Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-11-30

THREE BIG CONTESTS
HOLIDAY FEATURE ON
OLD DOMINION CRIDS
(Continued FROM First pasel

carefully drilled In tho plays to b,
used today. The Tarhccls reste,
| overnight In LynchburE, where the,
had workout at the fair grounds
mostly to prepare themselves to rui
the kinks ont of the joints OF tn,
Invaders. Tech and Cadet eleven.
rested for their trip to Roanoke
where both arrive thisj morning
primed for their engagement
Dope SomcrsnuIts Due.
Richmond. Carolina and Tech arc
favor!tcs in the betting today, bu,
in a season of somesaul;s, IL takes
n brave man to forecast the results
William and Mary brings to Rich
mond n battling aggregation. whose
work In tho last three games has
best In tho State. The Spiders are
admitted To have the best team in
years and Will he enabled to open
wide against their rivals from Will
liamshurS. Virginia is strengthened
by the return of several men who did
not show against V. NJ. or WASH
ington and Lee. The Cadets. too,
have seen several strong men re-
cover from injuries. and as usual
will put up the hardest fight of the
season againA their Gobbicr foc
with the result that an upset in the
dope VIII not he an unexpected event
Interest here is divided between
the three games. There Will be n
large number of followers of Nir-
gimia and Carolina leave this morn
ing 10y the Chesapeake and Ohio spec
ial at o'clock. Several coaches were
allied last night when the Norfolk
and Western special left for Roa-
nokc. In the Richmond party Will
be Governor l.. Lee Trukic, accom-
panied by his entire stpff
Three Seek Revenge.
Revenge Is being sought by the
three teams which are on the short
end OF the betting. Last year Rich.
mond administered Il drubbing to the
Indians with IL to score Caro-
line won from Virginia by to
3 count. while the Tcchmen trounccd
the Flying Squadron 20 to :
The team that represents Carolina
is unique. in that every man is "A
resident of North Carolina. Hir-
ginia's eleven has all OF the country
represented on it. While the other
contestants of today have Nirginian-
In tn. majority. the Old Dominion IS
not as strongly represented hy far
as the Old North State is on it's uni
Ncrsity eleven.
Carolina is sending an unprcc-
C"utcd number Of football fans to
today. Newspapers are re-
sp"nsihlc for the statement that not
since tho Wnr Between the states
tnNc So many TarhcclS poured over
tn. Nire inia borders a, one time.
Several special trains are being run
from North Carolina points. Some
are from the mountains and some
are from the sea. The highways he
tween Charlottesville and Carolina
points are also carrying their quota
Of travellers.
The TWO cadet corps will attend
the game in Roanoke. which will add
TO tile spectacular there. Governor
Irinkle and his staff will review the
cadet battalions, and being an i'm
iariial chief. Will
change from one side Of the field to
The other between halves.
All Eastern Virginia Is headed FOR
Richmond for the game today. VIII
liam and Mary's student body Will
attend the game in full force. OF
course. the Spider student. SILL he
out 100 per cent. The alumni of both
institutions ar" making the day one
long to be remembered The Will
viii bring hundreds of
their friends from TitSewatcr Nir-
ginia TO root for them
Mayo Island Park will be damned
when the game starts at = O'clock
cnc-half hour earlier than previous
games. Seals have been on sale all
week uptown. Out viii he transferred
10 the park this morning and placed
on sale at 10 o'clock. The gates viii
open at noon.