The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-02
TWO SETS OF BLUES IN
BIG GRIDIRON FIGHT
Norfolk Artillery and Local Infantrymen to En-
gage in Mortal Conflict This Afternoon at
Broad Street Park--Society w ill Turn Out;
and Serpentine ance Part Of PROGRAM


Cannon to right of them; cannon
to left OF them: cannon in front of
them, ,yolleycd and Numbered"
On Broad Street Park the battle
Will be fought. The first gun will be
fired at o'clock. The order, Fire at
will Will be shouted a moment later.
The Norfolk Blues and the Richmond
Blues Will be engaged in mortal con-
fiict. and no man can. at this time,
even approximate the fatalities.
In close formation the lighters will
gather. Eleven of the most tried and
trusty warriors will begin the fray,
that is. eleven from each camp will.
But there Will be others who are will
Ing and anxious to take the places of
those who may be injured on the firing
line. No chances the ranks being
decimated. The tried and true are
known to the commanding generals,
and they will he called upon, should
occasion arise.
War correspondents are now busily
engnger in getting their paraphehnalia
in proper working shape. SO that they
will be able to properly view the en-
gagement and make accurate reports
OF tho carnage wrought. For months
secret work has been going on in both
camps Plans have been drawn of the
cnemy's strongholds and attacking
weapons devised which Will be relied
upon TO pierce all the armor plate
which the invaders have invented The
Chinese and the Turks, in an their
colored glory. will vanish in opheme-
raj nothingness before the internecinc
warfare which Will be wascd on this
good Saturday in the year 1911
Some Football Game
Lest we forget IT is going to be a
football game, and the participants will
be bunch of dubs from Norfolk town
known as tn Norfolk Light Artillery
Blues and the Richmond Light In
fantry Blues-two sets OF blues For
a good many moons preparations have
oeen going on. silence has been the
word. Our own Blues, realizing the
strength of the invaders, have allowed
the reports OF their proves to go
unanswered preferrins to discount
these reports on the field OF battle.
rather than In mere words. The crowd
from Norfolk believe that they are
1T The eleven is composed of many
former gridiron stars. These stars
with string Of victories behind them,
hnvo II ell cooked up that they viii
be able TO wipe Richmond oft the man.
Thats where they are destined to be-
mistaken.
. NOV 'ta tlu mat uUV IN the lannon's
battle of Balaklava. SO Will the lesser
force OF eleven from the Richmond
Blues wade into the jaws Of death this
afternoon They realize to u man tina
they are up against IL. They know
ful well that the man-eaters from the
seaside have many scalps hanging to
their belts. And they also know that
as football artists. the local aggre-
CATION are all novices. But there is
on hand grim determine tion to meet
! defeat. If IL must come. heroicany. and
many OF the battlers feel that there
is more than possibility that thcy.
may wrest victory from the very NAV
OF defeat. SO Richmond's Blues, lfl
whom the whole city tales pride, are
! going out TO the park to pull dow,
the final curtain on the football sea
son Of 1911 with a determination 10
| do or die: with a spirit which viii
' never acknowledge defeat; with de-