Calyx . Page One hundred nineteen r. R esume ofS eason On Thanksgiving Da} in Richmond closed the record of the Fighting Generals foot-ball aggregation for 1917. Out of the most grueling season with the lightest possible ma-terial was developed a team which fought the best of them all and ended still fighting. Theirswas the honor of being dubbed by the whole athletic world, The Fighting Generals, andwell did they deserve that name. To Coaches Raftery and Bryan is given credit for developing out of the poorest materiala team which gave the big teams the scare of their lives and humbled those wh
Calyx . Page One hundred nineteen r. R esume ofS eason On Thanksgiving Da} in Richmond closed the record of the Fighting Generals foot-ball aggregation for 1917. Out of the most grueling season with the lightest possible ma-terial was developed a team which fought the best of them all and ended still fighting. Theirswas the honor of being dubbed by the whole athletic world, The Fighting Generals, andwell did they deserve that name. To Coaches Raftery and Bryan is given credit for developing out of the poorest materiala team which gave the big teams the scare of their lives and humbled those which were inits own class. To two alumni, John L. Campbell and J. T. McCrum is given the highestappreciation for the hard and in most cases unknown work which they performed. For,though few on the campus were aware of the fact, it was entirely due to them that the foot-ball season was able to be carried out, and the student body is in hearty acord with the Calyxin extending its heartfelt thanks. The first game of the year came when,
Size: 2216px × 1128px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, bookidcalyx18wash, bookyear1918
