Erskine at Clemson

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  Yorkville enquirer, Yorkville, S.C., November 22, 1921, page 1

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  Tor years nave been accustomed 10 sowing little wheat just from force of habit more than any other cause, are going into the wheat growing busincss-with all seriousness this fall and are going to pay more attention to the growing of grain than ever before. Saw Phillips Beat Clemson. Several Clover. football enthusiasts Chester athlete who played baseball here and at Yorkville, went to Glenn son College Friday, where they saw Phillips and other members of the Erskine eleven defeat Clemson 13 to 0. 1t was mostly the work of Phillips that won the game, according to the Cloyer spectators. 1t was the last foot ball game that Phillips will play in, since he will complete his college ca rcer this year. According to his Cloyer friends he will go down in football history of the state as ore of the great, If not the greatest football athletes that South Carolina has produced. The following dispatch from Clemson relative to the performance of the mighty Dode, will he of interest to his York county friends: “Dode Phillips, the great Erskine full back, wound up his gridiron career in a blaze, of glory by scoring two touch downs which enabled Erskine to defeat Clemson 13 to 0 on Riggs’s Fielf Aere this afternoon. Phillips was the star of the day, plunging through the Clemson line for practically all of Err skine’s gains, tossing some pretty for ward passes, and doing all Of his teams kicking. Clemson fought hard and came very near scoring in the second half, but was held for downs on Erskine’s 4-yard line once and had several for ward passes intercepted by Phillips when they were in Erskine’s territory. The Tigers made some beautiful gains, but seemed unable to take the ball any IullneE “llen lIlcy SOl IltdiiJ ~ IhS last white line. The stars of the Clemson back field were Emanuel and Ho!lohan ard Burton, these men doing a large portion. of the Tigers gaining. “In the line Webb, at center, and Spearman on end. were the stars. Hollohan called signals and ran the team, in great style. For Coach Dave Parrishs Seceders. Phillips was of course the shining light. but he was dDy 10 means the only man on the team. Young and the Kennedy brothers gave him good as sistancc in the backfeld. while Bricc, Blakclcy and Scogsins were the stars in the forward line. Scoggins particuIarly played a fine game at center until he was hurt and removed from the game III the SGcuEd half. phillips, who was playing his last game for the Scccdcrs. fully lived up to his reputation as South Cardinals, if not the South’s. greatest back. He plunged through the Tiger line almost at will for gains Of from five yards up. I’m addition he threw some pretty for ward passes and intercepted number of the Tigers aerial attempts

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  Evening star, November 19, 1921, page 21

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  Erskine Beats Clemson. CLEMSON COLLEGE. S. c.. Novemher 19.-Dode Phillips. Erskine full back, wound up his gridiron career in a blaze of glory yesterday by scoring two touchdowns, which enabled Phillips was the star of the day, piunging through the Clemson line Tor practically all Of Erskine.s gains, tossing some pretty forward passes and doing all Of his teams kicking.

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Clemson leads 7–⁠1 in eight meetings, counting the five since this game.