Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-05
UNIVERSITY SITUATION
VIRGINIA AND CAROLINA
ENTER UPON NEW SPORT ERA
Development Of Present High Standard
III of Athletic Relationship TRACED
-. hS Alumni Review.

exchanged between tTtSlupltS
|iSGraham and Alderman following the
defeat of the orAui;. and Blue in foot
NJ ball here ON THANKSGIVING Day. There
is much 70 commend in tho attitude OF
III the student bodies that the Review
says exists, and there is much that VIII
tsintercst not only alumni ot the two
schools. but all followers OF these
Eftteams. For them some ot the nforma-
4stion is rcpublished
Tho Statements Of tho university
presidents follow:
.St-''Thc universal sentiment; here among
& tho students and faculty who were
present is Iat tho victory was we'll
i descrrcd-that. in fact. tho score did
not quite express tho difference between
\ the two teams. You are fin" lot "
i sports down there. never civc ur.
pretty sure 10 come back and we shall
have TO put on our lighting metal to
& put YOU out Of business again. -I'rcsi-
rs dent Alderman.
Il thank you very much for your
& good letter of December 4. Won are
q quito right about inc uufathomcd
E depths OF Joy that tho victory nj Rich
a mond gave TO an OF tho patriots Down
SE1Iome.' who have hccn YEARLY waiting
for the past decade. What gives me
more satisfaction than the victory itself
Sssis the way that our men feel toward
1 your men. and the way that yours
+ feel toward ours. Last year the loss
+ OF the game was all but compensa tod
( clean looking young fellows on tho Nir-
* Rinia team introduced themselves TO
me and told me That our mon had
[ played the game like good s1ortsnen
and lost like gentlemen.
"One OF our students, who wont 10
the game this year. came down to toll
mo his Impressions this wear. and prac-
ticaliy the first thing he said 10 me
was that his greatest satisfaction. after
all. was in witnessing the fius spirit in
which Ntrctpl1 took ler do fr3; They
l. are Sentl&nen and thoroushhrcds. lie
said, and thatt all there Is 10 II
II never hear from the student body
now ono word of tho suspicion and
4 criticism that used 20 mark these an-
nual affairs feel pretty confident
in my belief that VIC have nut attn
1etics hero high aud solid plane.
There ere no antagonizins Interests
now concerned in it's management.
Coaches, faculty and students are air
solutcly a unit in tho standards wo
mean to maintain. II Virginia should
have any cause fer alarm aS 10 hcr fu-
ture victories. the proper source OF 1t
will he tho spir, that is hereafter TO
he in our stirS."--Prcsidcut Gra-
ham,
Ncw Chapter In Athletics.
now chapter il athletics has hocu
begun a Carolina. SAYS tho Review
which then goes on to state that ,hc
onc-ycar rule, efficient athletic leader
"
Field are tho factors in this new or.
der that began with tho victory over
Virginia last season. after years of
consecutive defeats
The Review points out that tho ono
year rule has heen moro persistoG'iv
opposed (beforc its adortionJ Ivy Ger
stain athletic interests than that which
looked to tho exclusion from tho var
sity Of all athletic material, whether
found among the freshmen or first,
-
professional courses. during it's FIRST
wear OF residence tn exclude suca
material WAS ITO quote the stock ar
rnmenD to invite Inevitable dvfort.
Carolina. like Ill other institutions.
tHNirrinia included, has been confront
cd with this difficulty, and in nor ~.
Ifort during the past ten wears towards
Ifithis objective she has mot with her
proportionate share of this resistance.
"Howerer, aftcr "A gradual appiica-
ton OF the principle through tie
medium Of the SiN-mon'h rule. in the
SG case OF athletes coming from other col
leGcs, she has finally ron. the whole
distance. and in adopting. with viz.
Einia. this regulation, long since aud
wisely Incorporated in The athletic
code OF the leading institutions oi the
North and Central West. sh. has
brought her athletic policy into accord
/ with the spirit Of modern athletics
ard. what is of far more Importance.
Il which perm eatCE ..x--v other phase Of
K her life
Consequently she has found herscIf
|. in a position 10 demand OF her Goa ching
stair that Il devote is whole energy
L to tho developing OF home material
instead OF spending IT in what has 80
long proven the vain effort Of bring
ing together from al quarters a team
thaf could win regardless nf whether
1t was truly representative of caro-
v IL
& of this rul" removed the ground for
suspicion which has So long been tn.
panc OF Southern athletics. and 50 TAR
as Caroline and Nirltuia arc con
cerned' relieved their faculty commit
tees, coaches and student bottles from
searching for tha doubtful spots ~
the athletic records of The man who
represented tie institutions on ,hc
gridiron and diamond
h. High Standards Accepted H.. Earh
TN trder the operation of tho r,r.s.u'
III THl@ Carolina and Virginia accop, each
other on IN. high level towards u.l,at
/ each has been steadily s,rivtn.: for
the past year, With tho happy rosul,
,ndicated II the foregoing par. graphs
Rofh are - h" CONGRATULATED uu.a
their patient. intelligent vorE 10 TINS
end. The oouSummetion Of this sr,.n-
IBID achieN"ncft must 10 crcdtlod 10
Il the year 1915
"Co-incident with tHc adoption m M.
q cne-sesr rule came tuo urEunizatl.n
of the freshmei ctov"u. An .yail.b,,
fsySfootball material consa,uoutlv mas
M fallen this s-ar INTO r5yo eroups-flau
4 comprising the VARSITY and second
team squad mud the 0rs,-year re-
~ serve. r ns varsity coaches ,.u;
charge ~ ius former realizing f,lly
that their task was clearly cui omit fo,
| the'n. II "as - develop ati .sici.r,
snShtias marbiu" rBt ot tho men " ii,
hta been on IN. EliI for ono y,ar. .;,i,J
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