The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-25
TODD THE HERO
OF GREAT GAME
Scores Only Touchdown OF
u. Na.-Carollna Contest
After 90 Yard Run
BELK, OF n. c. MAKES
GIFT OF TWO POINTS
Orange and Blue Outplays and
Outgenerals White and Blue
Beauty Show Rivals
Gridlron Warfare

! Virginia's greatest football game,
| beauty show, automobile exhibit and
horse show resulted IN handicapped.
spectacular and thrilling victory for
the University OF Virginia eleven over
the stalwart crew oi Tar Heels from
! the University OF North Carolina by
IL score OF { to U, and the voting Of
| the cake and blue ribbons to beautl-
| ful southern womanhood, splendid
mechanical triumphs and proudly
prancing horsetiesh. Lest we forget.
| the florists came III for a great amount
| Of glory, and the plume Tor par excel
| ience went to the milliner, with the
| modiste and the haberdaSher running
| close seconds.
! Nirginia's husky and speedy war
riors IN moleskin fought valiant
| fight against a superb team OF Tar
Heels and gained a victory by SPLEEN
did run of sixty yards by TODD, a
gift OF two points from Belk, the
Carolina quarterback, and by the
| sternest OF battling. The triumph OF
beauty was accomplished with the
greatest ease, With the assistance of We
blossom purveyor, ye contectioners of
headgear, and se diapers Of the form
willowy and beautiful.
Not Oni.-But Best.
This was not the first Virginia team
that has come to the capital city to do
battle with the hardy lads from the
Old North State, but it was the best
| rms was no the ilrst aggregation Of
| beautiful girls and women who
thronged and packed the grandstana
and the field stands. but it was by ali
odds the largest, the most picturesque,
the most enthusiastic, and the one
most calculated To drive the artist to
palateanda paint
! Virginia Won, and how could her
sturdy giants. trained to the finest
point OF condition and moved by the
strongest OF confidence and deter
mination fail To win with the dainty
shouts. cheers and screams OF the
, thousands OF pretty Southern bellies
cheering them on To victory. Caro-
una made brave, bold and valiant
! stand, and how could the defenders
81 the ot1 North states grfdiron honor
90 else, with thousands of White and
| Blue banners waved before their ewes
with tiny gIoved hands and the tai-
cetto urgings Of the fair sex from the
stands. Lest We forget. there was also
some. stentorian urging from tn.
steTner Sex and mighty roar of ap-
proyal went up when a player on
either team made q gain, a good stop
| or a tackle
Governor Mann, Mrs Mann. Lien
tenant-Goyernor EIlyson, and other
Hotap ores were there in the Virginia
stand TO root for the Orange and
blue eleven. Ii was hard game for
the Carollnians to lose. but could they
eNpecl the shoe TO go on the other
FOOT while the chief executive OF the
state. the first lady of Virginia. and
the second in command there to null
ana root Tor the Gharlottesvillians and
the upholding of the Old Dominion :
sfiolron supremacy Well scarcely
Fifteen thousand football en-
thusiasts, all of them wearing a White
anu hiue or an Orange and Blue
streamer or waving a banner throng-
1u 'iie stahas forming an ampitheatre
IKE unto those iii which the old
Roman gladiators were wont Ia sten
10 DO battle, From the first Rick
OF until the strife ended with a
cheer Tor the conquerors from the
Vanquisied, this great seething mass
OF pretty and sturdy humanity knew
no rest and wanted none. Ii rootad
necessarily. and it took a raw and
parched throat home with pride and
satisfaction.
Tar Heels Outclasscd.
Virginia outplayed the Carolinians
was faster in starting its plays. was
quicker to take advantage of weak
| ness, formed better Interference.
plunged with more viciousness ana
abandon. and defended its goal from
the opponents like Gibraltar turning
back into the sea the waves that beat
upon It's rocks. That's the story of
the game. That's the way the victory
/ was achieved.
View from a Caroiinian's eyes il
was luckless Tar Heel crew. But
just where luck enters in the dona-
tlon OF two points to the opposition
by Carolinian running back of his
| own goal line, and where il makes it's
appearance when study bevy Of Or
ange and Blue iinemen box out" such
giants as Garret. Thompson and
Brown. of the White and Blue forces
that 1odd might have clear field
LOT slxty-six yards and a touchdown.
WIZ PROBABLY remain a mystery, for
encrc E no explanation even from the
| strongest North State partisan. The
answer is that the Tar Heel hefties
should not have allowed themselves
TO- be boxed out" but that was what
the virginia linemen were there for.
what they were determined to do. and
what the opposition could not prevent
them from doing
me victory centered on these two
plays: the excitahility or unfamiIi-
| arity win the rules, OF Belk, and the
| boxing o1t' of the Carolina tacklers
"hen the ball was puntcd to Todd
me pail was caught by Todd stxty-
| six yards from Cardinals goal line.
nc started forward with 1t, fell. FUN
| bled the ball. threw himself upon the
/ bouncing oval, recovered ii. jumped
10 MS rect again, lodged two would
/ ne tacklers and then tore down the
/ held IKE lightning, with Honaker. Ce-
| eli ana Finiay forming Interference
| from possible interrupters of this VIC
tory-laden run. The Interference wa.
unnecessary, however. as no CAROLYN
IAN was within haling distance OF the
pluchy. Mercury-like Todd. and he
ran directly under the goal post. He
was CHOSEN to try for goal. but failed.
as might have been expected after
so long and fast run,
Chance Failed.
Carollnians thought the White and
| Blue team would score in the third
quarter, when a double pass and kick
was tried. 1t was an exciting mo-
ment. but Carolina failed to tally. The
play was on onside kick from Belk's
boot, with Applewhite delegated to
| catch the pigskin and advance It far
Their. The play was well engineered.
and Applewhite tore up the field to
Virginia's eight-yard line before he
fell OF his own accord and was held
| down by Virginia tacklers. Referee