The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-11-26
EVERYTHING READY
FOR ANNUAL GAME
Few Grandstand Seats Are Lett FOf
Annual Virginia North Caro-
lima Combat.
CAROLINIANS HAVE
CHANCE TO TRIUMPH
After Many Unsuccessful Tries IN 'He-
cent Years Tarheeis May Cop Hon
ors-yirginia Eleven Improving.
BY ERNEST POLLARD.


the Universities of Virginia and North I
Carolina fast approaching, arrange
ments are now being completed Tor
the final struggle between the two
eleyens that will be staged at Broad
Street Park. Owing to the decision
recently reached by the athletic bod
les of the two institutions, this WILL
be the last game played here by the
Old Dominion aggregation and Tar
heel gridironists, 1t having been de- /
ctded to alternate between Chariottes-
vile and Chapel Hill.
Everything is now In readiness Tor
the coming encounter. and the sale OF
seats goes merrily on. The Thanks
giving spirit has already been inject
ed into the Richmond merchants ana
the shop windows are now decorated
with the orange and blue coiors OF
Virginia and the blue and white o.
Carolina.
All indications point to record /
breaking crowd. Requests for reser- /
vations are being received from all
sections OF Virginia. North Carolina
and adjacent States. temporary
grandstand has already been erected
on the north side of the field and ~
is believed that the seating capacity
of the field Will be sufficient to ac-
commoda.e the crowd.
Cardinals Chances Good
North Cardinals chances Of tn |
umphing over their time-honored foes
seem better than they have been I'M
the last ten years. That Virginia has
one Of the weakest teams turned Quit
by the Charlottesville institution I'M
several years Is a fact we'll known
The Orange and Blue forces were hui |
INFLATED in their own backyard BY thu
University of Georgia. humbled tnI
Nashville by the Vanderbilt Com1ne-I
dores. and literally buried beneath AMI
avalanche of touchdowns by bothI
Yale and Harvard. Virginia won. butt
four games this season and all Of the
teams defeated are below her class
The Charlottesville eleven won fromI
Davidson and Richmond Colleges by 1
scant margins. humbled the Univer-
sity of South Carolina and won over
Virginia Military Institute in the last
few minutes OF play after the Cadets
had thrown a big scare In the Vtrgtnia
camp.
on the other hand the CaroliniansI
have been making an envtabie record
on the gridiron. They have. been
playing a consistent game throughout
the year, while at times their exhibit.
lions have been spectacular.
1t Is about time the Tarheel agEre-I
cation was handing the Virginians al
! druhbing Since 1891. In which year,
the first struggle between the twoI
elevens was staged. twenty-one gAmesI
have been staged OF this numberI
Virginia has won no less than seven-I
teen. Carolina has taken three. while|
one resulted In a draw. Carolina hnsI
crossed Virgtnia's goal line but onceI
in the last seven years. During thiSl
time the Tarheeis have scored but teqI
points. seven Of them coming In 1919
when touchdown was scored and thoI
other three in 1914 when Georgal
Tandy booted the oval over the up-|
rights for a field goal.
Won Last in 1908.
The last game won by North Caro-
lima was played in 1905. when thel
Down Homers administered the Vir-l
ginians a II to defeat. Since that
time several close games have beenI
played. but the Tarheei eleven hasI
never possessed sufficient punch to getl
a verdict The Carolina teams per-
formances have improved each year
since 1912. when Virginia gained AMI
overwhelming victory, winning by al
score OF Sc to 0. In the following year,
the Carolinas scored for the firstI
time in five. losing by a score OF as to|
Z.
In 1915. they lost by score Of 20l
to 3, while last season they held Vir-
! ginia to two touchdowns and threat
ened the Orange and Blues goal lfne|
| on several occasions. losing only by al
score of IL to 0. I
The University of Virginia eievenl
has been showing considerable i'm
| provement in recent games, and
<~k, "a EvynY has 1x~rv -
given up hope of winning the game
| from North Carolina this year. Al
number OF new plays have been given
the team recently and he believes that
+, his protegcs will uncork an assort-
| ment that with prove baffling to thel
| Tarheel gridironists.
| Men In Good Condition.
| All of the men on tho team will go|
| into the game in the pink OF condt-
ton. Several Of them have been irf-
| tured in the last few weeks, but ALL
are again in harness and will be seer.
| in the lineup. Wagenknigst, tho reg
! ular quarterback. who was injured
! IS again running the term from quar-
terback and will doubtless be seen in
that position when The game starts
here Thanksgiving Day. Both reg
| ular tackles. Mckay ard Ward. who
have also been on the injured list, Will
| appear in the lineup.
The Virginia team will probably
lineup as follows against Carolina:
! White, left end: Mckay, left tackle:
Coleman. left guard Churchman,
center; Thurman, right guard; Ward,
right tackle, GOODWIN, right end;
Wagenknight, quarterback, Gooch,
| left haifback; Russell. right halfback.
| and Captain Sparr. fullback
thurman is a man whom Carolina
Will have to watch. His punting has
been better this year than ever before
and Virginia's chances OF again win
ming from the White and Blue forces
depend In a large measure IN how he
conducts himself when called bellie d
| the line to use his toe. His pumting|
has stood out prominently in every
| game in which he has played this sea-
son and he should be able to give 1
good account OF himself In the coma
ing battle.