For who would bear the scoffs and jeers of college,
The professor's scorn, the bright student's ridicule,
The pangs of mocking and unsuccessful effort,
The reproach of his class and the spurns
His family would heap upon htm.
When he himself might safely pass
With a few notes ? Who would tax his mind
And grunt and sweat wearily over books,
But that the dread of something following,
Makes us rather think of awful grinding
Than to leap the gulf with a pony ?
Thus fear of "fire" makes cowards of us all ;
And thus the mighty power of resolution
Is vanquished by the ghastly thought
Of the Prof s good eye sight at Exams,
And ventures of great risk and issue,
With this regard, expire ignominiously
And lose the name of action.
FOOT BALL.
Annapolis vs. State.
Friday afternoon, November 9th, our foot-ball
team left for Annapolis and after a long and tire
some ride arrived in Baltimore late that night.
They reached Annapolis the next morning and
spent the forenoon in company with some of the
cadets who showed them around the place. The
game was called at 2 p. m. in the presence of a
large crowd of people, who witnessed one of the
most stubborn foot-ball contests of the season.
Annapolis expected a creditable victory, as they
believe that they are practically invincible on
their home grounds, but as the result shows, they
had to be content with a tie and were very thank
ful that they did not have to accept a defeat.
State played her usual fine game of foot-ball with
one or two exceptions. The features were Hos
kins' and Fisher's breaking through arid tackling,
and the all around playing of McCaskey, Suter
and Robison. McKibben put up an excellent
game at end, especially for a new man, while
THE FREE LANCE.
Atherton did some very fine kicking. The fol
lowing tells how the game was played.
Annapolis won the toss and Atherton made the
kick off for State, the ball going over the
goal line. Annapolis returned the kick from her
twenty-five yard line. Robison makes five yards
through the centre, Atherton allows suit for the
same 'amount, and Suter goes around the end for
three more. Robison tries for the end but State
loses ball on downs. Annapolis can do nothing
with the ball, and the playing remains on the same
part of the field for some time until Suter goes
around the end for ninety yards and makes a
touchdown. Atherton kicks the goal. Time ten
minutes. After kick off State advances the ball
by short rushes for twenty yards, but loses the ball
on downs, and it remains at the centre of the
field until time is called for the first half. Score;
State, 6; Annapolis, o. Annapolis kicks off and
State advances the bail by short rushes, but again
loses it on downs. Bagley kicks, Atherton, fum
bles and the ball rolls over the goal line. Suter
falls on it and scores a safety. The ball is rushed
forward and back near the centre of the field for
some time, when Williams retires, and Izard falls
back from tackle to left half back, Merritt taking
his place. The change proves a good one for he
is given the ball and makes a forty yard run
round the right end for a touchdown. The ball
is punted out, but Bagley fails to kick a goal.
State kicks off from the centre of the field, and
this time Atherton sends the ball between the
goal posts and over the bar. Annapolis kicks to
the centre of the field, and State rushes it to her
twenty-five yard line, loses the ball on downs and
Annapolis is forced to kick. Atherton fumbles
and the ball is the Navy's on our forty yard line,
They rush to our five yard line, but Robison se
cures it on a fumble and Atherton kicks it to the
centre of the field. Bagley fumbles the .ball and
Hoskins falls on it. The referee performs an ex
periment in physics and announces that there is
yet one quarter of a second to play. Time is
called with the ball in the middle of the field in
J. E. S