The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-11-17
.GR|DlR0N YEAR
NEARING CLOSE 81:
Harvard Will Meet Yale Satur-.
day and Hopes to Batter
Eli Down.
GREAT SOUTHERN GAME ME.
Virginia and North Carolina ia. to
Grapple OH Thanks
giving Day.
GAME.

soar. North. South or West. remain to be
playst Tho climax OF the season having
bee n passed Saturday. 1nthe South the sreat
game az the entire season Is yet 10 be played.
that between the Universally OF virginia anu
the the University OF North Carolina. set Tor
Thursday November ?4th, at Broad street;
Park, this city.
stitu.e vii, meet the Vt.snia ioIy .cchhlc
Insttus in their strenuous annual strussie'
which ls TO be played tns ssnr at hoahoMs,
Next FRIDAY tho Mason tenn. WI,
play the team OF the Coll. &c OF William anu
Of East Virginia. Both elevehs ues
score, and are believed to be we'll nintched;
both being light, fast teams, wen coacns ~.
and conditioned. It should prove a .ners
pretty and scientific game Wen Wos."
Next sa,uroay the Virginia roy,cchn'e IN, In.
st.,ute VIII play hari game, that Win .he
tint ed states Naval hcalcnly at Annapolis.
The navy team has Just beaten the uniH rs.S
OF Virginia In a hurd game by q single score r.
the Cuivc. sity having recently aeisate u y
p. Thy the same score t5
harvard and Yale.
The great for mex. Saturday Is r tnas
"a, foot ball honors Yale has Just beaten
Princeton, while Pennsylvania recently de-
at Harvard by psac;icailS ne aa va, e. cas
tyr I've B n,ints, but Appearances are nowhere
more deceptive than in foot .ball Harvard
is working hard to NEE, tie New Me- ,a na'e
SO It will be q brilliant triumph Tor me Tim. RIM,
son, and would seem to 'cave the seasons
IN great doubt with psnnsyiSsn n ,,,o se.
SIM honors Yale has a magnificent tenni.i
however. as demonstrated last SATURDAY
against princeton ana y one 81 II ~, ,hs
East. Tho teams play at New Haven. and II
the day be fair ana the ground firm, tho
Cambridge team may snatch d scaht victory
Another game which is awaited With moro
than usual interest. is that at New YORK On
Thanksgiving Day between the, universl'y 70, o.
lumhta the conqueror Of Cornell. one o. IN, sae
sic. leading teams OF the East. the Mich
sanders having ro>d up en1r nneS e sscsei
against Chicago, which was beaten 20 to j.
las Saturday. Minnesota and Michigan ap-t
pear to be the strongest OF the great Wes.efn
}e,cveus and as. these Two have not Played
and have no game scheduled, 1T Will not be
possible to decide ms to their relative strength.a
save as the contradictions OF comparatlse
scores may Indicate. Michigan has the better
cia m to the title OF champion Of the West
having beaten such teams ms Wisconsin and
chicaso. while Chicago beat Sorthwes.er =.
hea.en by 10th Yale and by Amherst and
renn syIvania. Nevertheless, the meeting be-5
tween two Of the strongest cleyens OF che
East and West Will give q Very good idea
ot the relative strength Of the great teams
Of the TWO sections
Another great game in the North Is the
syania at philadelphia Thanksgiving Day It
now looks Ike a sure thing for Pennsylvania.
the u,aeaten team OF the East, which has
hutnbled Harvard. Columbia and carlisle emit
dccisvely b+s.Gn Lafayette and other strong
eievens. Apparently Pennsylvania will 30 q
surs winner. S 3.-s;
that between the Army and the Navy. Wsst
Foin; ys. Annapolis. at Phiade pha, on sat-
ur ay. November 2et5 50 IA. as known that
IS the las, ot the intercoegiate games OF the
y ason. The two appear to bn better matehe!
TRAN for severa! years the Navy team being
nearer the West Point standard than usual
Princeton. and held Harvard TO four points
on a fiSld gal. on the other hand, the Ans
Eep polls lads have beaten Princeton, the con I
querors of West Point, and defeated several
II r 8rsry strong teams II looks Ike West;
Point again, but hardly by more thnn twelve
points judging by The work OF the two
rivals.
yirginia-Nortl, Carolina.
The greatest game Of all in the South Is
that at Broad Stree, Park. In this city. Tha nks-
giving Day, wh n Virgil 10 and North Caro-
iinia Universities meet in their annual bal
tle. yrs MIA has 70 ether game now until.
her men and apsar IN .hs pink Of physical
condition and fire coaching. The eleven
played a strong game against Annapolis last
SATURDAY.. bar'iy losirg b. a single ouch.
doyv, There S i,ttle ON which TO Judge Of
North Carolina. rial strength. II did not
plav its s.ar back in Its game axairst W
!? l.. nor for that matter d d Virginia pay
three Of It's Estar in lis game With the same
team, Both Virginia ard cerolina won BY . bout
n. same s-nr.t North Cern!no :Tas dccistveiy3
beaten BY GeorE torn with It's best team In
stro-r a team az GEORGETOWN. Nirnsnia would
appear to be the stranger. Virginia Played!
# st,-est pr5psrtion in til the eastern field
whatever scores nav indicate, the game Is
going to 1eEa hard ari even one. Virginia
has IN conn-il, one q the finest pnnters and
l!sntly In the Ssvvt game, Pollard. Its QUAR-
terfsck. Is n .wrtArar. n headv Mayer ard
Johrrnn i's ntr.r vettre- tars'e. Is orc OF
the test men nf his wdlFAt IN the game AMI
tsr'--o';,e-. E-r--nrf IoNrso- f'oif-haek haa
adde's new laurrIs 10 his reputation rnade$at
here. and IN th4 game a, Annano'is last
sstordaY Thsre arc o'h"r y-tersts on the
,sor.h Carolina hss ! tower of strength IN
e .nent4r .ha n,d y. y. l. ,u'l-hack rnd half.
back. a veteran NJ ax nr fercn years ex-
pert.rce a"rtng which be has made the
p'svAr ri to.fay wen rim IA Pear. n'sn Of
Y. r, I fam.. i''r'iian, ha,f-bsck q 'erEe
Nw.,on a-d pohcroon, who played back 4
this Ire on lsH, year'f winnln- team aad
Townsend. rnt1rar end In fact. Car,'lnR
hay more veteran PLAYERS than vrr!nia,
lar, year virgira has one or two veterans
Of 'ast year in "ando'ph and two very s I'd
ncw men In the hack field in Tnncy ard
Tarttor1 rer.n'n,v 'irgtria hos moro strong
suhRt'tDtes than H. has hsd for ycars, and
w'I rnt fan u use them Il the regulars
Tag cut AZ any stage.
Tt" gam wii be played nj r. NJ. at
Brps6 greet PARK on Tbura7ay, NoYsrnher
2tft, Fheea Of airrixslon ard teats m the
b1cov red s'arG, nTr y each. white tlrkct3 to
tbs grounds and GrsnSstard win c9s y -
each. 1t II safs 10 prr1'"t .bat there VIII
b. M rsrs"t seag ~bfn sbe teams line.
.lOr@ csr1i.ntsnt ere coming to this Fara
than ever attended ore here before. II tito
v'ea he, he q MI fa"o,sblf, rsnp that Caro-.
Ira hos hrSten Virginia dec .iys,y. mn tied
her tbs year before. and ,hat the Chanel
AN school hes hi~b lrlnss tam knpwn
n bn very f1fnc'"bie ord probably fayorite
r1ner,ed triumph NJ the ripc snd witt" over
Tia ni1 foe. .fs Grunge and t,e of Virginia,
IN $50 Forth Carolina voD. 4 To g In this