Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-11-29
rNIvERsITY NEWS.
Return OF Football Team-Tndigns-
tion at the Course of Charlottes-
YiklR,s MaYOr.

Return OF Football Team-Tndigns-
vfiIe's Mayor.
University of Virginia. November
26.-Upon its return to the University
after It's great victory over Carolina
the football team Of the University was
greeted with a royal welc-me. Amid
a heavy rain several hundred students
gathered at the station on Sunday
afternoon and filled the air with collegs
yells and songs as the train approach
ed. AS the team alighted, the eathusi-
asm was marked, and continued until
the University was reached. The n..sz'-
bers Of the team were Of course in high
spirits after the successful conflict, and
were loud in their praises OF the ex-
cellent reception and treatment accord
ed them by the people Of Norfolk. The
victory over North Carolina has al
ready done a great deal towards de-
feating Sewanee in the great game to
/ be played in Richmond on Thanksgiv-
ing Day, which VIII probably be at
/ tended by more Of the students of the
University, in addition to the large
! number who VIII come from all over
the State on sreCiai excursion trains.
While the Virginia team has great con-
nOenCe IN It's dpIIIIy 10 lPIed( CcNdNcSI
information from the University Of the
! South shows that the struggle for su-
/ premacy Will be hard one. The team
| there is one Of the best for years, and
! It seems that It has not met with de-
| feat a single time during the season.
! but on the contrary has defeated the
! leading colleges Of the South, in addi-
! ton to having tie with North Caro-
/ lima. Captain Wil.or, OF SeWanee, is
ha
! has the reputation Of being one OF the
| best men in college athletics in the
country. Boiling, Claiborne and Poole
are all old men. trained in football.
| The average weight OF the team Is l6o
pounds, the players ranging from l9s
to 1875 pOunCS
The lineup OF Sewanee VIII be as
follows, and Virg!nias 5 positions will be
| settled upon in q day CT two: Black,
right end 1872 pounds; Boiling, right
tackle, 10 pounds; Claiborne, right
! guard. 195 pounds; Poole, centre, 185
pounds; Fitzpatrick, left guard, 1856
pounds; Phillips left tackle, 168 pounds;
Pearce, left end, Io3 hounds; Wllson,
quarter back, 1856 pounds; Seibel, right
half back, 15S pounds; Sienkins, full
back, 10 pounds: Suter, half back, $50
| pounds. Neus, half back, 1G0 pounds;
Kirby Smith. half back, so pounds.
The following is the full text of the
statement issued by the students after
a mass meeting held Saturday evening
to protest against the acton OF the
| Mayor Of Charlottesville, who under
took to check the enthusiasm Of the
! bows over the victory at Norfolk:
ITO the people of the City of Char
lOttesVille:
I'VE, a committee Of the student
body desire to bring to your attention
the particulars CT an irritating incident
dow af
'ImmediateJy upon receiving the
final report of the game Of football be-
tween the Universities of North Caro-
lima and Virginia, which resulted in
the defcat Of the former, about one
hundred and fifty e two hundred stu
| dents after cheering over the UllVer-
sity, formed in orderly procession and
marched down Main street, occasionally
| singing the usual college songs. The
students proceeded as far down Main
street as JChnsJGE and Hildebrand,
then crossed TIE street and returned
along the opposite siGe. All along the
, route the proce, sion was greeted with
T signs of arprOba bation by the merchants
and citizens CT the town. w nen 1T
tie further UP the street, While still
acting in a most geOtlemanly manner
, with a praiseWcrtfy enthusiasm and
with the strictest sob1jeJy, the process
sion was aCc0sted by certain police OH
GERS acting under the immediate orders
of the Mayor (OrderS that were glVeL
2 contrary to the advice OF leading clll'
= zens then present., and 1t was com
) manded that the singing instantly
5 cease and that the gathering dlsperse
The officers followed the students, anc
7 when in front Of the Gleason Hotel
| publicly arrested one, and only
T one. out Of the Whole gathering. Al
I during the time 21soiute peace pre-
vailed. and the Cuiy possible chargt
| against the student arrested, or any
others in the procession, was thdI y
singing in an order " manner, the songs
e that should be most acceptable to th'
4 neoDle of this town above all others.
r "C0nfdent that !he officers in TIM
3 case went beyond ali legitimate bound
I I'm enforcing a law that is designed 10
: those who are laW-breakers, ana wa
I never intended 10 prevent such Demon
> strations, the entire student booy IeeI
). that il has a just cause for complaint
e Tn almost every city or town Of tn
q country as is shown each week, Sucl
: Gatherings are greeted with approVa
and enCoura cement, instead Oh Win
Q miserable misuse of petty authorlt
: such as was exhibited by the othcers 0
- the town. 900
"where there should be cordial goo
will between the city and the OhlNer
sitv one of which is so dependent upo
the other, this event, along with othet
Df a similar character, seems 10 llful
C cate that there is bad feeling and lac
n of sympathy, and the student poo
e calls upon the people to dlsclaim an
y approval of such an eXhlplllon
h ,Pt,olI,,,jndednes aPp as was shown by tn
n ritv authorities, and the appeal is MAD
e IN confidence that the action by n
means represents the true feeling OF III
oeonle of Charlottesville.
y Respectfully,
JAMES LINDSEY HEARD'
- "ALGERNON COLEMAN
"a carol NJ. NEWMAN,
COMMITTEE"