IS_ Sewanee Football Roster

Ralph Peters Black Sylvania, Ga. Landon Randolph Mason Marshall; Va. Richard Elliott Bolling Edna, Texas Floy Hoffman Parker Canton, Miss. Preston Smith Brooks Sewanee, Tenn. William Henry Poole Gl:yndon, Md. William Sterling Claiborne Amherst Co., Va. Henry G. "Diddy" Seibels Montgvrnery, Ala. Harris Goodwin Cope Savannah, Ga. Ormand Simkins Corsicana, Texas Albert T. Davidson Augusta, Ga. Bartlet et Ultimus Sims Bryan, Texas Andrew Cleveland Evins spartanburg, S. G. Hugh M. T. "Bunny" Pearce Jackson, Tenn. Charles Quintard Gray Ocala, Fla. William B. 'Warbler" WIlson Rnck Hiu, S.G. Daniel Baldwin Hull Sa:vannah, Ga. John William Jones Marshall, Texas Head Coach: H.M. "Billy"Suter (Princeton Henry Sheriden Keyes Cambridge, Mass. '1899) RF. Rex Kilpatrick Bridgeport, Ala. Manager: Luke Lea Joseph Lee Kirby-Smith Sewanee, Tenn. Trainer: Cal Burrows

'rile beginnings of the NCAA

Alexander Guerry advised Sewanee to with- Football spawned the NCAA By to encourage football reform. The same draw from the league, which it did in 1940. the early 1900s, the game was nearly abol- year, Chancellor Henry MacCracken of Playing bona fide small college football from ished across the nation. Due to its rugged NYU convened a meeting of thirteen insti- the post-World War IT years up to the present, nature, and an offensive scheme known as tutions to initiate changes in football play- Sewanee enjoyed undefeated (8-0) seasons in the flying wedge, injuries were numerous. ing rules. At a subsequent meeting in New 1958 and 1963 under Coach Shirley Majors, who Many schools dropped the sport as players York, the Intercollegiate Athletic from 1957 to 1976, guided the Tigers to six were getting killed and protective equip- Association of the United States (IAAUS) College Athletic Conference championships. ment wasn't standard. In 1905, President was founded by sixty-two members. The The last league (SCAC) title came in 1992.• Theodore Roosevelt, forever an advocate IAAUS was officially constituted March Contact Larry Dagenhart at 931.598.1136 of physical fitness, summoned college ath- 1906, and took its present name (NCAA) for further information. letics leaders to two White House meetings in 1910. Source: NCAA.

SOURCE: Givens, Wendell. Ninety-Nine Iron. Birmingham, Ala., Seacoast Publishing, 1992.

THE UNIVERSITY OFTHE SOUTH

CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION SEWANEE The University of the South

THE UNlVERSITOFY 1HE Sourn is a liberal arts university comprised of a College of Arts and Sciences (1280 students) and a School of Theology (eighty students). Owned by I twenty-eight dioceses of the Episcopal Church, the university is ranked in the top twenty-five liberal arts colleges in the nation. Its 10,000-acre campus, located atop Tennessee's Cumberland Plateau, is considered one of the most beautiful campuses in the country. For more information on Sewanee, as it is popularly known, contact: The Office of Communications • 735 University Ave.• Sewanee, TN 37383-1000. 931.598.1286. www.sewanee.edu II I