The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-11-09
State University and A. and
M. Teams Hard Fight.
ENTHUSIASM RUNS RIOT
In High Wind the Contest on the Gridiron
RACES for Two Hours in the Pres
ence Of Wildly Cheering
Crowd.

University 0; A. and NJ. College 0. No
score, but a game that was a sizzler.
1t was a battle of football giants yes
terday when the rival colors of the
State University and the A. and NJ
College futtered in the breeze.
And it was stiff breeze. too, with
lots of cold in it. 1t came sweeping
down from the north and the big crowd
on the seats and the thick lines of hu-
manity around the gridiron shivered as
the keen wind cut, but forgot all about
the cold when the game waxed hot.
And hot it was. Hotter than any
game ever seen in Raleigh. In the
struggle the A. and NJ team had the
larger backing of voices of encourage
ment, but the hackers of the University
representatives were in great evidence
and cheered on their champions. Be-
tween one hundred and fifty and two
hundred came from Chapel Hill, and the
stand was gay with the handsome rib
bons of the ladies. the blue and white
of the University and the white and red
of the A. and NJ. being here there and
every where.
There was keen excitement and tense
interest Flushed with many victories,
the Chapel Hill eleven knew that they
were ready to uphold their colors, yet
while the a. and NJ. men knew it was a
formidable team they were facing, there
was a grim determination about their
playing, an ipsistency of effort pitting
of Drawn and brain against brain and
braNvn that showed there must be a
hard fight to defeat them.
The game was admirable in many re-
speets. Proper guards had been placed
about the gridiron and there was no
crowding on the field. There were diff
ferences of opinion in the game, but the
referee was needed and there was no
unsecmly squabbling. TO a spectator it
seemed a clear and clean cut game
fought with vigor and resisted with
manly strength
1t seemed miraculous that no one was
severely hurt, for time and again came
the heavy thud and crash of bodies shot
forward with all their force and the
players fell and piled over each other
till it seemed but bunch of struggling
legs and arms and heads upon the ground.
Three of the University team, Messrs
Holt. Berkeley and Cox were somewhat
hurt and retired from the game towards
the latter part OF the last half.
The A. and NJ. team and the student
body are jubilant a making 4 tie, with
no score with the redoubtable Univer-
sity team At the end of the first half
the field was crowded and a. and NJ.
cadets were ra ised on the shoulders of
their cheering comrades, and flags were
waved and trumpets blown. The Uni
versity men followed with a similar
counter-d demonstration, and then from
the grand stand and all the crowd came
cheers for one favorte and the other.
1t was scene painted all over with en-
rhusiasm
Both teams put up a strong game.
Each would change from offensive to de-
fensive and each showed strength and
weakness alternately. At one period in
the game the confidence the a. and NJ.
team have in Devlin was signally shown.
The University men had pushed back
the Cadet line and were headed for goal.
The cadets had the wind favoring them
and the ball went to Devlin He FUN
eled it, but managed to keep the ball.
Again the formation for kick was made
and again the pigskin was thrown to
Devlin, but it got by him. and more
ground was lost. The University men
were near the goal, yet the Cadets tried
the trick for the third time and Devlin-
why Devlin got the ball, planted himself
firm and kicked the ball high in the air
and way down in the University terri
tory
In the last half the University men
made desperate effort to score bv a
drop kick. The ball went to Jacobs. who
tried for it, but missed the goal bound
aries and it went to the A. and Nj. team
en- the twenty-five yard line.
Ii was after sunset when the game
ended. 1t began about 3:35 and was
finished at 5:35, though the halves were
of p and 20 minutes the other time
being consumed in adjusting matters and
in breathing spells. As dark came on
the contest grew fiercer and fiercer. and
ii was crash after crash. but despite il
all there was no score made.
DR.. Joel Whitaker was the referee
Prof. Wilson. of Guilford College. UNI
pre and DR.. Chas. w. Burkett referee.
The line up of the two teams was in
this order:
A. & NJ Position. University.