Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-10-04

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interest in the contest is becoming
general here, ana the hundreds of 10.
cal lovers of the sport are auxiousIy
awaiting the sound of the referees
whistle for the commencement of the
fray.
Tho game promises tn be one OF
The prcttlcat ever played ON the Vir.
sinla Peninsula ana the Indications
are that record crowd will he On
hand to witncs. it.
Carolina "Doped' TO Win.
Although North Carolina Is 'dopcd
to win. the hundreds of supporters
of Tho Washington and Lee team arc
exceedingly hopeful and they believe
that Carolina will be given the sur
prise of the season by the sturdy war
r!ors of Washington and Ice. The
BOOSTERS for that team arc going
TO the Casino wi,h the intention OF
cheering the Vrginlans on to brl.
liant ircds
Cardinals supporters are as numcr-
Gus rs the Washington and Lee roo
ers' and the sons of the Old North
state will receive many encouraging
cheers while the play is in progress.
Teams Arrive this Evening.
Accompanied by President George
II. Denny, Coach Buster" Brown and
goodly number of students of the
school, the Washington and Lee foot
ball squad. numbering nearly twenty
men, left Lexington. Va, for Newport
/ News last night and will arrive here
over the Chesapeake and Ohio rail.
way at $3.50 o'clock this afternoon.
! The visitors will bc met ut the de-
pot by the athletic committee of the
Merchants Associations the band of
the Eagle Engine Company and tl.S
local alumni OF the university and
will be accompanied by them to tho
Lexington .ffIotcl, the official head.
quarters of the Washington and Lee,
contingent. The players and prcsi-
dent Denny will be driven TO the hotel
in carriages.
' The North Carolina squad and scores
of stjdents will leave Chanel Hill
for this city early this morning and
viii arrive at Norfc.k NJ s o'clock To
night. President >. II. Spraguc anu
| Dr. Clarence Porter Jones will NEE.
| the team in that city and escort il
Ia Newport News via Pine Reach The
| players Will arrive ut Ola Dominion
pier a nj $3.50 o'clock. ana will he me.
mere by hand and carriages. ana
driven to Hotel Warwick. headquart-
ers of the Carolina delegates.
The players Will be visited tonight by
Mayor BuXton superintendent of Hull
Construction Homer L. Ferguson.
president of the local North Carolina
Society, ana other prominent citizens
who hail from the Old North State.
Preliminary Practice Tomorrow.
Both elcvcns probably will be put
through some light practice on the
Casino tomorrow morning, being drill.
ed IN signals puntihg and throwing
and catching the ball. Just before tho
opening of the game the elevcns Will
again line NJ for light practice and
IA warming up
! The coaches of the teams will not
give out their lineups for the game
until tonight hut Cardinals Lineup
viii he practically the same tomorrow
rs ii was in the game with the Univcr-
sity of Pennsylvania last Saturday.
! Washington and Lee will have six OF
last years players in line and several
OF last years substitutes. A new man
viii do the punting for them in the
game and II is said that in practice
he has shown up In great style. kick
ing the leather for fifty and sixty
yards.
Officials for Game.
The officials selected for the gamo
are as follows: Referee-Richard Arm.
strong, Yale: Umpi.e-J. a. Massic
University OF Virginia: Head Lines
man-Joc Curtis. Dickinson College.
substitute player picked from each
/ team will he the linesman. but the
timekeopers have not yet been So
lectod.
Newport News has already hegu,.
to take on its holiday attire In honor
OF the event and by tomorrow morning
/ many of the business houses on Wash
ington avenue will be decorated with
the colors of the rive. schools ana
American flags.
) Work on the stands ut Tho Casino
park Is progressing at a very salts.
factory rate and 1t will be completed
tomorrow morning.
Many of the business houses of the
city VIII he closed from O'Clock urtil
! . O'Clock tomorrow afternoon in order
TO give the employees an opportunity
to SEQ the game.
Tomorrow night the rival teams will
be entertained nj box parties 1T the
Academy OF Music, Carolina occupy
ing the boxes on one side of the house
and Washington ard Lee the boxes
on the other. The teams will spend
Saturday night in this city and will
leave for their respective universities
Sunday morning.