The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-24
FOOTBALL SEASON =
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IN SOUTH SATl JRD|lAasYY'
Chap Bedscsd with Padded Trousers and Hsadgar VIII Bel
Center Of Attraction Beginning This WaSE@@y s.sE
ginia Scheduled 70 Battle Davidson Colagk sxtass.
Charlottesville Next Saturday Afternoon sn.A..v

, In less. than ono ] Week thg' exab7oS.
decked with padded he&dkeASE plAdSd
jersey, heavy knees troussinaondaoAie.
clumsy. lclsated shoes will be, the ,cep-
tel, Of attraction once more.
Football season d In our midst
again and next Saturday 6f6f1fUdu
will find the gladiatots Of, the GRID
tiron hard 1T IT, again. Il While sseweeal
Insignificant practice affairs haya BEEN
staged here and there during the past
week. the football season IN the 00utt,
viii open in earnest this week, Whsr,
practically ALL OF the slevensr In .thia
section of the United States will pry
of the lid. AtS
Virginia win be found battling me
formidable Davidson aegregA&ton on
Lambeth Field at Charlottesville,
while Carolina, the Orange and Blues
ancient foe Of the chalked Held, WIN
be fighting It out with the Wake For
est aggregation at Chapel Hill. Coach
Frank Dobson will take his; Rich
mond College Spiders up to Blacks.
burg to do battle with the eleven
representing the Virginia Polytechnic
institute There will be two games
played on Saturday at Lexington, they
oeing between Hampdsn-S Sidney 4 and
virginia Military Institute. and Ran.
dolph- Macon ana Warrington and
Lee. On the same day William and
Mary will go mp against tho Union
Tneologicai seminary In WILLIAMSBURG.
while Roanoke College viii Tourney
down to Raleigh to meet A. and NJ.
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- Football enthusiasts throuEhouN
virginia ana North Carolina wfiI Sc
unable to get much OF q line OF, the
tea IN fhA nA~uA.lG-N - -
heel State until after these initial
battles. While several Of the above.
mentioned elevens havS been prsc-
ucing FOR the past two weeks, fev
OF them have taken up many PLAYS.
and they cannot be expected to dis.
play top form.
Coach Frank Dobson WIN send h,s
charges against the strong Norfolk
Blues next Wednesday afternoon IN
Westhampton In practice a4fAir. ID
ordar to get good Tine on his Ynen
with 2 view Of picking the best pos.
dois lineup for the game next Sat.
urday with the Virginia Techs. Dob.
son 10 expected to hav0 . good team
out e Wssthampton tins year. despite
Experts Who have wstchS6 the
Vanderbilt team IN practice Sxpreea
the opinion that the iins 10 stronr.
but that the team lacks scoring power.
Coach Rcausin IL said to IS dsvot-
Ing much time towards remedy1nH
this by trying to build up HIS back
fieid around Captain Curry. Other
letter men o. laSt yssr who have re-
turned In addition 10 Curry are Cohen,
captain ct last years team: Adama
Hayes. Cody Lpscomh, Hamilton
ana Wtfifams. Tho Commodcre's
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sylvania. virginia, Kentucky Stata
Tennessee. Sewanee and Auburn.
Auburn Has Many Vets.
Fsw reports have Uttered out Of
the Auburn camp. It 10 said. how
ever that a goodly number Of vet
Grams win return. Auburn includes
among Its opponents Georgia, Missis-
sippf A. ana NJ. Georgia Tech, van
derbilt and Sewanee.
The University Of Georgia prcbaAly
will have as many new faces IN III
lineup this year as any institution.
Only four Of last years regulars are
expected to return. They arc Captain
Thrash. Dexsndorf Germany and
Neville. The Georgia squad began
preliminary work at White Sulphur
Springs. Ga. last Monday.
Georgia opens the season 0epten-
Der 80 at Athens with Citadel and
closes November 30 with Alabama az
Birmingham. Georgia Tech, Florida,
Virginia, Navy and Auburn come In
between.
North Carolina this year has ANEW
coach. T. Fl. Campbell. former .Har.
ward star. Little has been heard hers
Of the prospects Of q willing comb.
nation for this institution. The Tar
heel schedule calls ~for games With
Princeton. 0eore1a Tech HarvrrA
and Virginia among otherA
Georgia Tech faces the longest and
hardest schedule in several years
Nine games have been arranged, all
on the home gridiron except the
Georgia contest, which will be played
at Athens. The first real test II ex.
pected to come on October II, when
North Carolina visits Atlanta. Ala.
hama. Georgia and Auburn then fol.
low. Among the veterans who Will
return are Captain Tally Johnston
Douglas Morrison Ctrupnn~ ana Hall