The news & observer., 1905-11-19
The Struggle Between
Carolina and Virginia
at Norfolk.
THOUSANDS WILL GO
The eliminating Contest on Thanks
giving Day Mill be Desperate and
the Fascination of Uncertainty
as to Result Thrills All
Lovers of Sport.

The Thanksgiving Day game of
football between the University and
the University of Virginia, which will
be played in Norfolk, bids fair to
draw a larger crowd than has ever
before witnessed one of these char
acteristic struggles. The game has
become, of itself, the athletic event
for two States and has won hold
on the people which has given it a
classic interest. Thousands will make
the trip to Norfolk from all over the
South and when the teams line up
the setting of the contest will be mag
nificent
AS to the game, that as always will
be exciting, fought with the deSper-
ate earnestness of the eliminating
event of the year, and, whatever it's
result, the disappointed will go away
amid the cheers of the victors al
ready talking of next years game
By common consent the ThanksSiv-
ing game has become the Southern
football event, the two teams carry
i1ts the hoe Of iWo States We'll as
the rival universities.
The result is absolutely in doubt.
at this stage. regardless of compara-
tive scores and football estimates.
Football is the most uncertain of all
quantities. Comparative scores count
for nothing Trained to the minute,
u team may one day play with all the
power and dash imaginable. A week
afterwards, a trifie over-trained the
snap may all be gone, the machine
fail to work, the eleven to all prac-.
tical purposes be composed of a diff
ferent set OF men. In the game itself
a thousand things may happen to,
change the result. There may be an
SliOhf
an instant miscalculation. On any of
these things the game may hang. All
that can be said is that history and
college pride and individual strength
and determination make the Virginia
Carolina game a game for blood,
and that the victor may well take
pride in the winning.
The University team is strong indi-
vidually and, at the first of the sea-
son. gave promise of playing brilliant
ball. The promise has not been full
filled for several reasons so far, yet
it may shine out brightly on Thanks
giving day The team has suffered
from sickness and the decentralization
of changed line-upS. 1t played Penn
sylvania a hard game and then met
disastrous defeat at the hands of V.
p. l. and the Navy. 1t turned about
and beat Georgetown by a score of
over thirty points to nothing, and
then came to Raleigh and was out
played by the A. and NJ, although
luck saved a defeat. But it must al
WAYS be remembered that the Univer-
sity trains for the Virginia game. In
a way the others are all merely pre-
paratory surprise is quite within
the possibilities, although the record
of games played seems to put the
chances with Virginia.
Last years contest was 12-l1 with
nr9ctic3lIV- the
wear before that. after a season OF
disappointing games. Carolina won
1910; in 1902 there was tie, lZ-lz.
The result is a toss-up.
The Carolina line up, while indefin-
ite. will probably be:
Parker. centre. for two years oeen
substitute centre and has been SHOW
ing up well this season. His weight
stripped, is 17S.
Seagle and Gardner will be at guards.
This is Seagle's third year on the
team. He weighs 1874 pounds and is
steady and reliable. Gardner is well
known, having played on Agricultural
and Mechanical for five or six years.
He tips the scales at 216
The tackles will probably be Story
and Whitaker. This is Story's second
year on the team. but he developed at
once into one of the best tackles Caro-
lima has had in years. He weighs
! 30 ana is tougn, strong ana active
Whitaker weighs $50 pounds and is
one of the most experienced and re-
liable all-round players in the South
At left end is Townsend He
weighs less than 140, but is pheno-
menal player for his weight. He
made the All-Southern last year |
Brown will be found at the other end. |
He is from Lafayette College and
was chosen by Caspar Whitney as an
AH-American end two years ago. He
Reynolds. Abernethy is a star full |
with an injured ankle, but it is hoped
that he will be recovered by the time
of the Thanksgiving contest. These /
two ends were bitterly disappointed
in the A. and M. game.
Sadler the regular quarter, has
gone home and it is not known as
vet whether he will return to college
this fall or not. Should he not re-
turn, Captain Robertson will be seen
at quarter. His weight is 155.
The back field will be occupied by
Abernethy. Winborne, Snipes aud
Reynolds. Abernethy is d star full,
back, with reputation as line
breaker.
Right half apparently lies between
Snipes and Reynolds. Snipes has play
ed ball at Guilford College, but it IS
his first year here. He weighs 165 to
It's pounds. Reynolds weighs at 160.