The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-11-13

That the University Of Virginia has
one of the greatest elevens OF the
year Is shown by the opinion Of the
experts who saw the Orange and
Blue beat Johns Hopkins Saturday
Washington was Of the opinion that
the Blue and Gray team would have
a waikover against the Charlottes-
Vile boys. but after seeing the Or
anEe and Blue roll UP thirtv-four
points against the Baltimore boys.
the football writer's shook their
heads and began to wonder II George
town In likely to win after all. II.
c. Byrd writes:
Virginia has strong. capable eiev-
en-, one that has been undersstimatsd
BY those who are Wishing tho Blue
and Gray well In its annual game
with that team next Saturday, and
which IL heavier ana more expert
eneed than has been thought. In
other words. the Virginia coaches
have succeeded In giving out and pro-
ducing tho opinion that the Orange
and Blue aggregation Is composed Of
youngsters who have seen little of
football and who were very light
Anybody who has such an idea was
never more mistaken.
In the first place. Virginia has an
eleven that is at least twenty per
cent. better than the one which rep
resented the university last season.
The team which II placed in the
a u
any way with the one which is wear
ing the Orange and Blue now. The
present eleven is heavier. 10 COM
posed of older and more expert
enced men and is faster. In every
department OF tho game II has shown
Its superiority over the aggregation
which represented the Charlottesville
school last fall.
Gooch Rather Young.
There Is one man on the Virginia
team who appears to be rather young
to be playing on a university eleven.
and that Ia the quarterback, Gooch.
The others have every appearance. of
Averaging as much In age an any team
in the country. In weight the Vir-
xinia team looks to be whole lot
above what was expected. Especially
Ia this true of the linemen, and 1t Ia
hardly probable that the backfeid
weighs less than did the one which
backed up the Virginia forwards last
fall
Virginia had no player in Its line
last fall who il up to the standard Of
Carter. who Is holding down the right
guards position this year. The former
Lawrenceviile captain weighs zoo
pounds and Is fast. Against Johns
Hopkins Saturday he went out around
his tackle and dropped the runner
several times when the play was d.
rected toward that place. There - not
school In this section which has
better center trio than mas Virginia,
and 1t IL questionable II there are
three men on any OF the &esms hold
ing down the three center places who
will come ur to the standard 81 Car
ter. Wood and Jett.
Virginia's line Ii q whole lot bettor
than last years. taken AZ . whole.
There are one or two positions which
were probably filled by better men
last season. but on the whole the set
OF forwards this year II above those
OF the 1910 eleven.
Virginia RackAeld Sized Up.
The Virginia backfeld IL far above
that which did the carrying OF the
ball last season. Al quarter 0oOch
aker ~ a feld general although
hardly UP to his ability A. broken
neld runner, and 1t In In the former
that tho worth Of the quarter il de-
terminod. Goodhue and Yeager are
better men than were Driver and
Jones, and II IL certain. Judging from
his work Saturday. that Todd II =
more valuable halfback this year than
last.
Goodhue. who did the punting yes
terday. showed up better In that de-
partment than did Bowen. who booted
the hall for tho eleven last season.
0oodhus's punting was one OF the
features Of the Hopkins game yestsr-
day.
The Virginia ends are IN nowise In
ferior 20 thoea who held down the
flanking positions . year ago. Il the