The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-11-14
SCENES AND INCIDENTS
OF TIE VIRGINIA GAME
Gridiron Ring Side Is Riot of Color, Songs,
and Cheers.

flags that rivaled. surpassed the hosts OF
Virginia.
Shortly after O'Clock the 600 Virginia
boys, led by lusty band imbued with
a desire to explode before It allowed
Georgetown's music 10 Overwhelm II.
paraded the field and headed for the
benches on the east side OF the field. II
was not long after this that the George
town men. headed by their music. entered
the field like an election day crowd, and
/ invaded the west side stands.
over on the Georgetown side within the
sidelines and looking much the same
when viewed from distance. were Dis
trict Attorney d. w. Baker. formerly pro-
fessor in the Georgetown Law School.
and Fats Given. who played center for
the Blue and Gray few years ago.
Rivals Are Nervous.
Virginia took the field first. going into
their positions Ike veterans OF 100 grid
iron battles. II was remarked upon by
many that at the beginning OF the con-
test Virginia. although heavier and older.
man for man. than its rivals. was more
| nervous.
When Georgetown lined up 10 receive
the kick a silence reigned for several
moments. The Virginia team trotted
out on the field before the Blue and Gray
! adherents with three cheers began TO yell
! for their team. The staccato '1ocomo-
! tive" and the swinging ''hoya" rang out
again and again thunderously and lost
! themselves in distant reverberations
along the steep sides OF Rock Creek.
In the Virginia side Of the stands sat
a staid and stolid Celestial who had come
20 the game for a purpose which none
could guess. Throughout the first half
at the beginning Of the contest. his
rounded face was immobile. Then came
tumble which gave a Virginia man
| the ball close TO GeOrgetown's goal.
The Virginia contingent began its
Virginia" yell with a fervor, danger
ously threatening the ears Of bystanders.
When they had ceased the Celestial
arose. queue and all, and gave forth a
battle cry that reused even the widest
freshmen to envy. 1t was a cross be-
tween a sort Of shrill war Whoop and a
call OF the wild.
Hes in" yelled the freshmen. Let
him yell his little head of"
Celestial Is Adopted.
Thereafter they adopted tho Celestial,
who. smiling and noisy. helped out on all
the cries regardless of whether he knew
them or not
The first half. when It came 10 its end,
offered no lull 10 the crowd gathered on
the stands. Two Virginia men brought
forth into the limelight of publicity a
| squealing. struggling pig, younger broth
er. Il was rumored Of the unhappy por-
cine mascot which became intoxicated.
either with Joy or stimulant. last year,
and grossly insulted the Southern college
by lying down and going to sleep.
This pig. whose name Is Belshazzar,
was CARRIED in loose mother hubbard ef-
feet, comprising the yellow and blue OF
the college.
1t was a reticent animal. At first they
turned It over to a negro boy dressed in
yellow and blue. The boy attempted to
lead the animal. whereupon the pig. with
a vicious soprano grunt, tried TO hang
itself at the far end Of it's leather thong.
TDis mascotin Job gifts on nah nuhves."
said the negro boy to two OF the pigs
keepers. "Cyan't some OF you all look
aftah dis lump of satan?"
One OF the university men picked piggy
up In the manner generally adopted bv
fond fathers toward their first-borr
children and carried it around the field
followed by a small delegation Of whoop-
ing uproarious college men. The pig re-
tanned its sullen expression to the end
thereby winning commentator from the
Georgetown men for its perspicacity ana
judgment.
Once Georgetown had good chance TO
score. The score was Is to 0 then. ana
there seemed but little chance of retriev
ing the game. but these facts didn't worry
the Blue and Gray adherents.
Carrigan smashed through the left
wing OF Virginias line for a magnificent
gain. A forward pass brought the han
within the shadow Of Virglnla's goal
posts.
From the stands on the west side.
where sullen quiet had brooded but a
moment before. broke a yell that sur
passed anything heard during the day.
It was yell that laid out three George
town men In a final desperate effort to
tear up the line OF a heavier, stronger
team.
After the game the two teams attended
the columbia Theater while the students
paraded the streets Of the city until after
II o'clock Most Of the Virginia delega-
ton stayed over until to-day. intending
to make an early trip back 10 their col