The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-11-19
GINA. like the prophet OF old, she is
without honor. OF course, we have
particular reference to your recent artt-
cles on the Washington and Lee-Vir-

without honor. OF course, we have
particular reference to your recent artt-
cles on the Washington and Lee-Vir-
ginia game.
use Of II the term. NV Wirginia:s Shame at
her defeat az the hands of Washington
and Lee" What we would be pleased
to know IL. why you consider II q
SHANE tor lna 70 be defsa eb es
those words. shame of defect" etc,
we're the latter university prep
school, or II the team from Lexington
h had been green PUNCH Of men VINO
not mean that Virginia was defeated
by an Inferior team. Washington and
Lee Is an fnstitution standing fully as
hgh team as the & he oser
Ilege iSfully as good or even better. as
was plainly demonstrated on Lambe n
Field on Saturday, November 9Th. Il
weakness as Washington and Lees
strength that won the game on the
9Th.
acterizes athletics at Washington and
Leo 1t Is their purity and cleanness. An
Illustration of our eagerness to prevent
the slightest suspicion as to the bora sI.
tide character of our teams Is seen fro m
the fact that two OF the best toothaIi
players Of the State-Krebs. of the Vtr-
ginia team of 1905. and Pelter, who
Of years agorare regularly matricu-
lated students of the law department5
OF Washington and Lee. They could
and b w0 Wbse and B pay tor ao os sIo
feared that some MISUNDERSTANDING g;
might thereby be provoked. Would
Virginia have done as much?
Further on In your article you say
that washington ana Lees victory was
a thing for which she. even hardly
dared hope, Our confidence IN our !.
team lea is ts9ass ssssn Nss mt saSe Msi
in i our oars Glass; But those Who had fol-
lowed the Erogress Of the the team answ lrG IN
strength had expected the varsity
eleven to roll up an even larger score
against Virginia than 1t did. We s
YOU and Virginia had failed to do. had
properly gauged the strength Of the
team and knew what to expect of 1t.
Although It would. perhaps, be wrong
to say that Virginia was not In CLASS
Impartial spe etator. the game saturday
would make it. plain that the boys from
Lexington out played the Charlottesville
team.
game. The report in the few details
given was true enough. as far as ~
went. but 1t is conspicuo,is by the
the Fse left SS The yesf ae
would seem to indicate that. Washir g
ton and Lees score was made bv acct
dent aud har victory something pn-
.beIievable. Nowhere In it is one able
to find that Washington and Lee gained
fully twice as much ground as Virginia.
but tabulated account of the game
would show this to be true. Nowhere
,do we find mention Of the fart tsat
Washington and Lee had crossed Ytr-
giria's goal. only to be a brought back
tn the middle Of the field and penalized
fifteen wards for a slight off-side, play.
And. then. With less than three minutes
of time the White and Blue eleven
again carried the bell across their OPS
iponents' goal for4the winning touch
down: Tie fact that one of the Wash
inrton and Lee PLAYERS was SO nnfnr-
mot sufficient reason for 'sroring a
.play Of this kind In comparing the
Strength Of the two teams.
W Nowhere in. your report do we find