Calyx . tion he called the signal that sent Kelly Francis across the V. P. I. line withthe touchdown that broke the hoodoo the Techs had held on us for eleven long-weary years. He also played forward during the winter and when spring-came he appeared for baseball and after a keen battle captured third base, andnot only held this down but hung up a battling average that is still a following season he was again quarter and managed to score tAvelve pointsagainst our ancient rivals, the Techs. The following January, Raftery began his career as a coach in the role ofassistant to Dr. Poll
Calyx . tion he called the signal that sent Kelly Francis across the V. P. I. line withthe touchdown that broke the hoodoo the Techs had held on us for eleven long-weary years. He also played forward during the winter and when spring-came he appeared for baseball and after a keen battle captured third base, andnot only held this down but hung up a battling average that is still a following season he was again quarter and managed to score tAvelve pointsagainst our ancient rivals, the Techs. The following January, Raftery began his career as a coach in the role ofassistant to Dr. Pollard in basketball and in the Spring when Coach Orth leftthe team to take up hisduties as a major league um-pire, Raftery succeeded after then on he acted as assistant coach of football j^mmbmbm^^ and baseball and coach ofbasketball. Thus serving hisapprenticeship under LarryDowd and Jogger El were unable to have himwith us during the 1916-17for he was acting as headcoach and supervisor of. Page One hundred fifteen athletics at Chick Springs Academy in South Carolina. At the close of the1916 season an air of gloom and despondency pervaded the company for El-cock announced he had coached his last team, but the blight side appearedwhen the Athletic Council secured Raftery as head coach of Washington andLee athletics. This was an arduous task and worthy of the metal of agenius and Raftery has accomplished it in a manner that leaves nothing tobe desired. In September he began his career as head coach of football. Herehe faced the most difficult task that ever confronted a southern coach; to be-gin with the schedule was planned for the team of the previous year, and wasmade up, in part, of four of the strongest teams that the White and Blue hadever faced. To carry this out but three members of the 1916 machine ap-peared. The great problem was to find men to fill the other eight squad from which these men were to be drawn was the smallest, youngestand mos
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