The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-11-30

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have during the past week they arc
not going to do II, 1t looks as IL the
Virginia eleven has Just hit its stride.
and / will be one OF the most disap-
pointed men in Virginia II they fail
to again hand Carolina defeat The
men are in the best physical shape and
| believe every one of them VIII give
A good account Of himself
Coach Campbell. OF North Carolina,
declared that he wasn't going to do
any predicting. He said that his men
are In good shape and expects them
to put up a great fight.
I'VE came here TO win and I believe
we will do It," declared Captain sparr,
of Virginia, when he was reached ovar
the telephone last night The boys
have shown big Improvement re-
Gently and we have not given up hopes
Of taking the annual game from North
Carolina"
Captain Tandy. of North Carolina,
didn't make any bones OF the fact that
North Carolina Is going TO win. Yes.
we are going to win" he declared.
And you can Just bet that It's going
10 be decisive victory at that"
Tmrhe~is Have Good Eleven.
Apparently the Tarheels have one OF
the best elevens turned out by North
Carolina University in several seasons,
while Virginia has had most disas-
trous season. one never can tell about
this annual game between the two
eievens. Several times In the last few
years the Carolinians have made their
annual pilgrimage to Richmond seem
ing good enough to hand defeat to
the Orange and Blue eleven. but ever
since 1905 the Down Homers have
gone back to the Old North State the
day after Thanksgiving with defeat
hanging over their heads. Few have
predicted victory for either side. IT
looks like a toss-up and the best team
Is mighty apt to emerge from the en-
counter grasp!ng the large end OF the
score. Carolina has a chance to win,
and so has Virginia. so there you are.
It's going to he a good game, and
those who journey out to the West
End pastiming grounds will doubtless
witness q football battle that win long
remain fresh in their minds.
AS far as avoirdupois is concerned.
both eievens seem to be evenly
matched Carolina probable has the
edge on Virginia as far as the back
fields go, while the Orange and Blue
forces have II on the Tarheels In the
line. This make the team about even,
so there you are again.
Expect Large Crowd.
From present indications the crowd
that will witness the game win be
the largest In the history OF the annual
struggles between the two elevens.
Thousands Of visitors arrived in the
city from early yesterday morning un-
iii late last night from North Carolina.
Virginia and adjacent States. This
morning several special trains from
North Carolina and Virginia cities
will arrive here and several hundred
additional football enthusiasts are ex-
pected to be on hand.
Practically all OF the grandstand
seats have been sold. while general
admission cardboards are hard to pro-
cure. At the present time 1t looks as
II the crowd that will witness the
game will break all recordA The
largest crowd IN the history of the
games between the two elevens were
In Broad-Strcet Park in 1919. no less
than $4,000 spectators witnessing the
hostilities- Almost this number OF
tickets has already been disposed Of
and probably Ave thousand additional
ones will be sold today.