The Washington herald., 1916-08-27
PROSPECTS Bright
At Charlottesville
University of Virginia Will Have
Great Team This Fall-Start
Saturday.

Charlottesville, Va. Aug. 26.-In
less than two weeks from today foot
ball practice at Virginia for the sea-
son of 1916 will begin. under the su-
pervision OF Head Coach Pat" Evans.
OF Amherst. The former center, who
was a member of the Orange and Blue
varsity squad for two years, was in
the city today to confer with Jim
White, a star end. on the Virginia
team for three seasons past. Evans
stated that he could reach Charlottes-
Vile on Friday, September l, to greet
the returning players, all of whom
have been notified to report by that
date-some two weeks before the ac-
tual work OF the university begins.
Harold A. Sparr, of Memphis. Tenn,
who will lead the Virginia team this
year. is expected to reach the uni
yersity by the last of the month. He
spent most of his vacation at the
university, and is said to be in excel
lent physical condition. Much is ex-
pected of the Tennesseean the coming
season, his last year at the university.
His position as full back keeps him
from being the player that the spec
tator calls brilliant, but he has quail
ties which should make him a good
leader. as he is a tireless worker. a
steady player and a fighter from start
weighs 165 pounds and has been in
college three years. He prepared for
the university at Memphis University
School and was taught football 10y
Suffer. of the University of PennsyI-
vania.
Coach Evans and Capt. Sparr ere
anxious for all candidates to report
promptly on September l, in order that
the team may be whipped into shape
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College on the thirtieth of the month.
The schedule for the coming season
is even harder than the one last sea-
son, although the only change in the
teams played is that Davidson College
is to take the place of Randolph Ma
con in the opener. Harvard has given
Virginia a more conspicuous place on
the Crimson schedule, and this has
necessitated the showing up of the an
nual contests with Vanderbilt and
Georgia to earlier dates.
AS the approa ching session will be
the first that the one-year eligibility
rules will be in use, the entire team
this fall must be made up from those
in college last session. When it is con-
sidered that last years crop of first
year men evolved Allen Thurman, regu-
lar guard and the best punter Virginia
has had in long years. it will be seen that
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be felt. 1t may be recalled, however,
that Virginia had freshman eleven la st
fall which was not defeated the entire
season, winning from such strong teams
as the Navy Plebs and the Staunton
Military Academy, which claimed the Vir-
ginia preparatory title. 1t also made an
average of forty-four points a game for
its first five contests
Among those men of last years eleven
n,y Fa1 e.
Sparr, at full back; Ed. Anderson, at
half and possibly Tippett. Darlington,
formerly Of Hampden-Sidney, will also
return, and will make a strong bid for
the quarter back position, so ably filled
last year by Norborne Berkeley, of Dam
Vile. Tippett was the hero of the
Georgia game at Atlanta last October
He won the contest by a dropkick in the
last thirty seconds OF play. He was
perhaps the best defensive back on the
team Pace, Rhodes and several others
should show up we'll