The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-24


.he struggle at Broad Street Park He'd
for the championship of the South pc
tween the University of Virginia anu
sewanee. With this day will come inc
rolling into the city not only stuoclats
from old Virginia, but those from iiiiiis
other colleges and schools. IEis eieshe1it
of student life will be augmented by nun
dreds of alumni Of the University OF plr-
ginia, who keeping their custom siifSe
leaving college come once each year 70
soc their successors roll up the score
on this final day Of the foot-ball season
Along with students. alumni and others
will come bellies of Virginia. sisters. cou-
sins and sweethearts to witness the great
game, and attend the dinners, germans
and receptions, which follow TINS event
i1ral1tng the Thanksgiving mondays 'iio
height Of The social season.
College men own the town on THANKS
giving: they throng the hotel lobolos,
lmonopolize the livery service, and l,'il
the pretty blonde, at the ribbon-couater'
out of business. AS, in years E'ne by
the city will be swept by the enthusiasm
dof VARSITY students, and staftlea WIN
IcolIeCe wells from Murphy's to the Lee
adjournment, and all through Silly msht
viii tbe rattle of, Wat! who! wat! dls-
sturb the citizens.
COLLEGE COLORS.
Broad Street will be respiendent !" ~
town cnlors Penants of orange ard
blue for Virginia will float While TIE
iroval purple, Sewanee's banner, VIII he
t,I,furled from many STATS Wheh the
wide grand-stanGs, banking, yeiilAs sHa a.
lsne humanity around three corners ~ Inc
Geld on which the long-haired iGois i"l
and tumble. are glanced over on Ifahes-
living evening. the orange and blue VIII
fa see, TO predominant. but the P.Nl's
viii not be the lost color, for many 'nele
are who will Con streamerS OF the 1e'i-
lneSsee eleven.
1t is expected that there VIII DE even u
greater crowd at the coming game t't''!l
witnessed the contest between 'tie Sa3lic
eieyens n wear ago. when Virginia won an
eas, victory This Is based upon the as
rrrsnce that Sewanee'S team IS stronger
than she ever put on the Glldiron before.
tha,ine a record with but one dsieaL anu anu
known to be Virginia'S equal IN every
feature of the game
Virginia and Sewanee meet here 70 de-
eide the South's championship, to which
the former has just claim, by her record.
Five thousand people will witness TINS
game. as on Thankssiving-D3y tie game
is the thing. and all plans il the homes
OF the city are formed carefully not to IN
Iterfere with the programme at Broad
Street field Thanksgiving dinners are at
l6 o'clock, lunch is swallowed shortly alter
noon and all is away to the west of the
city. where the elevens VIII meet, before
the ewes of frantic ''rooters" and'beautles
of society's realm.
From Virginia will come a special train
on the morning of the game, bringing
VARSITY rooters, 800 strong, accompanies
by the Stonewall Band OF Staunton,
which has inspired old Virginia on to vic
tory on many fields of conflict torn. Muir
nhy's will be headquarters for both teams
land around this famous old hosiery VIII
surge the betting, boastinG students, will
ing to put their last red on "old IVA. ;"
THE TEAMS RECORDS.
The records of these teams-NiTginla
and Sewanee-for the season are not sur
lpassed by any elevens i'll the South Viz
tEinia has played strong game through
out the season, defeating all Corners save
Pennsylvania and Georgetown. She was
barely beaten by Georgetown. The team
acknowledges the defeat from the Irish
men to have him fair and square, and
yet there is sufficient reason for the
strong belief that Georgetown played a
team of ringers" professionals, whose
names had not appeared before in the
lineup of either scrub or regular team
during the season.
Sewanee comes with but one defeat
during the season, having rolled up good
scores against the University of Georgia,
Cumberland University. Southwestern
Presbyterian University, Wall and Noon
ey School and played a tie game with
Vanderbilt, in which neither team scored.
The men playing on the Tennessee team
this season who appeared here last sea
son with the eleven are Philips right
tackle: Kirby-Smith, left tackle: Cope.
quarter, and Simkins right half back
With the additional new men the prob
able lineup will be as follows:
Sawanee: Right End, r. Colmore: Right
Tackle. Phillips; Right Guard, Lemoyne;
Center Anderson; Left Guard, Cadmore;
Left Tackle. Kirby-Smith; Left End,
Smith: Quarter, Cope; Right Half, SIM
iliins: Left Half, G. Cadmore; Full Back,
Watkins.
virginia,s lineup will be from among
the following men:
Left end Male, Johnson; left tackle
Walker, Bacllman: left guard, o. Z. l1ar-
Iris; centre. Matters, Hurt; right guard.
Moore. Cooke; right tackle, Benet; right
end Williams Winston; quarterback
iTutwiier. Mason: left half, Coleman
l1Captain), Church: right half, Landlord
+ st. John: full back. i. Harris, Carroll.
This team is considered at the Jniver-
,sity by coaches and others. who have
HAD long experience and familiarity witt
Eirginia'c teams in the past, to DC one OF
the bsst developed in years. \ majority
of those whose names appear in the squad
Varsity goal in other years. Male S
coming out has strengthened the end ma
terallE.
A HARD FIGHT.
Everything points to enc OF the hard
est-fought games ever seen III Richmond
on next Thursday. Both the Virginia
and the Sewanee teams are liz splendid
condition and, the captains Of the two
teams have expressed themselves conf
dent of the result.
The game viii settle thc mooted qucs-
ton of champions cf the South. and oae
fercest gridiron battles in the history OF
southern athletics Will be waGed.
Virginia coaches. Mcssrs. Abbott anG
Chamberlain Of Yale, have been busy
for the past week getting the team i:
shape for the game. and they arc being
much encouraged by the Improvement II
the style of the teams work. Firsinia's
record for this year IS n splendid one-it
has cnly met defeat on t;vo occasions
Pennsylvania defeated them by scort
Of 20 to 5. and their defeat on last Satur
day by Georgetown. Sewa9ee. too has
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