Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-12-01


gsnsic flowers had made their appearance
AL over the town. They were marvels
of fioricuiturc~as big az ainnowers
and ten times as "yaller." In some
cases they almost obscured the "chaupIess'
who wore them. From distance tho
bleacheries looked az II they were a.
lGmined by scores OF solar orbs. for caoh
chrysanthemum nared with It's yellow.
glow like old Sol himself.
Unfortunately for the manly rnodos,
Tarheels, their constituents were vastly,
In the minority, but nevertheless there
were hundreds OF persons who wore the
blue snd white of the "oid North state +"
In many cases the lady admirers OF the
Neroilnlans-and they had manv-adorned
themselves With white chrysantheuurs a
20 snow their preference for the strangers
COLLEGE YELLS GALORE.
the vocal rootings OF the Varsity
ADMIRERS were simply uproarous. How
their laryngcal nerves stood the strain is
mystery. Just before the struggle began
the air fairly quivered with college yells
crowd OF students. about one hundred
and nifty strong. lined up" into a bat
talon. and marched all over the grounds
singing and blowing horns. They halted
in front Of the grand-stand AMI gave it's
fair occupants a vocal screnade. which in
point Of volume has rarely. II ever been
cqualled
Here is a fragment OF their pet dltty:
The girls OF Richmond are very sweet.
They've come out TO see old Virginia
beat:
Their hearts are ever so staunch and
true.
And they always wear the orange and
blue
They're, stuck on Pope with his curly
locks,
And wonder how Johnson can stand the
hard knocks;
While 'Jonesy' all efforts at tacklng
mocks,
And takes the ball over the line
This melody was sung with telling effect
10 the air Of "The Bowery." and it's
chorus was as follows:
For touchdown. touchdown,
We've done II before, and wen do 1t
once more.
touchdown. a touchdown,
And Harper will make 10 a goal.
The horns became especially blatant
whenever "A touchdown was made. and
footed the glad tidinSs far and wide.
THE PLAYERS APPEAR.
II was about o'clock when the Var
stiles. clad IN their mud-sta.ned mole
skin suits and blue sweaters. and ar
morod with their shin-protcctors. trotted
out upon the arena. The scene presented
by the team with their long waving hair
and their muscular limbs might well be
llkcued unto a stampede OF Texas bronchos
Taken as whole the Tigers are not a
large set of men. though what they lack
IN height Is made up in beef" Without
apparently noticing the roar OF applause
which greeted them they threw them
selves upon the pig-skn. and proceeded TO
Timber up for the contest. They rolled
themselves about after the leather as II
their hides were invulnerable, and as II
no such thing as dirt existed II the Char
lottcsvine kickers had been weighed for
the contest. they would probably have
had an average avdrdupois OF 1G3 pounds.
Ere the Virginia athletes had gotten
their blood warmed the North Carolina
lads amid a laundering round Of applause.
entered the field through the side gate
on the south They slowly marched out
into the arena. Ike team of giants.
Foremost and head above all others was
the colossus kirkpatrick, a hu-
OF wool on his head. and a
face that reminds one forcibly Of the stern
busts of Beethoven. the musician The
Tarhoels. modest and unpretentiOus de-
spite their imposing appearance. wore
the conventional blue sweater, with no.
sierv Of the same hue. Like their ad-
versarles. they proceeded TO mop up the
earth with each other for a few minutes,
In order to prepare themselves for the
fray. The average weight Of the Tar
heels ia about lGj pounds.
HOW THEY LINED UP.
After much preliminary, and wriggling
and twisting, and punting, and rolling,
the teams lined up as follows:
l.. y. &. Position. L. Va.
Merritt ............left end.......... Bowden
PUgh ..............left tackle. Randolph
Snipes .............left guard........ Msssie
Murphy .............c .centre........-... Early
Kirkpatrick fright guard....... Penton
Little ............rieht taclt'e......... Hicks
Rankin ...........right end............ Price
Barnard .......quarter back....... Harper
keenan, ..........right half........ Johnson
Gtaham ............lcft half f........... Jones
Baskerville ........full back......... Pope
Mr. Percy Bosher. OF Richmond College,
acted as referee. and little "Henricus'
Burnett. Of the same institution. was the
umpire.
'VARSITIES GET THE BALL.
The toss Of the coin resulted favorably
for the Narsities. and they took the ball.
The Tarheels. however had the advantage
OF the ground. 4 wild scrimmage-a chaos
Of legs. pOtpourri Of scalps, and fear
ful amalgamatlon Of humanity ensued.
The Tigers got possession Of the pig-Skin,
and by many successive gains OF four
and five yards pushed it into the Carolina
territory. once Pope emerged from the
scrmmage with the hide OF the defunct
porcine and ran forty yards unmolested.
but this was not counted. and the ball
was given TO the Tarhccls. moment or
so later the leather was punted down the
field by the Tarheels. and captured by the
ubiquitous Harper, who ran twenty yards
before being downed. Then the Tigers.
by terrible fighting. finally got the BAH
back on safe ground ana for some tiine
there was some awful scrimmaging near
centre. At this juncture Captain Barnard
was temporarily knocked out by a dislo-
Gated elbow. and fell to the ground. Time
was called for a few moments, and after
the plucky chap had received the proper
medical attention and again resumed his
position, the game again commenced with
tho Nirginia's 8 bah. Harper gained twenty
Ave yards through left-end, Hicks made
three yards through centre, and Jones
stole four yards through left-tackle. john
then gained four yards through left
tackle. but the ball was taken back and
snapped over. The Tarheels gained six
wards on a tackle by Murphy and subse-
quently they gained twelve yards at one
time. and then five more. They next lost
Two. and the leather went 20 Virginia
on tumble. The Tigers pro-
ceeded TO make gains Of several yards
for some minutes. but finally the Tar
heels got the ball on an off-side play, and
a moment later Baskerville punted
thirty yards. Pope fumbled the leather.
and a Carolinan fell on top OF IL and Sc
cured the ball The Tarheels gained
seven yards more through left-tackle.
These plays had put them consldera-
bic distance into the Virginia territory
and the Varsity rooters were momenta-
rily dismayed. but just then Mr.. Bosher
announced that the time for the first half
was ended. Neither side had scored. Al
this juncture the Iong-haired strangers
were about thirty yards from the Var
sity goal.
HoNORs WE'RE EVEN.
The first half clearly evinccd the fact
that the Virginians had no walk-over,
and IL looked very much as II they would
be unable to prevent their opponents
from scoring The crowd went wild with
excitement. and the police had the great
est difficulty in forcing the spectators
back from the field. At times the players
hardly had the room TO move n we'll
t~.ousn voung aocaetV man. who was as