The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-11-29
PHILOSOPHER sees
FOOTBALL BATH
WAS NOT A GAMH. JUST A WAL
AWAY FOR VIRGINIA. HIN
DECLARES. s
|OPINION ON CROWD|
ONLY ONE IN HUNDRED WHO g.
TO SEE CONTEST, HE SAYS.
KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT
1T. S
OPINION ON cROWD|
Rx HARRY TUCKER.


Had North Carolina yesterday in~*2
dulged in more kicking, the sc0ro9s
would not have been so large against
them.
The boys from the North Stats
could not make gains in the line. H4
was up to them to keep the bali ~ 4
often as possible in the territory a. n
the enemy, and in order to do S0#
there must have been more open pfayysaz
1t was demonstrated IN the early A
stages of the game that the boys fron1
Carolina, were no match for the HUSKY
youngsters from Charlottesville.
There were no brilliant plays u
| Neither eleven did anything worthg
engraving upon the slate Of posterfty.
There was one fairly good run on fnSfA
part of Virginia. and two or three
| pass which may be talked abOuEsS
around the campfres of the class roCr1
| or the dormitory. but 1t may be saf0M
| that the game of yesterday was Ao%
devoid of the sensational as any which
might be pulled off by smaller teams
But the crowd cared not for that.
| The crowd at a football game cares
/ for nothing as much as for the crow0#
/ itself. @
Not one out of a hundred persona
+. who attend football game. here o.
anywhere else knows what 1t Is ait
about. They go to be part OF tbs
crowd. They like. as every one els
| does, TO get into the maeistrom O1Ss
human activity.
And 1t is hard to find a more activess
portion of the maelstrom than at Nv
football game.
Between the fellow who goes out t0
look at the folks. especially the womemz
folks, and the fellow who goes to APP
plaud his friend in the scrimma&d.s
there are some wha go out to the gamN
Ion general principles, and the man
who goes on general principles, is the
man who enjoys the game.
Yesterday about 5000 squeezedS
themselves into seats provided To-
them at one and a half per piece, ana
hung around the fence at dollar. mi
Kessnieh,s band played itself hoaFsos
telling all about Dixie, and the young
sters with pennants shouted them;
selves into the numps in telling tn9s
multitude all about it,.
The multitude simply sat still imS
the boat--or the grandstand-theys
cared not for the Virginia fans, any
more than they did for the Carolina
rooters 1t was all sEt same to Them
except that they wanted Virginia 81
Twin. .
And the way they wanted that
, eleven to win was demonstrated IN the
loud expressions OF personal opinion.
Not only did the band play until the
1
his side, but the youngster with the
college YELL had to repair to the re-
cesses beneath the grandstand to get
from the doctor there the necessary
ingredients by which the hoarsenes1
incidental to the loud shouting mighe
be ailayed.
out to see the game yesterday, ~.
pected TO see Virginia win. II hA0
been hunched around that the NortM
Carolina eleven would not be in -.
The bunch was a good one. and tho
who carried it were entitled to wna1
; was coming to them from the genera
expressions of opinion from thS
crowd.
After the crowd got into the grana-
stand and in the bleacheries ana
[ around the fence. the fun started. IN
, fact 1t began before the crowd rot
seated.
. From the beginning 1t could NJ
. seen that Virginia had walk
: away.
Carolina put up good resistancA
but they put it up at the wrong tina
, and places.
A hystander could have seen. hA0
, he been there for that purpose. thA4
; there was no chance on earth 10M
Carolina to penetrate the yirgtn4M
line Time after time the Southern
tried to do that very thing. and Tins
: after time they were repulsed.
. Had they kept the ball in Virginia
. territory ten times In eleven thu
, could have kept the big score to
minimum.
!, Puntang would have helped t4
foreigners to hold the enemy. a
Still. through IT all. with the scoeg
, so far in the lead, the crowd held III
own Despite the chilling blasts an4
. | the snowy and slushy ground, m19
: thousand people sat still in the huM9
. and witnessed the most heartrendtAM
defeat North Carolina ever met M
the hands Of Virginia.
Despite their defeat. the NOE&
I Carolina boys held their temper. -
' Trained from a show of animosity aM9
took the defeat gracefully.
On the other hand Virginia 49,
gentle In its handling Of the propao48
: ton. and did not attempt or evNM
suggest the rubbing It in. IN
There were no side line ecrlM0s
: images. There could not have. h4MM
2 any for Major Werner and CAp8
: Pollock. and all the others were A
y hand to suppress anything OF : vf4ll
n lent nature. And they had MOTHS
to do.
: Crowd Is Orderly. 5SS
Taking the game and the day.Aa
q may be said that not for nunnN
u of years has there been such = 1nx1
: crowd and such an orderly
throughout the city.
Thanksgiving Day, with tn
compartments. has passed into
: tory. and the North Caroiiniann M
= sorry for II. 4&
g The virginians are not 40 nS
y sorry, but they feel that Il N4<
= have been more glorious vi6xM
d had the opposition done sonset9
: The score OF 6s to q. can hnx
r be looked upon as victory a51
:. II was simnIv waIkover- ut