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Found wanting, 1'. h. b., Clemson, 155 Ditto, 1. h. b., Sarnpaix, 165 Roger, f. b., Revelle, 170 Coach-Holton. Subs.-Hopkins (Queen Lil), Cochran (Belle). T. H. LEWIS, Pres. 2 Feb., 1901. In less than half an hour after the appearance of this notice a meet- ing of the Senior Class was held, and we voted unanimously to face the Faculty. Five minutes later the formal acceptance appeared upon the board: "In behalf of the Senior I hereby accept the challenge of the on the date specified. LINE-UP. I;obriq"et. Wdght Chern, c., Lankford, 157 Frankie, r. g., Krause, .145 Bark. . I. g., Harrison, 153 Cato, r. t., Caton, 138 Molly, l. t., Shreeve, 142 Harry, r. e., Gilligan, 156 Shammy, l. e., Martland, 144 Bunny, q. b., Holt, 140 Eddy, r. h. b., Barber, 135 Dash, 1. h. b., Dashiell, Cont., ·155 Aguinaldo, f. b., Cobey. 165 SUBS. Bixler, Phillips, Neff. E. ·A. COBEY, Pres, Hard practice was at once begun. Every afternoon from three to six the foot ball field was alive with men and boys. Kicking, passing, falling on the ball, tackling, signal in practice, and all the preliminaries to a great contest were gone through with succession. The time was rather short, but by hard work both teams gotten into fine fighting condition by the appointed day. February 9, 1901, dawned beautiful and clear. It was almost an ideal day for foot ball. The air was calm, but crisp and cold. The game had been extensively advertised, and, owing to the nature of the two opposing teams, curiosity drew an immense crowd. They filled the grandstand to overAowing, and swarmed upon the field. The gridiron was at once roped off, and the surging throng immediately surrounded the entire field with a mass of -+ '79 +-