The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-11-28

ever played here was over. with nonors
even.
SURPRISED VIRGINIA
Captains G We Tines Statements About,
Y steroay's Contest.
The Carolina team as whole Is very.
much eiated at having tied the score Of
their opponents, and almost to a man
they are loud in their claims that the re-
suit denotes a distinct victory for them.
representative of The Times interviews
ed Captain Foust in his room at the
Jefferson Hotel ten minutes after the
game was over.
Under the existing circumstances
said the captain of the Tar Heel aggre-
cation, we regard the tie score as a dis
tinct victory for North Carolina, the
Virginia team regarding themselves as
the undisputed champions of the South,
after having defeated the Indians at
Norfolk less than a week ago. Person
ally do not regard the result as VIC
tory, but 1 am well satisfied. and have
no complaint to make against any man
on the team. Each one entered the con-
test with determination to give tie
boys from the Old dominion the best
only too well how they succeeded
.'Of course. we made mistakes. but all
teams do the same thing. Virginia made
them. and North Carolina never failed to
prot by them. In many respects the bat
tie was the hardest In which have
ever been engaged. but am sure the
spectators will gree that NE had much
the best OF the ght.
Il am firmly convinced that our eleven
had much the best Of the contest. and j
believe that a chart Of the game viii
show that we made more gains than DID
Virginia. It is a noticeable fact that
not once during the game was the North
Carolina team penalized. which goes 10
show that every member has been train.
ed to play fair foot ball taking even
chances with their opponents.
The public will remember that barring
about ten or fifteen minutes of the se-5
cond half we had our opponents on the.
go all of the time. and l firmly believe
that had not there been tumble wnen
We had tn ball on Nirginia's te,l-yard
line shortly before we made our last
touchdown, we would have5made another.
thereby. winning the game by a score OF
either II or is to - The decision On
punk and think Carolina was given
tho worst OF it.
You may. quote me as saying Caro-
lima outplayed Virginia at eve., stage
of the game. and to the team from the
Old North State belongs the credit OF
victory, whether shown by the score or
not
II CAPTAIN WATERS STATEMENT.
Captain Waters. of the Virginia team.
was visited shortly after the game in
his room at Murphy's Hotel. He seemed
in the best of spirits and not at all
as result of the game
with Carolina. He. was asked for brief
EXPRESSION concerning the contest, and
said:
II am very much disappointed, and I
believe that the whole team feels lust
about as I do. We anticinated a victory
from the Carolina boys. and attribute
the result to too much training. I think
the men were drawn too fine and the
hard scrap told on them So far as the
PLAYING Is concerned. say without hest
tatton that we outplayed Carolina at
every age of the game. and II am will
ing to leave it to the chart of the game.
We made more gains than did our on
ponents.
$50 far as the claim of Carolina that
they would have made another touch
DOWN. thus winning the game goes.
rave only this to say: They would never
have scored in the first half had ii not
been for f!uke, Whereby we lost the
bali. and in the second half when the
val: was on our ter-vard line we were
determined to hold them, and the tumble
BIZ which the ball came over to US was
rair and above board
81 am frank to admit that the strength
,f the Carolina team surprised not only
ne but every member OF the Virginia
team We had no idea they were 50
strong in the line. and their plays in this
direction netted many gains. I will never
that our comments were stronger
thar Virginia, but will admit that they
US
WHAT COACH ALCOTT SAYS.
Probably no man in Richmond yester-
FAY was more elated over the game than
was H. P. Olcott coach and trainer OF
The North Carolina eleven. and at the
Jefferson last night after the game he
vas all smiles. When approached by
Times reporter and asked for an opinion
IN regard to the game, he replied as fol-
ows:
.'Of course. you understand thai do
not regard tie game as victory. but
you may say that the Carolina team. In
iirierally and collectively. regard the tie
Is distinct victory for them. They We're
half way expecting defeat. and before
he game was made to understand that
, tie score would be accepted by then,
as game to their credit But my men
cere not at all afraid of their opponents.
,rc from the time the ball was first
licked off In the first half they went into
he game with vengeance.
THE game demonstrates only too strong
y that the Yale style of football is the
game. both eievens following this line
II play. It was equally as effective for
he one as it was for the other. the only
difference being the superiority of the
"a nner in which the Carolina team dem
,nstrated their mode of following such
believe that We had much
he best of the game. and the gains Will
Row that when Carolina had the ball
hey always made the necessary advance
Another notable feature was the clean
Lrlicle the Carolina boys put up Not
nee during the game was the team penal
zel for dirty or foul playing. while on
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