The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-26
PREPARING SCHEDULE.
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CHARLOTTESVILLE. VA, May Is
Earle n. Floyd. of Meridian. Miss.
manager of the University Of yir-
sinia football team for next season.
mas about completed his schedule OF
games, but will make no announce
ment of the dates until the schedule.
is ratified at a meeting OF the General
Athletic Association. to be held at an
early date.
Il is believed that the schedule will
call for pretty much the same games
as were played last year. The contest
with Sewanee. the crack Tenness ee
eleven. which took yirginia's scalp
IA st fan. NIL Nh probably take place 4
ing the desire OF the Sawanee manage
ment The premier game on the
schedule-that with orgetown7will
ssh or l4th OF November, about the
same date as last year. The strong
team OF The Agricultural and Mechan-
teal College. Of North Carolina, which
be met again in Norfolk. Perhaps rhal, t the t.s
biggest game on the home grounds
viii be with the Virginia Military In
stitute eleven, which Virginia barely
sensational contests ever witnessed on
the Lambeth Field gridiron. The an
1uai game an with ii. the University OF
HE No. raoS Carolina a.. VII take place III
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The recent rumor appearing in a
Washington paper to the effect that
Billy Cloth. Virsinias football cap
the fleet footed qua st both Of
whom We're given places on the ALL
Southern football team. would not re-
turn to Virginia next fail. is believed
When seen at the university to-
such run,or got started. "As to my
going 70 Hopkins, no such idea had
college next fall Ie Will be FOUND eair bae *
at Virginia
Cloth is a student in the law school
examinations. He was recently grant
ed certificate by the Corporation
Court OF this city, to take the law
examination before the Supreme Court
next. ."e ne =. soune i'en
, Aonaker could not be seen tonight.
but the statement was made. by Mer-
ritt !, Cooke. Jr., next falls coach.
september, other football enthusi las IS
stated that Honaker would certainly
return, and that he would be chosen
ported that Honaker viii not return
to his Texan home this summer. but
that he will spend his vacation at
the university, In order to rub up on
Already much enthusiasm is evinced
among the student body over the pros
poets for strong team next fall COL
lese Topics, the official organ OF the
General Athletic Association, has the
following to say in its last issue of the
appointment of M r. Cooke, Jr as
next years. coach:
The man is. one in whom the stu
dent body should have every confi-
dence. He is football player of al
most national reputation. with long ex-
perience ION the. gridiron back OF him.
He is thoroughly conversant with all
the lns and outs Of athletics at vtr-
ginia. and has done excellent service
IN the highest athletic. office we can
bestow. He is a good sportsman, a
rlanly, open-hcarted gentleman, liked
by his fclinwH. end trustworthy 10th
last degree. But the especial quality
that fits him for the place is that he
Is fillttl with the Virginia ideal in
sport: no stands for amateur athletics,
pure short; !. team that Virginia can
claim as entirely her own, and the
methods we have come to regard as
more essential to our prestige than vic
tories won sdubiously."