The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-08
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. I'll, University
t7iiginiaa .Tliati,K:sssgllysss
8ii: . Game 10 Norfolk. st35,
Pan SCHEME 3 ABANDONED.
Meeting 81 Alii1lili OH OH Mon on
ss5s day-.to Take Proper
rs Action.

The University Of Virginia has lost g
host $ofN friends In Richmond BY its tlc-;
ton on III deciding that liz next 10y;
Thanksgiying game shall beIs,playe'd 4 n y
Norfolk N W ~ NJ II ES$
There aa generally expressed opinion ion
that Richmond has been badly treated ,'.s
by ths2 athletic authorities at tho tJ iii
versity, ana that tho adverse verdict 7
would not nave been arrived nj h i,t The
student body tnkel, part in = he discus y
sion. 5 5sg i3ss55
i3Tho student body Is In L the same po O.
Ssitionsi as tie B 2ichmopd public, for only
tho favored few amongst the tuttellts
will bet nblegto witness that s annual ny e
thanksgiving game. Norfolk Is !. TOO II ar
distant from charlottesville for the root
ers toE q ter,d, Shntl 80 the hardship suffer-
cd by he Richmond public VIII be shtlr req
by the men at tho UNIVERSITY n l.s3,
N No&hard words arc heard regarding the
part that Norfolk llas #played Tie alum
ri here aha Stheir friends say that & Nor
folk had * iiearight to use every fair g n
&deavor8 S3 to get the game, and that they
used this .sende in q 500 tsm ma nllke
manner. 81 5S } NJ 4335 5; "a WI
s;3 The various threats inndo by II SorfollS
Business SAsso cintion are %alsc edited 81 py
the Norfolk alumni. who went az tor t.the
'rhanksg game in 9 & ralsht way and
got Il. W Y VI II
II, D Diff erent Opinion.
Very different is the opinion expressed
regarding the action Of the thletic Com
tmittee, bound by every tie i e
h Notsonly53 fi ayso the alumni iii this 81 ~
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fare Il or athletics, but they have finally
succeeded I'm placing the annual game be be-,
tween North Carolina and virginia on Q
firm financial basis IA iii DIN sSsi.4
From small beginnings in 1899 these an an
$nual II games III have 81 ASST he'd great q attn m
5leticS ana social 5importaneeS and this state
5of affairs has been brought about by the
energy and wisdom Of the local al urnni,
t Not only n mas #.tlle team and the a th-i
3letic sociat!9n, been consi dercd !, hut the
n 'old boys Va have every year bought out
the BijDu Theatre and nterthincd AZ the
visiting student body from both un lyersl-
$ties.s III n 63S5 d
u Hospitality has been wide and gener-s
Gus, /. aud every alumnus hal !. ed with
Ills sfel low to do honor to the boys from.
Ills lima ma ter. E3i }ifS5
VI Like SArlopistus, tho Athletic Asso oiatton
lis desIrouss of snew things, and SO, forget
ting the "a obi igations that 4 binds IT tn,
10 hundred It ties to IF John ond accents the
allpring halt fhp1t NRrfo l;e gffers q . q .
and the 3Executave Commit tso, VIII be held
Iii 3;tlio offaaes Ola Fhesld ent y b Rand olphi
Wellfordsrsdn Monddy s'af ternoon at u
% clock. II Is hoped that all In tercsted
alumni Will be present. 4 s
4: At the meeting The whole mat ter will
be discussed and appropriate resolutions
,Yill be passed, u h, 1.
D 8 Athletic Field
The lmiich.talked3of scheme oSsconstruct-;
Ing an athletic field has been abandoned
and the bsc q: pa ers have been.
idestroyed re: ST
I. Following Is asrecord Of gam es between
Virginia and lima, s s play ed u Thanks
giving Days I' II. 4.
tSs5 rglnia. Carolina. X
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