The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-11-30
MID SONG AND SHOUT.
Virginia Defeats Sewanee and Wins
Championship of the South.

The dropping clouds and the fltful rain
yesterday morning spread gloom over the
hopes of hundreds of football enthusa sts.
But with dampsned. spirits and drip
ping umbrellas the crowds got out on the
streets early, with gay decorations of
orange and blue, and royal purple, and
the enthusiasm that they worked up
soon dispelled all doubts as to wha. would
develop later in the day. 1t didn't take
long TO develop either, for the crowds on
the streets grew rapidly into howling
masses. and the hotel lobbies were packed
early with surSing roo.ers seeking con-
ISOLATION from each other in the prophecy
that it would soon clear up
The wish i'll this respect was not only
father TO the hope. but it was mother,
also, and the parents took good care OF
their child, for il did clear up, or at least
1t stopped raining in time for the game,
and hundreds who had felt they could
not venture out in the weather, changed
their minds, and the crowd that gathered
at the park was little short of that of
previous years.
The various excursions from Char
lot,esvlle, Newport News. Norfolk and
elsewhere brought many people to the
city, and the most of them wore the
orange and blue of Virginia, while their
yells added zest to the occasion and
boistered up the wavering spirits of the
Richmonders who had grown despondent
over the weather proSpectss
Along about noon Broad Street from
Murphy's Hotel up many blocks. presen
ted a gala appearance, despite the horr d
rain and mud, and pretty girls jollied
embrlotic statesmen and politicians as
they waved their favorite colorS in the
damp atmosphere, and shouted in their
musical voices the name Of their favorite
team
Good humor prevailed, and even where
the crowd was thickest, and where
opinions as to the relative merits of the
two teams differed and heated arguments
ensued. the debates closed good naturedly
and the two sides withdrew in order
ON TO THE PARK
Shortly after noon the crowd congested
on Broad Street in front of NIurphy's and
numerous bets were placed, always with
odds in favor OF Virginia, About o'clock
the crowd begun TO spread out towards
the scene OF the contest The capacity OF
the Traction cars was tested, and many
extra cars were placed in service The
crowd was well handled, Notwithstanding
the rush. and the courtesy of those in
charge OF the cars was noticeable and
created favorable comment. Many people
walked out to the grounds, preferring to
have more room in which to wave their
colors and do their shouting. All manner
of handsome traps. bedec1ed in colors
crowded along Broad Street toward the
haven which the entire population OF the
city seemed to be making. These eouip-
ages were loaded down with fair women
and brave men, as the nove,ists would
say. md the scene on the great thorough
fare was Il grand and beautiful one
And. best Of ali, It had ceased to rain
and through the heavy clouds little
streaks of sunshine were striving to make
their way, while the drops OF water IN
the bnre branches of the trees in the col
lege campus tried to shed their bril,iancy
upon the gay fhrong that passed.
A large crowd Of University students
who came down from Charlottesville to
help things along, reached the grounds
carly and took possession of the choicest
seats in the west bieacherles, where they
Opened up with 3 selection OF deafeninz
yeLls and college songs. They were aided