Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-09-20
Athletic F0mmAtee Of Merchants
Association Proposes 10 Make
October s Big Day
VIGOROUS ADVERTISING Campaign
Crowd is Expected to be Larger
Than the One That Gathered Last
Ycar-Carolina and Washington and
Lee Colors to be in Evidence
Everywhere.

ARRANGEMENTS for the football game
between University of North Carolina
and Washington and Lee University
mt the cnsino park on October = were
practically concluded by the athletic
committee OF the Merchants Associa
tion AT meeting In the Lexington
hotel last night. 1t is The purpose
of the committee To make this one of
the greatest events of its Kind ever
held on the Virginia Peninsula. and
~ it's success. To insure for Newport
News even more important football
games in the future
Big Crowd Expected.
The committee hopes to bring out
Il larger crowd than attended the
Richmond William aud Mary match
last THANKSGIVING Day. and TO that
end II has appointed President ! X
Spraguc, of the association: DR.
Clarence Porter Jones and James
West a committee on advertising.
with Instructions TO institute az once
Vigorous advertising campaign,
throughout Tidcwatcr Virginia. All
NortisinS posters will be placed on
The fronts of the cars OF the New
port News AMI Old Point railway and
the Norfolk ana Portsmouth Traction
Company. and placards announcing
the game, will be placed inside of tho
cars aud In the windows of stores in
this city Hampton phochus. Norfolk
ana williamsburg Some OF the ula.
cards also VIII he sent To Chappcll
litll the homo OF the University Of
North Carolina. and Lexington Va.
where Washington and Lee Unvcrsi.
~ Is located
In addition to thin. the committed
will advertise the game in the local
and Norfolk papers There are thou.
sands OF North Carolina pcoplc in the
city across Hampton Roads and the
Merchants Association is anxious to
set them over here to tho game.
1t has boon decided To sturt tho
game at 3:30 o'clock In the afternoon.
This will give plenty of time to fin.
ISIS tho match before darkness and
nj the same time will give everyone
in the city an opportunity to get to
the field before play is called. PEG
pie in Hampton. phocbms and Norfolk
viii have ample time to get to The
field by leaving homo after dinner.
Massic the Referee.
Mr.. ]. \. Massic. of this city. who
VIII referee the game will have
charge of laying off the field ana that
work viii l'r started Monday week.
Tho field will measure $50 feet long
from north To south and leo feet wldc
from cast to west. The ends of tho
field Will he marked with chalk goal
lines. and the side lines will also he
of chalk. Tho field will be marked
off Mt intervals of five yards with
white chalk lines parallel with The
goal lines ana also at intervals of
five yards with lines parallel with
the side lines.
lilcachcrs will he built on both the
east and west sides of the field and
about thirty feet distance from the
side lines. The blcachcrs will be
about so yards long and will have
n seating capacity of about $500.
Behind one of the blcachcrs an i'm.
mense score hoard will Il, erected.
The opposing teams will arrive I'm
This city ON the evening of October
1, the Carolina team coming from
Chapel Hin win Norfolk, ana the
Washington aud Lee team coming in
over the Chesapeake and Ohio rail
way from Lexington The teams will
be met at tho depot by the athletic