Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-11-26
WILL PLAY, RAIN OR SHINE.
Next Thursdays Football Game
..tvo,to liant Of tho Winter


Athletic Event Of tho Winter.
on the afternoon Of Thanksgiving Day
whether old Sol is in the ascendant or
Jupiter Puvius holds sway, there VIII
be a splendid football contest IA Rich
mond and q thrilling struggle for pigskin
honors.
The long-haired VARSITY" students
from Charlottesville will be tho gladia-
tors on one side, while the Titanic Tar
heels" from the University OF North Caro-
lima will bo their opponents. With tho
'"Varsities." who arrive in this city wed
nesday afternoon, Will come swarm OF
merry students, and with the students
will como college yells and all-round mer-
riment. Ribbons of o1ango and navy-elue
will flutter everywhere and 1t Is safe
% predict that the hearts OF the society
bellies will DO likewise, for the fair ones
are decidedly partial TO the handsome
lads who imbibe tho "Jeffersonian princi-
pies" OF education.
Tho contest will unquestlonably ba the
outdoor event Of the winter, ana hundreds
" people will go 70 Island Park 20 see
the grand battle OF shins and fists and
and arms and legs. The crsnks will go
70 see tibet sport, the "chappies' will 30
20 see the girls, and the rest OF the public
will 70 because everybody else Is going
1t is hard to presage the results Of tho
game though the friends OF the "Varsl-
ties" claim that their eleven viii brush
no the ground with tho North Caroliniahs
This all sounds very well in advance, but
is It so? True, the Virginia kickers have
been playing marvellously we'll, but their
adyersaries are giants In weight. Tho
aggregate avolrdupois OF the North State
eleven il 300 pounds, which means that
each OF the lads has an average OF ls5
pounds OF muscle.
on the other hand, the erudite Jeffer-
sonisn disciples are said to be small and
wiry.
To prevent any unwonted degree OF
hclSing-ot course there must necessarily
be some or the skies would fall-the UNI
piro and referee OF the game will ba
chosen from some dlslnteresSd colleges.
As everybody with drop OF Virginia
blood I'm his or her veins feels a personal
interest in the '"Varsities," 1t may be well
TO take a peep at some of the lads that
comprise the Charlottesville team: Swan"
Bowden, a long-limbed Eastern ShOreman,
with a hide as tough as the skin OF a
rhinoceros, will play rlght-end for the
eleven. This is his second year at col
lege, and likewise his second season in
the game. He ~ considered to be the best
end at the university, and - moreover a
fine runner and superb tackler.
Price, the left-end, Is new man at
college, but gives great promise. he has
shed his blood and sacrificed the requisite
number OF teeth on the Pantops eleven,
and Is therefore possessed OF all the quail
ifications necessary to cause him to "die
hard" Thursday.
The VARSITY right-tackie Is Rams
bury-one OF the best tacklers at college,
and a superb ali-round player. He is
systematically described as short and
heavy"
Hicks, one Of last years subs" will
play left-tackle.
Penton, the captain OF the Albemarle
Spartans. will al the position OF right
guard. He Is the strongest man ct the
for three years.
Massie, the left-guard. has played on
tho eleven two years. and has wonder
full record as a line-breaker.
Early, a 1S6-pound cherub, Is tho "Var-
s.ty" centre. He Is considered TO be the
best man for his place in the South. and
possesses all that persuasive enthusiasm
which characteriZes thousand Of brick"
or heavy landslide.
Fred Harper, clever North Carolina
lad. who has proven himself 70 be the
pet OF the Northern press, generally plays
quarterback for the "Varsities." He Is a
superb player, but as he first began his
career In the Rosin State he may not
wish TO fight amongst his old associates
on Thanksgiving Day.
Among the Varsity backs are Jones,
sub OF last year; Shine. wertenbaeker
Hoke, an old University OF North Carolina
man, and Parker. the last years full
back.
Pope, an old Princeton man, will proba-
bly, play full-back for the Virginia lads.