The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-12-01
STILL DISCUSSING IT.
GOSSIP AND COMMENTS ABOUT TIE
GREAT FOOTBALL GAME.
Csitics Think Virginia can Defeat Harvard.
The North CsroIinians Received
Their Defeat Manfully.

The result OF the great football contest
between the University OF North Caro-
ma and the University OF Virginia, at
NestEnd Park Thursday afternoon, was
widely discussed in The city yesterday.
While most OF the football people in
ANchmond who sympathized with the or
"Abe ana blue, ana who were extremely
"LNIo1s Tor The \uglniaiIs % WIN. were
toittabiy confident that their faNOrIteS
WOULD come out victorious. few there
We're who believed the score would be so
large until they had seen the Nirginians
Ftvu@tlnS 10 make their second touch
N'"H. ihcn II was mat the ouImOn
prevailed that virginia had an excellent
chauce - shut out tncir opponents. but
even IN" virginia contingent uid not per
mn themselves TO entertain a strong nope
lhdt Their idols wound succeed in making
mere than > points.
me large score was source OF much
qualification TO the University alumni IN
rms CITY, as we'll as the friends generally
OF the Institution. "a acted as an in
SttttNc in the magnificent entertainment
Scnleied the team. Indeed. both teams
were certainly TOyalV entertained In the
capital OF the ola Dominion. and the
men expressed themselves Ia grateful
Terms over the lavish hospitality rendered
tneW, Ihe Nirgiuians were unquestiona-
ny tht heroes OF the hour. Every where
thcS went such expressions as There ne
S"tS' and that's the Varsity quarter
,Sch ana that big man over there IS
go "i0itF lleIl SuilQ. ana the IKE.
were frequently heard At the same time
ant 'aFoliidhs dia not lack for praise.
we pIucky, pcrSCvering game they play
e. even after defeat stared them I'm the
idCt' Won Tor the Carolina representa-
NNtS hiSh place IN the public estiu'a-
ZION, ana the Ecntleu AMY bcariug and
~. oTceilng "t the men from me old
Norih state Increased the number of
!m,tI adinir"fS pcrccpubly in this citv.
IHt4 are as EiCc u set Of Young mon as
eEe. appeared on the gridiron here. and
"''E "'ddc lilenas On every side.
NnGISIAs GREAr WORK.
IN, NHElnidus played. perhaps. as clever
Ndilc as they ever did Certainly tboir
"oik Wa the best over soan IN his
Oi'l, ana th- compliments they received
ntIt numerous and varied. Some Thought
III tut star OF the team. others argued
~ ld'oI or Jones. StIll others Were fO~
'V'hSoh and PcntOn, and so on through
'"v HNJ Inc truth Is. the whole team
,I'tt5d themselves with glory. They
, ,,,',, q game fun Of snap and spirit, and
n"NtQ peIcepubly all the way through
heard two or three men here. who are
%Hth"fity on football say yesterday that
E Ehlrslnla would defeat Harvard next
NuIIS' mas, n the tWo teams met i'm Rich
Inond' They argued that Nirginia's team
Morh was equally as good as that of
harvard, and their Interference SLIGHTLY
SUPERIOR. certain ~ is that Virginia made
q bcttcr showing against the furious
IerhSylVdnianS than did Harvard mold
In- t1e Quakcrs down to Il points, while
llr harvard score was IS 10 {. FOR Penn
SNlFanld. II is believed by some That
Virginia would give Princeton AN tbc
IleeTS could DO. were the two teams 10
meet on virginia sol. II is thought
,nai game VIII be arranged between
nHtlnid ana Vanderbilt GuiVcrsis .. The
NlIEinians have offered Vanderbilt every
lnducement 10 play. and nave tried hard
10 persuade the men from Nashville Ia
meet them. The latter are by no means
over anxious 20 tackle the Virginians.
however, and il is not at all certain that
the two teams will come together.
FOOTBALL GROWING POPULAR.
h. is noticeable fact that football
has gained so much ground I'm popularity
On Richmond during the past year or two
mat the game. when two Well-known
teams come together, brings out an inn
w"nse crowd. though half the spectators
DO not understand IL. The largest crowd
mat ever appeared on a ball ground I'm
Richmond witnessed the game Thursday
There We're perhaps thousand more
people present than on the occasion Of
the famous Nchmoud-Norfolk baseball
game last summer. when tho score stood
% Go IN the eighth inning. II is only
reasonable % believe that I'M future Rich
moud VIII De- great football city, and
it BE- more than likely that q great game
Will Dee played here every THANKSGIVING
Day.
To many who witnessed the big game
Thursday. one %. the most p~thetic feat
u.- was the grace with which the Caro-
lluidnS received their defeat. When their
line went 10 pieces beneath the fierce on
~luEht of the sturdy \irGinia9s. and
even after four touchdowns had been
made and II was pretty well settled that
the CafOliniaus would not score. they
chung manfully TO a badly fra2eled hone
and instead Of raising a general kick
about the umpiriug cor something Of the
kind. as IS usually the case they took
their defeat without "a murmur Of com
plant and admitted. like little men, that
they Were beaten simply because they
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