Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-11-29
ANNUAL GAME NOT LOST
VIRGINIA. CAROLINA GAME
MAY BE SEEN HERE IN 1917
nom managers Favor Playing Classic
IN krhmond and Details Practically
Srttlcd-t nrcady for Ghnncc

Richmond BY no means yet has lost
the annual Virginia North Carolina
THANKSGIVING Day football game. cx-
tcnsiNcly circulated AND much com
H. ne ~. up"n' reports L" the contrary.
"a lact. there is every evidence tina, tie
1917 battle viii be staged at Ercad
stree, t%rk as usual. ana that il will
"" attended by another large crowd
While several agencies wc,e hmsv
E,lr"uiatlnS the report that the game
mere 9n Thursday would be tho last
lincS- Dispatch was in close ,otcb
WIN developments at each university.
~ NE situation AT that time was so
nounccment OF amy definite inforu,n
s s,o2 MHW ,hS When the first report.
arranged definitely for Chanel I'M
was circulated, =. T Wooiirn. GRAD
NV" MANAGE of the Carolina eleven
10 haN" been obtained was in Eich.
in"n"' ana expressed the greatest sur
PRISE at the announcement
negotiations between REPRESENTATIVES,
81 IN" institutions now have reached a
stage which permits - reasonably SAT.
lrsui"t"n tAaI the annual classic Of tho
| commit himself definitely las, nirht
hu, each admitted that details for the
neNt :;anic here was being discussnJ
ana ihat they believed the arrange.
hentS would be completed within the
NEXT forty-e ight hours
%, t,4,.f Il
ny me management Of the Institutions
nor had Manager Woollen mad, any
formal or definite announcement con-
corning the transfer OF IN. ..,n,r a., h.r
than his statement 10 This nnn.r T.,
tHai Statement, he said REPRESENTATIVE
al the universities had been un.Il. IN
.c'tl" upon all details. that each wished
20 bi"F the gam" here. and thcy prob
"hlN would do So ii an agrcc: bic SGT
,tcmcni of tho details could he per
There are several things known TO
those IN Close touch with tn" situation
winch make tho staging OF the annual
"i"SSir AT chapel iiill next year unwise
ana tmrract"tblc. Neither university
IS prepared a. Yet u stand the loss II,
finances which each realizes Will result
, wmHG ne =, Zane Gam" Is i3l"n from Rich
- not ready fur the singing of hit.
battles there. and ia" seating facilities
are Tar from adequate. Furthermore.
graduate managers as we'll rs man
ayers of both universities dcsir. The
gam" 1" lee played here.
Committees from each institution
have been in consultation for DAYS con.
corning IN" details. The long DELAY in
reaching an agreement has resulted
from The TACT that several faculty and
student bodies at both Virginia and
North Carolina must uass upon tho ar
engagements before they can IL" settled
d"nni'"N Euch has offered suryc.-
tinnS to ropldc" those made hy tho
"lhe" and IN turu these have had "a.
10" acted mon at the other college.
often r"sul,inG, il additional sugscs-
s s.",L Wr"du'il nc details, hay" hccn
J., appeared dc'uit" announcement
iiE.."iy could =" made shortly
ne news 'h"' the gam" vcry prob
ably Will he played here again n"x,
season WIN meet with general local
arpr"Nal. Richmond has looked FOR
ward I" these annual contests rs the
Thaul<SEtvnG DAY battl. long has been
N" cucf attraction that has gathered
together ~ Richmond the native sons
oil "'rh STATE, aud tile stimulus for
- result OF he miscouccn,ion con
gernlur TIA" ~ gam" in Richmond.
num"rors reports hay" h"ou circulated
li'iln" ihc clcv"ns that possibly. miEht
piH' her" on NhaUkS@ WINK Uay. Both
Washington ana 10" and WASHINGTON
..nd Jsherson named as probable con =
ginning games "f their own, ana would
/ not consent 10 change
~" ia"i that 'l" Virginia Military
[ lns'f,u'" Civ's til" corps only short
I I'ay" from th~ institution To- ThauEs-
giving prevents tho staging here ~ INC
"'nHai gam" With tho Y. r The V
J. !. management announced to this
paper weeks "ro that b; would u" i'm
u"se''l. for tho eleven ~ that school
!" play iu Richmond on THANKSGIVING
HoW"N"r th" mauag"m"ut has secured
Saiurdal 't"Nt November. ana was i'm
hone that game With Nrrth Carolina
r"nId 10. ARRANGED N that team did not
moot Virginia h"rc l. is probable
nov" however that another eleven wiu
10 ''s opponent
Tl,"' vii y" mr. din.ultv IN ccur-
game az 1917 White me manaromcnta
~ several institutions have souch, Ia
securc an option on tn" grounds for
mat date. FL hay" hocr Informed tha'
SUCH nm option ~ contingent urou tho
removal ~ tho annual classic from th!4