The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-25

The ladies, unfamiliar with the details
of the game were nevertheless aroused
to intense enthusiasm whenever e.tEer
eide made a stirring play and the men
yelled and cheered. The shrill cries OF
the ladies added to the volume Of nlascu-
line cheers and at many moments OF TIE
game the scene presented was one OF mo.
ton and color almost indescribable. Al
times the entire crowd in the grandstahd
arose to their feet and the air was aflame
With color for when the University OF
4 Virginia men made an especially fine
gain there was a spontaneous iutter of
blue and orange all over the stand and
the bleacher es and the girls with the
Blacksburg, colors generously waved
them too. But there were moments when
the orange and blue banners and ribbons
dropped and the maroon and orange
waved in ecstasy notably when Miles and
Wilson made some splendid runs ara
when Robins, Richmond boy, broi
through the Virginia interference ami
threw the runner sometimes for a los
Tho most enthusiastic moment Of the ca.
tire game was that following Cou 3
sensational eghty-yard run for touch
down, the spectacular feature OF the en-
tire game. AS soon as the big tack
broke through the V. p. /. bacls AMI
thrust. them off and then with clear
field ahead, started his long spint r
the goal line, everybody in the ards
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cheered wildly and there was a pnndemo-
MUM Of enthusiasm and an avalanche az
mingled wav ng, fluttering colors and
swaying. restless excited human forms
Keen Ed etoS ind,
During the interrnisson the escorts Of
the young ladies undertook to tell them
the score and explain II TO them, and
10 tell them something of the details Of
this strenuous game. With the glad!ators
gone from view and no excitement to
keep the blood tingling and coursing
through the veins the crowd in the stands
stood and kept moving and jumping -
keep warm, for in this lull they realized
that the west wind had keen edge On
it, a fact that nobody realized when the
play was In progress or certainly when
some sensational run 5r tackle was made
AS the twenty-five armored invulnerable
giants swayed from side to sdc OF the
barred and grated field, and anon piled
upon each other in a confused mass OF
arms and legs and bodies the eyes OF all
the thousands present followed every
movement with intense Interest.
On the substitute players bench sat half
a. dozen or more University men, just III
front of the uncovered stands awaiting
their turn to strip of sweaters and jump
into the place OF some one of the eleven
itc'I on Nse'''t, ~ 49, 49, -
some cases these men were SO eager
10 get into the game ana WIN elory 10
them selves, that they would almost have
welcomed the retirement of man or
more The alarcity with which the sub
stitutes stripped off sweaters and rushed
into the field of play when called upon
eustains this assertion,
Captain Miles Knocked Out.
There was but one substitution on each
side, and that for V. p. l., not until
moment before tile game came to an end,
when Gait II les was tempora.lly kno -ned
out in a fierce scrimmage, He was not
seriously hurt, however and was We'll
enough TO eat a hearty meal at the tram.
ing table at the Jefferson, and TO walk
about the lobby and office with his usual
easy stride. on the substitutes bench was
a Virginia player enveioped In a blanket,
looking much like an Indian warrior as
he crouched forward in his coyerIet and
stoically watched The combat. Others
with the big orange ~" on their blue