer r.h.

Gregory f.b. Gressette back, who had just entered the game, 1 was carried over for Bucknell's lone 1 tally. follows: "We all hope you put the solar plexus punch over. If you can land SPEER AND SHIRLEY STAR solar plexus, put over the left shift si oyer and get well. (the quarter for after being penalized thrashing 5 yards Sneer kicked and Newberry Navy Overwhelms Carlisle's Eleven Recuperating from the Nickles defeat of last Saturday.

Furman lock Substitutes Newberry: Derrick took the dribble for a short time. for Black; Ballentine for Rock; Bliem for Moyer. Furman used no Army Easily Takes Game From Oliphant substitutes. Scoring by quarters: Newberry 0 0 0 7 7 Furman 7 8 0 7 20 Individual scoring: Touchdowns Furman, Khame, Speer, Shirley; Newberry, Blystone. Goals from touchdown: Furman, Speer New ANNTPOIJS, Oct.

20. Showing complete mastery of practically every department of the game and manifesting a great degree of improvement over tneir shownig againsc West Virginia two weeks ago. Navy this afternoon handed the Red Skins from Carlisle such a walloping as the Indians have never been asked to take at Annapolis. The final score wa 61 to 0 in favor of the Sailors and would have been form seven to twmtv-one points mure had not Coach Dobie taken his first team at the beginning of the final period. berry, Mann.

WEST POINT, X. T-, Oct. 20. The Army won in easy fashion from Tufts today. The final score was 26 to 3.

Oliphant, the Army star, was credited with three of his team's touchdowns. In the final period Tufts faced en entire substitute array eleven and during this period O'Connor registered a field goal for his team, drop-kicking from the 25-yard line. Referee: jyuck" Brown (vander- bllt.) Our American Soldiers in France Needs and must have AMERICAN tobacco THE GREEXVILIiE NKWS aud THE METROPOLTXA3T SHOVTS are doing; ail in their power to furnish thnm with the deaimdV ir tUle. THE METROPOLITAN SHOWS (the show too know) Will Open at the Augusta St Baseball-Parkr Monday, Oct. 29th, 1917 16-ATTRACTIONS 16 2-BANDS-2 PLEN TT OP FREE ACTS rNTROICClXG THE WWP OSE OF THE XEWKST RIDING DEVICES.

BAND CONCERTS DAILY BY ROYAL ITIjAIAW BAND Auspices Greenville News Tobacco fund for the AMERICAN, soldiers in FRANCE, out her revenge yesterday on a more evenly matched team and by rapi fteld and artillery work managed to total 20 points agrainst 7 of Sew-berry. Not once was there a shadow of doubt but that the local team would be victorious for the visitors offered a rugped and incoherent team that was unable to cope with hi fcattuts' formidable charge, nor was ble to display much ability in do Ins anything for themselves. The two teams were pretty evenly balanced Insofar as weight was concerned but Newberry lacked a Speer In the backfield and Shirley in the line and there the difference lay. Tet, for the sensational feat of the day, a Newberry man gets the iroiv crow. He blazoned through a shuffle of Furman players in the line and backfteid and after sidestepping ai thwarting several would-be tacklers, rped 70 yards for a clean touchdown.

Ill stone was his name and he wait long and lank; however, this was th-j only exceptional playing lhat he did durin; the afternoon although he waa one of the main figures in the losing haikltild. This deed Wis the only one Furman recovered the ball again, however, oa the 55-yard line and kicked again, the quarter ending with the ball in Newberry's possession on the 12-yard line. What Newberry did with the ball was usual and Furman roon was going toward another touchdown. With the ball on the 20-yard line, Speer gamed nine and five yards and then made a touchdown through the. lire.

He failed to kick goal and the score was 13 in Furman's favor. This wss all the scoring during the second quarter for the progress was slow o.i the soggy field and the half ended with tho ba.U in Newberry's possession after Speer had kicked to 25-yard line. There was no scoring done in tht third quarter. Newberry received the ball at the opening of the period but after trying to advance, finally kick I and Furnian recovered on her own 25-yard line. Furman held the ball in possession for many downs upon a fumble and the failure of two forward passes, kicked and the Lutherans again took the attack.

After trying for several minutes they gave Football P. I. Takes Good Game From Davidson Sewanee rakes Gose Game From Louisiana At Watervtlle, Bowodoin 10; Colby 7. At Meadville, Pa: Allegheny 89, Geneva 0. At Geneva: St, Lawrence 26; Ho- bart 0.

At Middleburg, Vt: Norwich Middleburg 0. v. and At AUentown, Franklin BLACKSBURG, Oct. 20. Virginia Polytechnic defeated Davidson here today 13 to 7, in a game which was in doubt until the final whistle.

Neither side scored until the third quarter, when Peyton, for V. P. kicked a goal from Davidson's 25-yard line. A little later he duplicated the feat from Davidson's 45-yard line. W.

P. I. scored' a NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 20. Sowaneee administered the first defeat of the season to the Louisiana State university eleven here today, a field goal by Wortham from the 28 yard line just before the end of the last quarter being the only score of the game.

The final score was: Sewanee L. S. U. 0. Both teams relied on straight football.

of the day that offered a thrill or way once more in iavor or urman made one think of a real football and the ouarter ended with the bi'i Marshall Mulhlenberg 13. At Williamstown, Williamji 12; Hamilton 0. At Haverford; Ursinus 23; llavcr-fofd 0. At Hoboken; Stevens 22; Naval Aviation 0. game; at all other times it was Just a jn their possession on the 2fl-yard slow, drollful, old-timy gridiron line.

Iloth Scoto In Last. (Had there been no scoring pre- t.imia 4 1 at (limrtPr th FH-TTlft touchdown just before time was called in the last quarter. Davidson scored its only touchdown on a long forward pass. for Phone 485 Grand Theatre, tickets to Keith's Vaudeville. tiavA hnon a i Vinth tPMUlSI At Orono, Maine: Bates Maine 0.

At Andover: Andover Bumpkin Island Naval Preserves 6. At Hartford: Trinity 20; Camp Devens 0. At Pittsburg: Carniegie 26; Ohio 0. At 3irminghi.m: Howard college 12; Mirion Institute 7. At Worchester: Worchester Poly 6, Rennsiilacr 0.

fracas, characterized by repetition of old and familiar plays. For Furman in it is not already surmised tht star was Speer, and he did his usual notable work in every department of the pame. He made many long and consistent gains on end runs and line wiggles but was usually impeded from making touchdown dashes on account of a slippery Held. He nude one of Furman's three touchdowns but made it from a short distance. He was the main artery in carrvin- the ball down the field throuuout the afternoon and was tho whole backbone of the team when It enme to drilling holes In the op-poiing line.

(Jn the other hand, he iimle several brilliant mashes on at-eMiptcd lorward passes which with, wi ln dispelling hand would have for sure touchdowns. garnered touchdown and goal during this period. Shirley causht a forward pass from Speer immediately at the opening of the quarter and was standing behind the lines when ho received it. Speer kicked goal and Furman totalled 20 points, the final figure. Newberry then received the ball and tried for a number of times to plunse the Furman lines for gains.

They were unsuccessful. Thereupon, the again kicked to Furman and after speer had made a 30-yard end run and three downs in three attempts, the luck changed and Furman was obliged to kick. Nev-berry took the ball on the 30-yard line and on the second play, Mly- At New York: Columbia 21; Union 0. At New York: Fordham 12; Holyi Cross 0 At Springfield: Y. M.

C. A. 13, Amherst 7. At Cambridge: Harvard Informal 13; Maine Heavy Artillery 0. New Wis- At New York: Wesleyan 7 York University 6.

At Urbana, Illinois 1 Complete, attractive eyprymyJeturdHxyyou. consin 0. At Lincoln: Nebraska Notre Dame 0. At Ann Arbor: Michigan 27; Michigan Aggies 0. At Chicago: Chicago 27; Turdue 0.

At Providence: Brown Boston college 0. WASHINGTON AND LEE CRUSHED BY GEORGIA TECH At Newark: Western Maryland 10-, Delaware i At Swartmore: Swartmore Gettysburg 0. At Baltimore: Johns Hopkinj 0 Dickinson 14. t' At Lexington, Vanderbfll 1t Atlanta's Visitors Powerless Before the Heavy Blows Of the Jackets Roughness was noticeable early in 'the game and resulted in the banish-I ment of Capt. Pierotti of the visitors, and Ulrich of Tech.

Bethel, a i Washington and Lee player and I Strapper of the local eleven, were injured, the former being carried from the field on a stretcher. The i nature of Bethels' injury was not disclosed, but was said to be serious. Lineup: SCORE 63 TO 0 Kentucky State 0. At Buchannan, W. AV.

Wesleyan 27; Westminister 3. Ai Minneapolis: Minnesota S3; Indiana 9 At New Haven: Yale Freshmen 20-, Phillips Exeter AcKtiemy 0. At BlackeburgV, V. I. 13; Davidson 7.

At Rirhimoiril: Hampton Sidaey 122; Richmond college 0. At Spartaiburg: Presbyterian college Woiord college 6. At Atlanta: Georgia Tech 63; Washington and Lee 0. At New Orleans: Sewanee Louisiana 0. At 'Annapolis: Navy 61; Carlisle Indians 0.

At. West Point: Army 26; Tufts 3. At Pittsburg: University of Pitts, burg 28; Syracuse 0. At Washington, Washington atid Jeferscn Penn. State 0.

i At Hanover: Dartmouth West -Virginia 2. 0 Position Tech. 63 Fox left end Ulrihc Bethel left tackle Fincher Scovill left guard Whelchel Pierotti center Phillips Bailey right guard Dowling Atkins right tackle Carpenter Larkin right end Bell Fain quarterback Hill Moss left half back Strupper Blain right half back Guyon Silverstein full back Harlan Score by periods: Washington and Lee 0 0 0 0 0 Georgia Tech 7 14 28 1463 orgia Tech scoring: Touchdowns Hill, 4 6 Guyon, Strupper, Phillips. Goals from touchdowns: Guyon, Guill; Fincher. Referee: Majors, Auburn.

Umpire: Alcott, Dartmouth. Time periods, 15 minutes each. ATLANTA, Oct. 20. Georgia Tocii crushed Washington and Lee to 0 here today in a game marred tiy repeated wrangling and roughness an both sides.

Although the visitors offered a stout defense early in the game, they were never able to the Jackets' offensive drive, md Tech kept the ball in the Gen-Hals' territory almost entirely after first period. The Virginians had jnly one opportunity to score, when ihey had carried the ball, in the sec-jnd period, by an overhead attack to the locals' eight yard line. Here lost It on a fumble. The work of Silverstein and Larking featured in the generals' defensive play, while Moss made several ubstantial gains by plunges through tho Jacket line. At Philadelphia: Pennsylvania 20; Bucknell 6.

At South Bethlehem, Georgetown 14; Lehigh 6. At Williamsburg, Va: William and Mary, 13; Randolph Macon, 0. At Gainesville. Bla: Tulane. 52: Florida, 0.

At Dallas: Oklahoma, 14: Texas, 0. At Rochester: Rochester, 0: Buf falo, 28. At Charlottesville, Va: University OUR quality furniture and prices have stood the test of time. It will be to your advantage to pay this store a visit before selecting your furniture for we know that you will not have to go further, as you will find exactly what you want and at the right price. We have complete suits and odd pieces in Early English.

Fumed Oak, Golden Oak and Mahogany, all moderately priced. of Virginia Freshmen, 26; Emory and Henry, 0. FOR SOUK At Providence: Rhode Island State, New Hampshire, 0. At Tuscaloosa: (University of 46; Misissippi College, 9, At Lexington: V. M.

I 14; Maryland Aggies, 14. Stetson Army Hats, Rain Coats, Overcoats, Leggings Spiral Puttees, Gloves, Stocks and dozens of otheii things Kentucky Loses Close Game to Vanderbilt LEXINGTON, Oct 20. Van-deTbJlt defeated the Kentucky State football evelen here today In a close a Soldier needs. and exciting game by the score of, 6 to 0. Vanderbilt made its first score in the third quarter and kicked a field goal in the last period of the game.

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