The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-02
Sons Of Old Dominion
Win by Overwhelming
Score of "a to O.
GOAL IN SERIOUS
DANGER ONLY ONCE
Before Cheering Thousands Of
Students and Alumni Sturdy
Orange and Blue Warriors
Hammer Commodores Into
a Pulp and Make Walk
over of Game. 1T
NY GUS MALBERr.

AOtlSSNiic, Nd-, november l.-J@I2|
turning what was scheduled to be ~
football classic into a rout the OrangH
and Blue OF Virginia to-day crested
tho heights, perched proudly upon the
brow and watched the Commodores of
Vanderbilt University blanch beneath
score OF 81 to Ga far worse t;ofeat
than they had suffered at the hands
OF Yost's Wolverines Just one Saturday
gone.
II there Is one compromising result
OF this contest IT is the absolute alb
sence of Il told you So" Not even is
1t whispered among the particularly
elect that the result would finally
achieve any such proportions True,
there was a united majority that as
serted with Its voice and its specie that
Virginia would win; asserted 1t OPEN
ly. blatantly almost, but this majority
was made UP OF pnrtisans. and even
in the very heydey OF their PARTISAN
ship. they were 10th to predict any
thing moro than T. victory by a scant
two touchdowns. There were evon
those who expected the old Gold and
Black to avoid the utter ignomy of q
shut out.
To-dny's scoro was tho largest by
which Virginia has ever beaten Van
derbilt. Way yonLer back in the dark
ages. the Orange and Blue once pied
up twenty-one points, but in recent
years the games have always been
close.
Virginia Spirit Exemplined.
Somewhere. along in the dark ages.
we told Of Virginia spirit, of Virginia
pluck, OF confidence which could not
brook defeat At least, we recall hav- :
ing conXed unwilling keys of metal Into
spelling some such sentiment. To-day
wa saw 1t e1emplified. we, together
with some $500 other choice souls, who
gathered in the stadium at Lambeth
Field to basls in the sunlight. literal. =
and the sunlight, metaphorical, reflexed
from the taut skin and shining
muscles OF some two score athletes
primed and ready FOR q baltic between
the stoutest blood Of old Tennessee and
old Virginia.
With prestige gained through many
years OF honest warfare, and with that
prestige to be maintained. the hitherto
champions OF the South had journeyed 1
North to maintain old glories and TO
add to their laurel wreath. They had&
heard OF the Wanted strength OF Vir- -
ginia and had read of their own weak -
nesses; had watched injuries decimat
their ranks; knew that they must com
bat eleven healthy and strong lin be ~
youths plus the spirit enSenderef
through constant contact with the tr u
ditions of years piled upon years. "a XXI
never did these blanketed youngstel =
from the Southland falter Theirn Wl9 "A
tradition OF equally as proud lineage; 3
theirs was spirit equally as potent as
that wrought In the blue hills of the S.
Old Dominion.
Courage Born of Youth.
SO both tho Old Gold and Black ana
the Orange and Blue trotted to tho
field filled with the courage born of #
youth. filed with the pride OF alma !,
mater. brimful OF the blood from which Il
men ,e arc made. 1t was at exactly $50
o'clock that the stands received tina -
FIRST news that the warriors were e.
ready to enter the arena. Vanderbilt H.
led by Dan McGuigin, brother-in -lawb
or Hurry-up Yost, at whose hanlR he4
had suffered defeat q brief So, SSsAsss1tff&i
several days ago. took their plac,e ~
the eastern side of the field. II; =
had united voice ceased cheering 80 5y&
the visitors when, from the other i43|2|&
of the bowl Captain Carter led s455 -
phalanx.
Banked tier upon tier, wal IS s
watching. every drop OF blood ting :.
IN anticipation OF the fray, every n -
biting It's way into existence, sat J71$E2 -
whose hopes lay in the men whom
Warren and Empty" Cook and I'll sI :
rnond Johnson and ChrIsty Bennett 3
scores of other alumni had whippetl NJ
lighting machine with the tenacitv Is -
q Duildog, and the strength OF an AK
las. Cheer leaders. white jerseved
were lost In the bedlam. 1t was nj
concerted YELL no rythm- marked hnz. =
zahs; 1t wasn't musical. M
IT WAS merely the pent-up enthus. -
iasm or those hundreds who had waitedI
patiently and long for this day. M
started in the northwest corner and ~
SNOWFALL fashion, gathering its yol,Im,g
as IL went along, drove into the ridged -
10 tho right and left with Il force TINT Vi
must nave carried to the tomb OF tina
reversed Jefferson sleeping In inn
mortality some three miles away. 3sts
Opportunity for Tribute
at that moment was NOR
ton of victory: hatcher was it an on.
portunity for tribute-tribute to the
men who through days upon days az
training and abstinence from the on
binary good things OF life, had pre
pared themselves TO give to Virginia s
victory over their sometime con
auerors. Had the gods decreed defeat
instead of glorited victory, even In
tho bitter dregs OF the hem1ocl. c,,r.f
the men OF Vlrginia's 1913 eleven mi,st 4
have found solace in that weiIfncS T.
volume from thousands ,s"eSs T.
throats telling of their trust and thsjr l.
Astounding confidence. T.
Long before the game began fHe H4
stands began filling. first In q desolti-
,org sort or way and last I'm crowdsl
indeed. they came as fast as the trans.
portation companies could carry them r.
1t was good-natured crowd. Nc.
lfugin had Won their hearts at the o,it-
set by seying that he hoped, III his teafs
should prove loser, that IL would pt] =
as game and AS good o loser asa Wis.,
glni.t had been last year, and 1t was
Such q spirit of sportman ship 81 eon1l !
tagious and the contagion grows I'm
I'll II becomes Infectious. Be 4. added, -
that there wers those. ever those whc5a
loyalty is unquestioned who felt sorsy l.
Continued on First fago (|I1t
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