VMI Cadet. October 8, 1923

              THE CADET I S S U E D BY
THE CORPS OF VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE
You, Big Team
VOL. XVII. LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1923 No. 3
Flying Squadron Holds Golden Tornado to Narrow Margin
GEORGIA TECH REMAINS
UNBEATEN ON THEIR OWN SOD
Georgia Tech 10, V. M. I. 7
Game Were Long Runs by Faulkner
and Wycoff
V. M. I. WINS LAURELS
IN RIFLE MEET AT
CAMP PERRY IN SEPT.
In one of the most spectacular
games ever seen on Grant Field,
the Golden 'Tornado of Georgia
Tech nosed out the Flying
Squadron of V. M. I. by the
close score of 10 to 7. A crowd
of some ten thousan 1 were
thrilled f r om time to time by
spectacular plays on both si.les
such as Faulkner's 84 yard and
W y c o f f ' s 85 yard run f o r touch-downs.
With a line greatly weakened
by the loss of Smiley Denton,
the Big Team fought grimly
and the outcome was in doubt
until the final blast of the whis-tle.
Every man played a wonder-ful
game and we are proud of
them. Fats Hammond and Tom
McCracken f r om time to time
broke up the Tech defense and
smeared the backs for big loss-es;
Charlie Barbour and Clem-ents
proved to be stonewalls of
defense and did equally as well
on the offensive; Cherry Wat-kins
and Tuck Carlton ably
guarded their wings from the
Tech attack; Gene Ferguson
played his usual flawless game
at center; Hobby Wilson, sub-stituting
for Ferguson, showed
up to a great advantage. Wert
Faulkner, Klebo Attwell, Snail
Caldwell, Windy White, and Ed
Ryder again proved that they
were the best set of backfield
men ever seen at V. M. I. Wert
Faulkner was probably the out-standing
star of the backfield.
With his generalship, ability to
make a sure and hard tackle,
and his spectacular run of 84
yards for a touchdown, Wert
should make a strong bid for an
All-Southern berth.
For Tech, Wycoff, mainstay
of last year's Freshman team,
was by far the outstanding
star. Williams and Reeves also
played good games in the back-field.
In the line, perhaps
Gardner was the most promi-nent.
The Game In Detail.
V. M. I. wins the toss and
elects to defend the south goal.
Tech kicks off to Faulkner who
returns 15 yards where he was
downed by Usry; White punted
to Tech's one-foot line, downed
Cadets Are Represented On R.
-Features of the T- c- Rif,e Teams Ry J- M-Yates,
H. T. Nicolson, and R.
C. Brower—All Three Qual-ify.
V. M. I. was represented this
year in the National Rifle
NEW BARRACKS ARE RAPIDLY
APPROACHING THEIR COMPLETION
on that line; Wycoff punted 35
yards to Caldwell who returned i Matches, held during the month
5 yards; ball called back (V. M.
1. off-side—penalized 5 yards);
Wycoff kicked to midl'ield where
of September, at Camp Perry,
Ohio, by Cadets Nicholson, H.
T . ; Brower, R. C., and Yates,
Staton fell on it—V. M. L's J- M. These men, in addition
ball; referee calls the two cap-,to three others, were chosen
tains and talks to them; White j f r om a group of about 500 R. O.
smashes over right guard for 4
yards; Caldwell got 2 over right
guard; White kicked 65 yards
to Wycoff who returned 15—
downed by Faulkner; Wycoff
thru center for 6 yards; Mc-
Cracken stopping hjm; Hunt
hit left tackle for 3 yards but
was penalized 5 yards for o f f -
side; Reeves slashed off 3 yds.
over left tackle; Wycoff kicked
40 yards to Ferguson who re-turned
5 yards (time out for
T e c h ) ; Attwell hit center for 2
yards. On next play Wycoff
intercepted a forward pass and
ran 85 yards for a touchdown;
Wycoff kicked goal. Score—
Georgia Tech, 7; V. M. I., 0.
Play — an open formation,
Attwell got 1 yard through
right guard; Caldwell crawled
under Tech's line for 7 yards;
White punted to Hunt.who was
downed on his own 2 yard line
by Faulkner; Williams failed to
gain over right tackle; Wycoff
got 2 over right tackle, Mc-
Cracken tackling. The quarter
T. C. students at Camp Meade,
Md., according to their rank in
competitive scores recorded in
the course of rifle marksman-ship
held there. In compliance
with orders issued by the War
Department, these msn report-ed
to the camp set aside f o r this
purpose as members of the 3rd
Corps Area Rifle Team on Sep-tember
1st. Here Jhey met with
the most favorable conditions
possible.
The camp is situated some
eighty miles north of Cleve-land,
Ohio, on the shore of
Lake Erie. It is spacious and
commands a striking view of
the lake. There are f i v e main
ranges consisting of one hun-dred
targets each. One range
is devoted to pistol shooting,
one to shot gun or trapshooting,
and three at 200, 600, and 1,000
yards, devoted to the use of the
r i f l e . Separated f r om these is a
smaller 300 meter range for the
use of International .Matches.
The camp itself is composed of
three sections: the "Squaw"
Camp, the Instructor's Camp,
' and lastly, the Competitors'
Camp.
The ranges were opened Sep-tember
3 for practice, and kept
open until the beginning of the
Plans Are Under^Way To Make j matches, September 11. Each
This One of the Best Dances m a n w a s i s s u e d a star-gauged
r i f l e and during this period was
given the opportunity to ac-quaint
himself with his own
r i f l e and to study the action of
his rifle under the most varied
conditions existing. He was
placed under strict training
rules and under the care and in-struction
of America's most
competent r i f l e coaches. In or-der
to insure perfect health and
physical condition, the govern-ment
quite outdid itself by af-fording
the best of food and
shelter. The food was of the
A - l class, prepared with the ut-
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PERMITAPPROVED
TO HOLD FIRST
CLASS HOP OCT. 27
Progress on Alumni Hal! Sacrificed In Orderlto
Speed Up Work on Cadet Quarters
Ever Held At The Institute.
Permission has been procured
f r om the constituted authorities
to hold a first class hop on the
night of October 27th—the date
of the North Carolina State
game—so that all we need now
is the presence of an ample
number of the fair sex at this
time to make it a gala occasion.
In order to give added inspir-ation
to the Big Dogs, "Willie
I r v i n e " Jordan has announced
that those attending will need
na' tickets whatsoever provided
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Construction of the new por-tion
of barracks, whereby the
shape of a rectangle will be per-fected,
is progressing rapidly,
and every day f r om early morn-ing
to late evening, the work-men
may be seen diligently la-boring
at their respective tasks;
in many instances overtime has
been employed.
The exterior work has been
entirely completed and now the
walls of the new wing have been
stuccoed in such a manner as to
have identically the same ap-pearance
as those of the old.
Interior work has begun and
it is now well under w a y ; in fact
the f i r s t and second stoops have
been virtually completed and
the rooms are now ready for
immediate occilpancy. It only
remains for a f ew finishing
touches, such as the laying of
the floor and "installation of
electric and plumbing fixtures,
to be added to those of the third
and fourth stoop and they will
then have been completed.
The Alumni Hall, of neces-sity,
is somewhat behind from
the point of view of progress.
The interior walls are being
plastered and it should not be
long before this work is also
finished.
L i t t l e need be said of the
sinks, f o r it is well known by all
who have seen them that they
have been greatly improved in
every particular.
The entire construction job,
according to the foreman, should
be completed by Christmas.
In this new wing, fourteen
new rooms, consisting of twelve
double rooms and two single
rooms, have been added to each
stoop, making a total of f i f t y*
six new rooms. These, how-ever,
are somewhat smaller
than those in the older wings of
barracks, having as their din
mensipns, 15 f t . 2 in. by 16 ft*
2 in., but by reason of the pro-posed
plan of placing four men
in a double room and two men in
a single room, ample accommo-dations
will be afforded.
The first floor of the Alumni
Hall will be used as a lobby, the
remaining three being taken up
with many bed-rooms and baths.
M25 RING~MAKES
ITSJiPPEARANCE
Many Think the New Ring To
Be a Decided Improvement
Over Those of Former Years.
In a f ew days the members of
the class of 1925 will begin to
receive their rings. Everyone
is anxious to put his hands on a
class ring which he can call his
own.
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IN MEMORIAM
In September, 1921, two hundred and f i f t y men embark-ed
on a V. M. I. career. Many have dropped by the way-side
for various and sundry reasons. Now the Class of
1915 numbers about a hundred. The departure of these
men to other walks of life has been keenly felt by every
member of the Class and each one will always have a soft
spot in his heart f o r his Brother Rat.
The loss of these men has been like a dull pain, but the
great shock of all came when word was received that two
former members of the present Second Class had met with
a disastrous accident. No particulars of the tragedy have
been obtained and all we know is that two of our beloved
class brothers have passed on to the Great Beyond.
Every man in the Corps who knew Dick Brandon and
Bobby Paxton appreciated their friendliness, understand-ing
and will to work f o r the benefit of their associates.
The Corps of Cadets extends its heartfelt sympathy to
the parents of these men, and it is the sincere wish of every
man to share the feeling of irreparable loss that has been
caused by this untimely tragedy.
R. W. W.