The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-11-09
BY CHARLES NJ. MONTGOMERY.


The classic of the season has beer
played
The one North Carolina team look
ed upon as certain victor over
Virginia eleven has failed TO break g
precedent, and has suffered defeat
decisive and unquestionable.
Virginia Military institute dunn
founded the dopeists, who had pre-
dicted e. 20 to victory for the Agri.
cultural and Mechanical college OF
North Carolina. when they gave ar
exhibition OF what is probably the
best football which will be seen in
Richmond this season, and won from
tneir heavier rivals, II to T.
Not In many day has there been
seen In Richmond a game the equal
OF that played at the ball park yes
terday afternoon. Nor. Is 1t expect
ed, that IN many TO come will the
football followers OF this city be
treated to as classic an affair as was
it. There was everything in the
game TO make II exciting ana inter
esting. splendid interference. dash
ing runs, daring forward passes,
tackling OF a high order. And then
there was the result, a victory for the
Virginia Cadets. light OF weight, feet
Of foot and overburdened with deter
mination, Theirs was a great fight.
and they deserved the game because
they outpiayed. outgeneraled and out
fought the Carolinians.
All honors to them. The ghost of
"a Carolina teams chances for VIM
ming at football is dead. Long may II
be kept buried.
Gameness of Cadets.
Stories by the column have been
written concerning the gameness OF
the V. NJ. l. team. Each and every
one Of them was justified. Not one
In the ball park yesterday. not even
the coaches who had watched the
work Of the Cadets throughout the
season expected the result The
most they hoped for was a hard fight
md n small score The magnificenCe
Of the fight was a surprise even to
them. and hardened veterans though
they are. they ciutched their canes,
they waved them and hurled them in
the air as their charges held the OPP
posing team fer short gains, or
plunged through them for yard after
yard The nKht- WAS 4 xllrpr.sea the
result was revelation or n siren 9Th,
possibly that OF desperation. which.
up 10 yesterday. was unknown TO
Coach Poague.
He knew he had a team Of fast
men. men who worked with the pre-
c3ston Of a machine. lie knew he
had punter probably the best in the
South in Youell, bat he did not know
that The combination was capable Of
work, such as that of yesterday
There Ia not a drone on the team, not
a man hnt that gives to the game all
that liz in him. every minute OF the
play ana their spirit, their ffeetneSs
and the ferceness ~ their attack
swept the heavy Carolinians out Of
their path and opened holes through
which their haekneld plunged with
regularity
Nggles Have Some Stars.
All honors Of the contest do not g0
- the Lexington eleven, however. for
there were players on the AEgies'
team, which fought tust as despeT-
nfofv. and who showed just rs much
ahylity as did many of those on the
victorious eleven, However. they
stood alone, whereas their masters
stood together Tho work OF the few
Maroon and White who played well
was offset by that Of several who did
not do well. and thereby results the
defeat Of Coach Green's aggregation.
II is Just that, not team but an
aggregation.
Truly yesterday was day Of star
plays and players Men on both sides