The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-28

town game is q much better test,of Caro-
llna's strength than the entire game
Although vastly outweighed Carolina
held the powerful opponent down TO Two
touchdowns, and In these fumbles Esurea
The large score rolled UP by George
town in the last half Indicates that .S.it
team is now on the edge, at Its very best;
while Carolina has not cached It's best
f.,-m asst year Georgetown defeateh
the Caronians II to s, and few weeks
later the Carolina team played virginia
x. standstlll on the latter's own grounds.
Carolina always makes her supreme Strus.
sic against Virginia. 1t Is not until hat
ftn,l game that The Chapel HIll men
roanu into their best form. olcott, th.lr
coach, and their trainers may be depended
upon to have the msn coached ana con-
d.tioned by thanksgiving Day, and those
who count on a large score are likely 10
be disappointed Nor is 1t safe to wager
that Carolina will not score.
The University OF Virginia Is now on
edge, at It's very best 1t Is only cues
ton whether tho eleven can be KEEP, SO
Tor thirty days, and the task is no easy
one Then, too, Virginia Is liable to I'M
dercst.matc their Tar-Heel opponents ana
to grow operconfident from now on. one
OF the team when he heard the Ge ,::;e.
town Carolina score. remarked: wei
beat am 40 to o. That IS far gauge
OF Virginia sentiment. With NoIth caro-
lima In the acme OF condition ana VIZ
gina grown bit stale and overconfident.
the Chapel EIillitcs are likely to make
much better showing than now appears.
The University OF Virginia unuuest'on'
ably has q strong team. probably the pest
It has had in recent years, Il not Il? us
history. In weight the entire eleven VIII
aberage between lS5 and 1870. powerful
,heavy eleven. They have some veteran
playerg mad have been admirably coached,
They will probably outweigh Carolina NJ
teen pounds to the man. But for all that,
the Carol.nians have an unusually last ana
well coached team, and II hevS OF Dt Ian
becks. If the day be fair ana the srouhos
in good condition, the Chapel I'LL team
| win make much better showing thfa
against Georgetown. In that game the
| nudlarks had the call; the fleet. sinewy
| players were Handicapped. On a dry RED
! with clear, cold weather Carolina would
! almost surely have scored. and quite az
| surely would have held Georgetown down
| in the second half a
! + Before the Thanksgiving Day game
North Carolina and " T. !, Will play, ana
that game will be Interesting In many
ways. It will show Virginia in some de-
|
Carolinians are. 1t will not ha az alto
eelher fair comparison, however, 30: Y,
| p. I. will play Carpenter. its greatest
ground gamer, without whom tho team
was handicapped heavily in Its game with
Virginia. III North Carolina defeat V. F.
I with Carpenter playing. 1t should prove
| to Virginia that North Carolina, ligh'
as she Is, Is very much more Formidable
than now appears. While u requires
J eleven mon all working IN conesrt ara
! steadily to make a great team. one man
4 Is a serious loss to team, when he Is It's
greatest line plunger and kurest ground
gamer. Without Council. the old Carolina
/ star at tackle how much would virginia
have scored against V. IT, J.? Whenever
n gain was needed for first down. Cum
! ell was called upon. end that sp!elidld
plunger always responded, In fact " was
he who took the ball over the line IN al
four of the UnYers!ty's touchdowns
against v, P,l Carpenter WAS incl gible
under the rules having played four years
on a Virginia team. hut technical
Council was eligible, having played four
wears but not In this State altogether.
Post qnortems are improbable. but for
tho sake Of illustration suppose CounsIi
had been out OF last Saturdays cams
as we'll as Carpenter; Does any one Sus-
pect that Virginia would have scored u
points? 1t would cerfainly nave '''hue
difference.
In Mann. Jacocks, berkeley, Newton
and Engel, Carolina has a very fast quar-
tctte of men behind the line men "No'
with dry field and any sort of inter
ference. are always danghruns' Once c!enr
of the bunch, touchdown Is always
easy, as was shown last Saturday WheI'
Council broke through,
Summing up the situation as 1t appears
to tho writer, it seems hardly probable
that Virg!nin will make larger score
against Carolina than that made aEa'ns
v. p. L., and, indeed. 1t will do vel t.
mako as many points, II is an unsafe pe'
that Carolina will not score, She scored ~
1901 IN the first three minutes Of tNe
play. though beaten Y to g. She scoreo
last year on Georsetown ny field goe'
though beaten II Ia d; and ehs scored az
many points as Virginia In the game here
last year. The team Is atronssr thar
Iast years, sots Virginia. for that NJ alter
hut barring the difference ~ weight ms
two would be admirably matched, Viz
~