NARRATIVE OF THE NINES - 1899 . shouldour banner hang at half mast, but should in the futureproudly wave above an ever victorious team. Our ability asplayers was recognized by all and several of our boysfound places on the college team. In the fall of our Junior year the friends of the collegedetermined to stimulate an interest in athletics by givingan Alumni cup to the successful class on the football new interest was awakened in all the classes, and ahealthy rivalry spurred on each class to do its best. Neverbefore was there so much practicing as was now being done,at odd places, abo
NARRATIVE OF THE NINES - 1899 . shouldour banner hang at half mast, but should in the futureproudly wave above an ever victorious team. Our ability asplayers was recognized by all and several of our boysfound places on the college team. In the fall of our Junior year the friends of the collegedetermined to stimulate an interest in athletics by givingan Alumni cup to the successful class on the football new interest was awakened in all the classes, and ahealthy rivalry spurred on each class to do its best. Neverbefore was there so much practicing as was now being done,at odd places, about the campus. Trick plays, mass plays,straight open foot ball, all were tried. Each captainthought his own men perfect, but hoped to be able to findsome defect in the training of his opponents. Early in theseason the contest narrowed down to Juniors and of these classes had won all the games they hadplayed, and the deciding game was eagerly awaited by thesidelines,—painfully by the players. But the test had to 28. The Alumni and Class Trophy Cup» The cup on the left was presented by a few generous alumnifootball enthusiasts who wished to encourage the gamesbetween the classes. The Nines won this cup the two firstyears after it was presented, the seasons of 97 and 98. The beautiful cup on the right is the gift of Mr. E. H. Bean,of Salisbury, N. C., and is to be held by the class winning mostpoints on Field Day. The Nines captured this first. come and we played for the championship. At first thegame was even. The ball never wandered far from thecenter of the field during the first half. The second halfopened with the ball in possession of the Sophs. We hadbeaten them once before and they played with were unable to get possession of the ball and by massedplays they forced it over our goal line. The goal waskicked and 6 to o stared us in the face. Again we kickedoff to the Sophs ; but this time determination met despera-tion and the third down found th
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