The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-30

The football classic OF the South
Atlantic States VIII be played this
afternoon, when those ancient. but
,yell Loved enemies. the University or
Virginia and tho University of North
Carolina, clash In annual contest, be-
ginning at 2:30 o'clock on the grid
iron or the West Broad Street inclos-
ure.
All society will turn out to witness
the encounter between the moicskin
clad siadiators from the Old North
state md tue Old Dominion, and there
will be those on hand who do not
shine SO brightly In the social nrma
sfnent 1t will be a great day, for
Richmond right now Is football mad.
Even the merchants have caught the
fever, and Broad street IS revelins In
n rEot nf Orange and Blue. mingled
with the Light Blue and White OF tho
down homers.
Crowd VIII Start Euriy.
Long before tile time scheduled for
the contest to begin humanity VIII
start lis westward march In order to
be on hand at the commencement OF
the fray. Gaily bcdecked and filled
With hone the partlsans of the two
great institutions Will hum their bat
tie anthems while marching to the
battlefield. While the advance guard
came in last night, the great bulk OF
the two student bodies will arrive
early to-day, Then the streets Will
begin to crowd. and the fair fenii-
niue contingent begin an endless pa
rade which will have its finish at the
ball park.
Last night the lobbics of the two
hotels--the Richmond and Jefferson
at which the rival elevens are housed.
Wore filled with enthusiastic admir-
crs. waiting for the crumbs of infor-
mutton which might be dropped IRON
some of the players or from those who
might have been teyewitnesscs OF the
teams Willie they were in the forma-
tive stage. Prelimnaries, In tho way
of cheers. were INDUCED in, and right
merrily did the corridors ring with the
lustv voices of the Youngsters.
81 However. while the enthusiasts We're
not molested in their noisy outbursts.
they We're sorely disappointed so far
as the souEht-for Information was
concerned.
Both coaches. likewise generals kept
their lips sealed, and their men hid
den from the questioning gaze of those
about Bocock was the first to arrive.
Quietly he came into the city yesler-
day morning ut IS o'clock. Without
noise and without shouting the fact
of his arrival. he placed his charges
: In autos and drove rapidly TO the
Richmond Hotel. There they wer.
shown to rooms. and with the excep-
tion of needed exercise. rested quietly
Few know that the team had arrived,
80 closely was the secret guarded
Virginia Arrived Inst Might.
* Yancey waited until later and st
was not until s o'clock last night that
his squad. numbering Twenty-Five stall.
warts. arrived. Their arrival was not
SO quiet, for IN the lobby were gath
cred hundreds of alumni who literally
made tile welfin ring with cheers. and
"rahs' for the eleven and for the
coach. and for the good old Pop
Lannigan. who has kept the team in
good physical condition throughout a
strenuous seasoa. But Yancey5 did not.
allow his charges to remain long where
they could he handled by their toD
38rdent admirers OFF to bed they were
SOshered + and not, for moment were
8 they left aloha. /,
Neither coach 81 willing to make any
Z positive; statement las to what his team
VIII idoA; Coach Yancey. OF Virginia, is
nearly. y { not quite az reticent as
Con chs d ocock, 20 Carolina Both re-
4 fuse "a bsolutelS 10 n be placed In tho,
posi- Ion Of making a prediction: Yai,-I
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