The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-10-09
BIG FOOTBALL
SEASON OPENS
NEXT SUNDAY
Eveleth City Team Will Meet
Virginia In Stirring Contest
at Oliver Park.
TEAMS WILL PARADE
WITH CITY BRASS BAND
Adams Athletic AS sOcia t i O n
Shows Weakening in Region
of the Heart.

SHOWS weakening IN Region
of the Heart.
The Virginia City football team,
containing the greatest galaxy of
gridiron performers ever assembled
on the Mesaba range and one of the
very best in the entire state, will open
it's 1914 season next Sunday afternoon
at Oliver baseball park, when they
will take on the Eveleth City team, the
most formidable crew in this section
outside Of Virginia. Jimmy Reed,
Arthur Floyd, Jack Donovan and many
other football players who have good
records, will appear in the Eveleth
lineup.
The Virginia team will show Fred
Burton and DR.. Raymond, formerly
of the University of Minnesota; Geo.
Meehan, formerly of Northwestern
academy; Frank Cummings, who
played with the champion Menominee
team for three years; Sig Williams,
Herman Eaton, Doc Lindsay, Will and
Walter McGraw, Klonoski, Tony Mat
chefts, George Cook, DR.. J. E. Jones,
Hal Jones, Barney Arnold, James
Fonger, Ed Carlson, William Reed,
Harold Sullivan and others.
The teams, headed by the City band
will parade down Chestnut street at
2 o'clock. The line will form at the
Missabe station and march west on
Chestnut street to Lake Boulevard and
from there to the ball park.
Special space has been provided for
the accommodation of over 100 auto
mobiles, which can be driven right
into the park.
Through fear of an early season
defeat the Adams Athletic club of
Duluth, whose football team was to
have taken on the Virginia City team
at Duluth on Sunday, Oct. 18, John
Geistman, manager of the Zenith
City crew last evening telephoned tc
Manager Sandy Macdonald of the local
team stating that the impending con-
test would have to be set back one
week. The game will now be played
at Duluth on Sunday, Oct. rs.
81 am fully aware of the cause for
this postponement, said Manager
Macdonald of the local team, this
morning. "The Adams manager
picked US for a bunch Of yokels and
in consequence Of his lowly opinion OF
our ability, gave us an early season
date, intending to use US as a runner.
up to the big games with the Marines
and the Beavers of Minneapolis, per,
haps the best football teams in the
state. However, when Manager Geist
man got peek at our lineup, he de-
cided that it would be fatal to his in
terests to tackle Virginia before ma
ture preparation could be made. The
Adams Virginia game is the pivota
point for the respective teams. Which
ever loses can then consider itself ou
of the race for state honors. One team
or the other would be eliminated fo1
further competition in the state cham
pionship contest.
"From what l can understand from
local players, who have done busines
with the Adams team in former years
the Duluth organization is never t.
be trusted. Last year when Virgini;
went to Duluth and performed agains
the Adams the range crew was robbe'
out of about $400 through fake passes
foul gates, padded expense bills, etc.
Manager Geistman has acted il
very bad grace with me. He aske
for contract over two weeks ago an
got it by return mail. He has had
ever since, delaying signing until h
could watch developments in the loca
ranks. When he learned what a pow
erful team Virginia has assembled h
decided that it would be best to pu
the contest over for one week. Geist
man is great bird but he flies funny
"Just where Virginia will play o
Sunday, Oct. 18, will not be decide
until this evening when it it probabl
that the Marines of Minneapolis, las
years state champions may b
brought here. The expense that woul
be entailed by such contest would b
heavy and delay is made at this tim
until it can be ascertained just whs
means can be provided for the raisin
of the necessary lucre."
The officials for the contest nez
Sunday will be chosen this evenin
and be announced tomorrow. Bot
teams are practicing every evenin
on their respective gridirons and tn
boys will be in the best condition po.
sible when the whistle blows for th
start of play.
'Sig" Williams of the Elba min