The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-11-29
THE TIsIEs-RICHMoND VA. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 30 1895.

man. lie appeared to be highly pleas,
ed with the game his men p'ayeu' -
spoke In complimentary terms % .
work. Said he. we played the game iV'
: all IL Was worth We ceriali'y P". W
as good Il game as Virginia. ana my M.
went into the contest feelhs Son',N''.
of victory. No one can say my ulu nj
work hard and faithfully. Ihey p'dsSu
ball. but they 90, b.aten There Is really
very little Tor me TO say now t'ae We
were defeated. Virginia certainly HdS "
strong team. and they play iaS' am
] really do not like to say any 'iiiiie 49, 49,
the result. since we were ueltdte"' -
Will remember. however, that ! maze me
most vigorous protests against me
qualification Of Merritt, our ilsn -'""
tod you as representative o '4' -
that the decision OF the umpire was uh-
just to my team. and there was no rea-
son whatever why Merritt should nave
been disqualified Merritt was stanolhS De
side the two men. and attempted 70
separate them. He made no signs OF
having taken part in the ffacas' anu
Referee Poe. who IS a very oDserNdh1
man. and seldom misses a point IN the
game, said he saw no one put Jachaoh
do any slugging Several representative
of the press, who were standing rev
me that Merritt did no smuggling ana
/ myself was standing by and can make
the same assertion. But every one
whom / have seen about the contro-
versy said they thought We were done an
injustice in the disqualification OF Mer-
rift"
GREAT LOSS TO THE TEAM.
by the disqualification Of Merritt"
continued Captain Gregory. I'VE sustain
ed an irreparable loss. lie IS one o. our
very strongest men, and there isn't a
better right-ond i'm the South. lie IS
active. quick. well-trainel and plays his
position beautifully. As tackle he
hasn't superior ia the Southern states.
steele, his substitute. while good man.
cannot play the position Ike Merritt. !
knew as soon as Merritt was put of we
would feel the loss quite perceptihly. Ana
we did You will remember that the TWO
long runs by Hoxton We're made around
right-end. Lang's long fun. which re-
suited i'm touchdown for Virginia. was
also made around righ'-end. N Merritt
had been playing I'm that position } am
sure that neither Of these runs would
have been made. While Merritt was
playing right-ond during the early part
of the game. not a single run or any
consequence was made on him. tie tao
klcd and threw every man that cane LIS
way.
you see whist loss we sustained in
Merritt on the aggressive. he Is one OF
the strongest men on the team. We
missed him there too. OF course. do nor
mean 10 say that the game would nave
been ours had Merritt not been disquah-
fed. But ! am Of the opinion that we
would have scored. / also think II more
than likely that the long runs by lio@-
ton and Lang would not have been made.
"An effort was also made 10 disquaiiiy
Collier. our right guard and compfo-
mise was finally effected 10y which the
bali. which was in our posses ion. went
over 10 Virgin a That was an injustice
TO us. We have been playing Tor some
time these tactics, and other teams nave
adopted them against ur. We make
hole between our centre and half-back
through which 20 send our guard ana
block the movements OF the opponents
back. Collier went through this space 20
prevent the Virginia haif-hack from adj
vancing II was claimed that Collier
slugced one OF the Virginia players.
This was not true, and / know whereof
I speak Yet to settle the matter Collier
was allowed to cor tinuc in his place ana
the ball went over 10 Virginia. ihls was
not justice 10 u.s. Upon the whole we
got Il great deal the wort Of the UNI
plain after the game Is over, but l en-
tered my protests at the time. and said
then We were getting the worst OF lhe
umpiring We were beaten fy a team
who played no better game. and indeed
a team which is inferior, If anything TO
ours"
COACUER TRENCHARD.
When Trenchard. the North Carolina
coacher was seen he said he did not
care 10 say anything for publication, I'M
asmuch as his team was beaten He add
ed however that in his opinion the
North Carolina team was superior 10 the
Virginians. and put up about as good
game. II will say I'm addition" said he,
that North Carolina got decidedly the
worst Of the umpirng. Merritt should
never have been disqualified. His loss
was a very serious one 10 us. There was
no reason whatever why an EFFORT should
have been made TO disGualify Collier. lie
was doing nothing in his position al tHe
time against the rules. Had he been dis-
qualified North Caroline would have re-
fused to play. As il was they were un-
Justly treated by the ball being given 10
Virginia. Ny men played fast, strong
game. No one who saw them viii oeny
that"
CAROIINIANS GONE
The University Of North Carolina team
left on the o'clock train this morning
for Chapel Hill. over the Southern ran
wav 4 number OF the University OF
Virginia delegation left Tor the University
on the 1890 train last night over the
Chesapeake and Ohio. Some others VIII
leave this morning. while quite large
number will remain in the city to-day
and attend The Times big University In
Ion