The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-10-26

GREAT GAME is EXPECTED,
Michigan is n Strong Team But Viz
ginia il Getting Into Fine
shape for the Big
Contest.

The University OF Virginia football team
Is now being coached into line by Head
Coach Hoxton for the big games sche-
duled.
Tho Varsity team now has eight SUD
st!tutcs who are being whipped into line
so they can fill almost any place on the
regular eleven. The captain OF the SCRUB
eleven also has out each day from siA-
teen 10 eighteen men.
The Scrubs and the Varsity line up
daily for a practice OF short halves. Dur
ing the lineup the substitutes are SVEN
chances 10 show their metde Oh NV
Varsity. The training this year - "a q
high order and is eminentiy saus'"',o's
to the Advisory Board ana inc s'Nu'"'
body. ,s H.
The backs. especially have developed IN
both sueed and tho interference "oi n
while the line is becoming constantly
stronger. ,.
The team is i'm excellent condition. ex-
cont captain Summersgll, whose knee
vet gives him considerable rouoie' ho
dons his football toys daAy' NV
over. and plays his position ~ iR"'
end. Farrar, formerly Of Sewanee. anu
who has been playing centre-rush III an
Of the contests thus far. has peeh SUE
ceeded by Norfcct. late OF the virgin"
Polvtccbuic Institute, az Blacksburg.
Norfeet was a candidate for last year
eleven. but early In the season had me
misfortune TO break his collar-bonc. lie
Is showing up well. and will, no DOUBT
he a fixture al centre. SHIRLEY Is putting
up the same steady game at quarter tha-
ne ala last year Landlord and l3yrd are
doing excellent work back Of The line ana
get into the interference well
Virginia will play at Detroit Oh NoVem-
Der 4th.
THE MICHIGAN TEAM.
When the University Of Virginia eleven
poes 10 Detroit on November 4th 10
MAY football, II will meet in the Uni
yerslty or Michigan eleven team thar,
like Itself. shows moro the effect OF
Princeton coaching and Princeton METH
DDS than of the principles of foot-baH
thai were developed at Yale, Harvard. or
Pennsvlvania Michigan's play is mod
iacation OF Princeton play. II Is not
spealinc boastfully OF Western football.
however. 10 say that the great teams OF
this middle western secuon-Michigan
Chicago. and Whconsin-nOw have their
own styles OF play.
For the fourth season now the Michl-
gan team has been coached by Michigan
meu-most notable among the graduates
who have coached it being Ferbert. half
back ana end from 1898 10 1896, and Hen
ninger. guard and tackle during those
same years.
Other graduates have helped. but in 1896
Michigan abandoned for good and all
the old system Of hiring Eastern players
10 coach Henninger and Ferbert got
their best football from Jerry Nc
Cauley formerly end and half az Prince
ton. Under his coaching Michigan for
the first time beat Cornell in 1894
The next year Michigan held Harvard
TO O. 40 victory on "a pastery eridiron
down at Cambridge. Princeton influence
has. therefore been most felt at Ann Ar
Dor. and is said 10 be noted IN the ten
dency 10 develop fast end interference
the first thing every season. This inter-
ference IS not so open as IL used TO be,
but Il IL good. straight football. with few
frlrs. that the men from Ann Arbor play.
on the other hand. a bit Of Yale in
huence. with the Old-time Yale habit OF
coaching up q tough "stone WALL rush
line first Of all Is TO be found I'm the pres
ence AT Ann Arbor OF I<eene Fitzpatrick.
the well-known physical trainer, who IS
as much OF a football coach himself as
IS Mike" Murphy at the T. OF i.
YALE HABIT.
Last year Chicago University scored
ten points on Pennsylvania. This year
already Chicago has decisively defeated
Cornell, l1-6. Wisconsin plays Yale this
year: Michigan plays Virginia. and Penn
sylvania and Chicago plays Cornell, Penn
sylvania and Brown. These great
matches cannot fail to attract increased
attention to the teams of the Middle
West
If Chicago won glory by her play
against Pennsylvania last year. It Is 10
he remembered that Michigan defeated
Chicago on last Thanksgiving Day.
Michigan had not shown the form to do
# up TO that time. but appeared IL for
the hour on the last day OF the season.
1t Is just another such sort Of team
that Virginia viii meet at Detroit this
year.