The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-30
THE SCHEDULE OF
FOOTBALL GAMES
Interesting Contests that Are
to Take Place in
Richmond.

While the baseball teams have the
eye OF the adherents OF athletic sport
everywhere, and everybody is thinking
OF hits and runs and batting averages
and the pennant race, the upholders of
the athletic honor OF tho colleges and uni-
veraities on the gridiron are already or
ganlzing and forming their plans OF bat
tie for the fall campaign. The football
season may be said to begin September
1st and 1t always closes about Decem-
Der LIST. the climax OF the season being
reached on Thanksgiving Day. Long be-
fore that, however. and in many cases
before summer has begun to wane. the
candidates for position on the teams
are in training and preparing for the
stubborn struggles OF brain. speed and
Drawn that mark this stirring sport.
The schedules OF the larger colleges and
universities are now being made up. and
that OF the University of Virginia, per-
haps the strongest OF Southern teams.
was announced yesterday
In the Virginia schedule Richmond ad-
herents OF the sport. and especially the
supporters Of the Orange and Blue, will
note with pleasure that the great crucial
game of the season in the South-that
between Virginia and Cardinals to be
played in this city on Thanksgiving Day.
Last year the two well-balanced rivals
for the Southern championship strug-
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he most brilliant and stirring exhibitions
ever seen here All of Virginia's team
OF last year. with one or two exceptions.
will be back this season. and several
of North Carolina best players stated
last November that they would be on the
Virginia eleven this season. Carolina
may be depended on to put plucky eleven
In the field and to put UP game strug-
gle, win or lose.
Another OF VIrginia's best games is to
be played In this city--that with the Vir-
GINA Polytechnic Institute. on October
oath The ". P. I. has been for several
seasons one of the strongest. II not the
strongest. eleven in the South. and are
certainly the University's greatest rivals
for the honors of premiership The Var
sity men have had strenuous struggle
to defeat the doughty men from Blacks
burg. The v. p. I. boys have never
played the University in this city. and
their only game here was with the Uni
yersity of Maryland a year or two ago.
Virginia teams will rival In interest the
annual struggle between Virginia and
Carolina. .as..
What Richmond wants now is game
between the rival military schools-the
Virginia Military Institute and the Viz
ginia Polytechnic Institute. For several
seasons the " P. I. men have over
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between the two are always fierce and
inspiring combats. Let the management
of Broad Street Park get to work and
make overtures for this game. Norfolk
has had it for several years and will
be after it this year. unless Richmond
makes bid for 1t. The game would
draw here as no other-not even the
Virginia Carolina game-and would at
tract the greatest gathering OF alumni
of the two schools ever assembled in this
city. This is more central point, and
Richmond will patronize n fine football
game literally. ms shown last year In the
Virginia Carolina game. The military
schools have never played their annual
match here. chiefly because there has
been no effort to get them here.
The University OF Virginia has an open
date on Its schedule. November 18th. and
If Richmond makes a good, hard try,
she may get the game to be scheduled
for that date. Virginia and Pennsylvania
or Princeton would prove great card
here. Let the athletic interests of the
city get together and try for more games