Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-22
STATISTICS OF THE
VIRGINIA ELEVEN
Football Stars Expected to Up
hold the Honor of the Old
Dominion.
PRACTICALLY A NEW TEAM
Backheld, However, Composed of
Veterans, and Rated the Best
in the South.

\ CHARLOTTESVILLE VA. Novem-
her 2l--Ilavins travelled 900 miles to
yunk the van" out of Vanderbilt and
Just back from the suburbs of old
Philadelphia where II cut quite q widc
swarth In the contest with the Little
Quakers, Tirginia's football eleven is
ready to march on to Richmond, where,
on turkey Day an effort will be
While the Orange and Blue coaches
think they have a line on Carolina, 1t
Is possible s Of course. that the dope may
yates hold Il different view Of the sit
untion. and are counting on another
victory for tho Old Dominion team.
:, virginia Will go to Richmond WIKI a
nne OF youngsters. practically every
member being n freshman, but with n
hack field the equal. perhaps OF. any
II Is certainly tho fastest combination
rounded up here in recent years. Ed.
his ay is for star end In
He made this comment the week pre-
Hious to the Vanderbilt game.
TIL lev lev words regarding the forwards.
the coaches ever since the season
started. !, In fact, fact, It worried the
the task ahead In filling the gaps left
vacant by the departure of such play
f Roo as H n, Garter. Woolfolk, Jet.
furnished very little line material and
the coaches had to turn to the scrubs
OF last ia'i to til the gaping holes.
After rarious experiments. the sea-
S Tir. TI ni Of. with Evans the former
centre tGs oisn sti t16s tackle
guards. Barker, and Moore as tackles
and Gillette and White on the Wings
! all students OF last session
An urgent call for new material
a1Imons the student body brought out
t MaEd' 1,o, husky line man from Ken
student who had he'd no experience ne,
Inc sritarom Stillwen, former stu
dent at Princeton: stuart. "A Rhodes
George Wayne Anderson. former pu-
pill at W0odberry Forest school, near
, ornnse' Va; one or more from this
the Caroiinians when the referee blows
HI his whistle ut Broad Street Park next
Players Arc From Seven States.
va, glance at the personnel of the
p pntSlr,a co sM"a9 from MIL show that TIE
ginia, Georgia, California, Kentucky,
Tennessee. Illinois and Maryland Only
Ses Of o the players is serving MS fourth
luarterback. who has no equal in his
position IN the entire South. Gooch
Won won me Rhodes scholarship from vlr-
gina In October of last year. but de-
! ferrel his trip to oxford on account of
The European war, He has boen I'M
improving Next ThuPsd ss Mes game eu viii II
mark his final appearance on the grid
ron, and IT goes without saying thar,
barring injury, he will be much In the
Spotiight with his sweeping, Eis-zaE
runs. lie can shoot the pigskiu with
rare accuracy In tho forward pass
plays too. and can also boot the ball
Tor good distances. Hc has q cool head,
ana reels off the plays with rapidity
ing.
Two players are serving their third
year on the team--Captain "Buck'
Mayer of Norfolk, left half back, and
Gillette, right end. White, left end, is
the other varsity man who was on last
years squad. This leaves seven nrst-
year men to face North Carolina next
! hursday--practicafly u new team, but
Il lighting one. i3f
t statIsucs Of the Players.
Tho players, with their positions.
place of residence. number OF years on 4
the team. age. weight and height ara
given below: ..t-5f ~
James L. White. loft. end, halls, from
Macon. C;a.. and liz playing his second
year on the team He is itwenty.ono 4
years of age, weighs tSa pounds aid
IL five feet nine. inches tall. He is
star member OF the baseball and sbaAk-8
etball teams. having won his letter In
three branches OF sport. lie received