The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-11-24
MILL BE NO FOOTBALL
,Dr. I. R, Sampson, of the Fredericksburg
Collegiate Institute, Creates a Breeze.
.HE CANCELLED THE GAME SCHEDULED.
Tho students Up I'm Arms nnd DO All
Show Their Disgust nj the Turn of
Ahnirs--Othcr News From Fred.
ericB sbur.s and vicinity.

u. Fredericksburg, Va. Nov, 23-(Spc-
lsS8Rl.) 1.-The action yesterday afternoon
x8$ DR.. 7. r.. Sampson, in issuing or
S3rs that the football team of the Fred
5$ricksburg Collegiate Institute should
#hot go to Alexandria this afternoon
Pat which place and time Athe manage
ment had arranged match game
with the Episcopal High School eleven
of that city, has given football in
Fredericksburg black eye and worked
up a state of affairs as has never be-
fore existed In the unblemished annals
I, of the Collegiate Institute.
Nearly the entire male contingent OF
the school is up in arms over what
seems to them TO be an unreasonable
and ungenerous order, and yesterday
AFTERNOON after the work of the week
was completed the boys paraded the
city in groups, doing all manner Of
mischief. making fun Of passers-by. and
denouncing the Institute and its man.
agement. They acted so boisterous and
made themselves so objectionable that
they were several times threatened
with arrest. 1T appears that the man
ager of the football team, Mr.. ID. T.
Stuart, had arranged game with the
Episcopal High School boys for Sat
arday, the 18th instant, but on ac-
count of an accident to one of the play
ers In practice game DR.. Sampson
advised that the game be postponed,
to which both teams agreed, and to-
day was selected as the most convent
ent, 1t not interfering with the other
dates of either >team
Announcements appeared IN the To-
col papers that the contest would most
certainly take place this afternoon,
and that the r. f. & p. r. r. had re-
duced the round-trip rates and In con-
sequence quite large number of col
lege boys and local enthusiasts had
made arrangements to accompany the
team to Alexandria. During the week
n I'm ell tybt
~ In practice gam0s, and several days
ago Professor Hodge, of the faculty
who covers goal for the team. noti-
lied the manager that he would be I'M
able to accompany the boy to Alexan-
dria. Nothing daunted, and determin-
ed to maintain the honor OF the team,
even though defeat resulted MIR. Stu
art decided to fill the vacant positions
with substitutes. On Thursday, how
over, Thornton Baskerville, who had
been selected to play full back was In
1ured about the head and had to be
assisted to the boarding house This
apparently settled all lingering doubts
In the principals mind, and yesterday
afternoon when the entire school had
assembled in the study hall. DR.. Samp-
son read Il letter lie had prepared to be
4, forwarded to Alexandria, In which he
6 stated that in view OF the crippled con-
Il dttton of the team the game scheduled
+ for this afternoon would have to he
: =.
& blow to the boys, and they ut once
commenced Kissing and raised n
< storm OF objections.
5EA team had been selected which was
nearly as strong as the regular team,
and to have their hopes of an exciting
game and, perhaps. n victory bla sted IN
the manner caused them TO oyerstep
the bounds of propr,ety. Manager
Stuart argued the matter with the prin-
cipal for quite n long time. but With
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that as manager of the team he ha d
the authority to determine the move
ments of the organization. DR.. Samp.
son retaliated by saying that as prin-
c1paI or the institute he had him
(StuarD and the rest of the team under
his thumb. That settled 1t and Stuart
at once resigned his position. The
other players have withdrawn from the
team and say they will never again
play In an F. C. l. uniform. Your cor
respondent talked with number of
the students about the affair and they
ere of the opinion that not only has the
football outlook been given a black eye,
but that all other organizations at the
institute to which the boys belong will
be seriously effected
Persons having occasion to pass the
male boarding house this morning were
considerably surprised, as we'll as
amused TO see rope stretched
across the sidewalk on which the bniid :
about a dozen dirty, well-worn football
suits trimmed with black creme and
blowing lazily before the wind In CON
versation with your correspondent last
night Manager Stuart said that ali
dates that had been arranged for the
future Will be Cancelled at once All team
work VIII be suspended and no more at-
tention given to the pig skin sport. He
also said that If the boys continue i'm
their present frame of mind the baseball
team that has always been n pride and
credit to the institute will not be o.
genized this season.
AMOUNT OF DAMAGE FIXED
Messrs. H. G. Chesley, Hugh Adie
end W. III. Rollins. the Railroad Conn.
missioners appointed by Judge Ashton
10 aSsest damages for the right-of-wav
LOT the Virginia, Fredericksburg and
western Railroad through certain
larms in Stafford county, have made
their report. fixing the amounts Of
damages opposite the names OF the fol-
ioWlng parties: Mrs. NJ. E. Carson
eE2o; George w. Hoskuer, $3.50; e. r.
Weidman, $3.50; Frederick wedman
$500; L. L. Stearns, $500; ]. J. Sale, SSH
and s. c. Peyton, 5000. ''
sia5 Calhoun G. Buckner, of Raccoon
Ford, has recently sold 500 pounds Of
hams of his own curing to Delmonico
in New York for % cents per pound.
Mr.. Edward Abner, of the Occouuan
woodbridge Company. which contra cts
the telephone system in this CITY. has
been looking after the interests of his
company here for the past two DAYS.
He has written to the Alexandria au
thorlties to the effect that after careful
consideration his company p-iu not co-