The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-30


football supremacy in the South At
lantic division. as we'll as IN the South.
VIII be determined Saturday. There
VIII be but one ganlo which Will have
any direct bearing on the final rating
OF the elevens after that date-Auburn
and Vanderbilt True. Auburn meets
Louisiana state, in Mobile. on Saturday.
h ~ should Auburn lose things viii
be badly jumblcd, for neither the
commodores nor Virginia will meet
the warriors from the Crescent City
However. unless tho dope is badly
added, Virginia will win from Van
derbilt and Aubur. will take the nea-
sure of the far Southerners
The Vanderbilt OF 1919 is not the
Vanderbilt of 1912 II proof OF this
assertion is needed. reference to the
michigan game or last Saturday is all
That Is necessary. The Wolverines. de
sPite every effort on the part OF Yost
IAN 70 measure up To former standards
Michigan Aggies found them easy
picklngs, and they have fallen prev to
each or the elevens In the Big Nine"
met thus far Yet this weakened our
mt rolled UP the largcat score orains,
Vanderbilt since the two tnstitu,ion.
nave engaged in annual strife.
By tho same token Virrini, 1.
stronger this season than last, desnito
the showing made against Georgia
mere arc many things not known gen
'n'iE "h!ch contributed TO this SUPER
hciaily sorry display OF strength. vir-
GINA was on foreign territory and uae
not handed the best OF treatment fron,
eilher players, students or officials An
eyewitness Is our authority for this
statement. Indeed our informant po..
so FAR az to state that Wahoo Tho In
IL. adj u
had made errors. but wouldn't correct
them because he wanted tho game Ia
be close No holler has been heard
from Charlottesville 10 the credit of
me orange and Blue. be 1t said. that
they took their medicine and we're sat
ished with the victory, going back
10 their own battle ground to prepare5
for the Gold aud Black
Everything points to a Virginia vic
tory, yet there may be an upset. Tho
game or today presents so many an
play. that form frequently ia dis
counted By the glttering toe OF
youngster not counted as a factor until
after the fray. Tho Commodores come
North with bunch of toeInen and in
this will lie their chief strength var
Einia has probably the best backheld
In years. with Mayer, Landes, Ray and
Bobbie Gooch. C;ooch is wonderful
brokenfeld runner and uses rare
Judgement in running the team. while
Mayer second-year man. has proved
that no is one Of the best backs ever
developed In this section.
From Charlottesville comes tho re-
port that fully 5000 will witness the
contest. Alumni OF tho University OF
Virginia will gather from all quar-
tiers. Several of the organizations have
!, Ie Iat1
union. Undoubtedly it will be n holt
day. and II Virginia is victorious--but
almost everybody In Charlottesville Is
insured.
Local interest for the stay at-homes
will centre IN tho game between Rich
mond College and JIampden- Sidney, a
championship game, by the way, in
tho race for the premier honors In the
Eastern Virginia Inter Collegiate AS
ISOLATION. Frank Dobson has a team
which Will Elve a good account of It
self. II the Presbyterians win 1t will
be a surprise. Dobson has by no means
shown all that he has In stock. The
men arc on edge. and he has managed
with light team TO build up both Il
wonderful and whirlwind attack and
an almost unbelievable defense Not
an injury is reported among the first
string. and some of the second string
men have begun TO wake up and take |
q real interest In tho game.
While the Spiders are engaged with
the youngsters from Farmville, Ran
dolph Macon will DO entertaining Will
liam and Mary In Ashland in another
cham fionship battle. Nothing is known
or tho Williamsburg crowd save the
optimistic reports sent abroad but the
Yellow Jackets II C formidable out
fit, and Rc!ss Is improving his crop
right along.
Upon tho result Of the Washington
and Lee-V. r. I. game in Roanoke will